The Morning Focus Daily Devotional with Rick and McKenna

Have you ever thought about how BIG God is? It's almost overwhelming if you think about it too much. It can also be a reason we use to not take the real things on our heart to God. "He's too big for that." Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?  Matthew 6:30  Faith Podcasts are made possible by y...

Change is hard. Everyone can agree with that, and even God knows that change is hard for us. Which is why it's such a relief that of all the things that do change, God never does. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. Lord, you have been our dwelling place      throughout all generations.  Before the mountains were born      or you brought forth the whole world,      from everlasting to everlasting you are God.  Psalm 90:1–2  Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.

Trust is a delicate thing, so what happens when it feels like Jesus has broken your trust in Him? If that's where you've been at lately, wondering if you really can trust Jesus, Peter gets it. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  "Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." "Come," he said.  Matthew 14:28-29  Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give. 

If sin had warning lights and big labels telling us how dangerous it actually was, it would be a lot easier to keep sin out of our lives. But often times that's not how it works. But that doesn't mean we can't be bold and clear when it comes to evicting sin from our lives. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.  1 John 1:9  Faith Pod...

I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion. Hosea 2:19 Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. Hebrews 6:10 Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.

Then the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. Genesis 18:17-18 Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.

Forgiveness is a bit different from the kindergarten lesson we can make it out to be. And forgiving like Jesus? That's a whole other ball game. Different as it is, it's one of the best ways we can love the people in our lives. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.  Luke 23:34   Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give. 

Somethings we believe get so locked in that we forget that aren't concrete fact. If you're convinced you have to do life alone, join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. Two are better than one,      because they have a good return for their labor:  If either of them falls down,      one can help the other up.  Ecclesiastes 4:9-10a   Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give. 

Hard seasons are just that- they're hard. Our minds can run away from us with all kinds of guesses on what we did wrong to end up where we're at. But even Jesus walked through the wilderness. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted.  Matthew 4:1   Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give. 

Between the to do lists and the routines, you might just have it all locked down. When the Israelites felt they had done all the things to stay on top of it, Isaiah reminded them of the one thing, or person, they had forgotten. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  Between the city walls, you build a reservoir for water from the old pool. But you never ask for help from the One who did all this. You never considered the One who planned this long ago.  Isaiah 22:11  Faith Pod...

You can earn the money back, but once time is spent, it's gone. That's a hard reality to wrestle with when you don't like how your lfie has been spent. But it's not too late. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  I will restore to you the years      that the swarming locust has eaten  Joel 2:25  Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give. 

Awards of achievement are great, except no one receives them for the every day work. Which can make it really hard to feel seen. There's a lot that you do and deal with and walk through that's never going to get logged in a sheet. But God sees all of it. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me."  Gensis 16:13  Faith Pod...

"Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Genesis 25:32-33 Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.

We tend to think that peace is something that will come after….(fill in the blank). But God offers us peace in the middle. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.  John 16:33  Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give. 

Have you ever been in a car with someone you don't trust? Ugh it's so uncomfortable. Every turn has you gripping onto the seat or that handlebar thing up by your head. Does it ever feel like your life is a car that's being driven by someone you don't fully trust? Like this driver must not realize how sharp the turn that they're taking are. They must not know that it feels like you're swerving all over the place. The truth is that God is a trustworthy driver, but the way He guides...

"Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord... They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream."  Jeremiah 17:7–8

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us, is because it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1

No one likes it when their plans go array. But sometimes in the inconvenience and interruptions, God is working. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.    "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working." John 5:17   Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.

When we worship God, we can hold him up against our struggles, and that's when we realize He's so much greater than anything we face! He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Deuteronomy 10:21 Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.