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WELS Daily Devotions

Is something troubling you? Are you overwhelmed? Stressed out? Take a time out and see what God's Word has to say about it.

  • You Belong – May 7, 2026

    https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20260507dev.mp3 Listen to Devotion But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10 You Belong Everyone wants to belong. We want to know that we matter, that we are wanted, and that we have a purpose. It does not take much to make us feel like we don’t. You walk into a room and scan the space, wondering if anyone sees you. You scroll through your phone and compare, and everyone else seems to have a place, a purpose, a people—but not you. So, we keep asking the question: Where do I fit? We ask it because something in us broke. God created us to belong to him. But sin entered the world through Adam and Eve, severing that relationship and cutting off the connection. The apostle Peter states it plainly: “Once you were not a people.” But that is no longer true. Through Jesus Christ, you have received mercy. Jesus lived the life you could not live. He died the death you deserved. He rose from the grave and brought you back to God. You are no longer an outsider. You belong. God has already given you your identity: You are chosen. You are royal. You are holy. You are God’s own possession. What others say does not change that. How you feel does not change that. What you have done or failed to do does not change that. This is who you are in Christ. And with that identity, God gives you a purpose. He has called you out of darkness into his light so that you may declare his praises. Your new life in Christ now flows from his mercy. Not to earn a place, but because you already have one. So, live as someone who belongs, because you do. Prayer: Gracious Father, thank you for bringing me into your family through Jesus. Help me live as your child and share the light of your mercy with others. Amen.   Daily Devotions is brought to you by WELS. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. ™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

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  • Military Devotion – The Only Way In – May 1, 2026

    Watch the Devotion Based on John 14:6 The Only Way In Last week I had a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Someone asked me, “How were you able to get into the Pentagon for a meeting?” I had to have someone vouch for me. Someone set up the visitor background security form for me to fill out. Someone else had to agree to serve as my escort once I passed through security in the building. There was only one way into the Pentagon and that was through someone else.   As I reflected on this, I was reminded of the words of Jesus, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). It’s one thing to gain access to a highly secure military building for a meeting, but it’s quite another thing to gain access to a holy God and to live in his presence and peace for all eternity. Jesus says that he is the only way in.    I still struggle with conversations I have with friends, neighbors and complete strangers who firmly believe that there cannot be just one way to eternal life after death. I hear things like, “All religions basically are leading to the same place, aren’t they? They all want to get you to the same place. It’s just different ways of getting there.”  Look at the major religions of the world – let’s look at Islam and Christianity. Both claim to be exclusive. Both claim to be the only way. One is very clear – you must follow the five pillars, the teachings and practices, to the best of your ability, and perhaps Allah will have mercy on you when you die. There isn’t much certainty or hope, but it is the only way.   Christianity also claims exclusivity. But when we listen to Jesus’ words, he says that the only way to the Father is through him, to believe in him as the truth and the life. He is exclusive, but he is also inclusive, for he says that this is for all who believe and trust in him. Both Islam and Christianity can’t be right. Both can’t be exclusive. It must be one or the other.   Even as Christians we struggle with exclusivity, that salvation is only through faith in Christ. The reason for this is that we are all naturally predisposed to this belief that we must contribute something, to add our faithfulness, our goodness, the way we treat others with love and respect – these must count for something and help sway God’s judgment in our favor.   Jesus’ words toss all of our efforts and striving into the trash. He says to us, “These don’t count, and they cannot count for anything toward your eternity. It must be through me and me alone. I am the only one who has lived a perfectly faithful life, the perfectly good life, perfectly loving in the way I treated others, and that counts for all. That is the free gift for all, my gift to you.”  And to prove that Jesus’ way is the only way? He rose from the dead. He gets the final say. And thank God! Jesus lives to be the only way to heaven for you. Believe it. Trust it.  Prayer: O God, you form the minds of your faithful people into a single will. Make us love what you command and desire what you promise, that among the many changes of this world, our hearts may ever yearn for the lasting joys of heaven. Be with all ROTC students who will be taking final second semester exams this week. Grant them wisdom, knowledge, and recall of content, so that through their studies you might form faithful leaders in the officer corps of our armed forces. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.   Written and recorded by Rev. Paul Horn, WELS National Civilian Chaplain to the Military, San Diego, California. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Note: Scripture reading footnotes are clickable only in the web version.

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