Ordinary Faithfulness Date: Monday, November 9, 2026 Readings: 2 Thessalonians 3 | Psalm 108 Paul ends this short letter with the most down-to-earth instruction: keep working, keep loving, and “never tire of doing what is good” (2 Thessalonians 3:13). Some in Thessalonica had apparently decided that with Jesus’s return Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Don't Get Shaken Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026 Readings: 2 Thessalonians 2 | Psalm 107:23-43 Someone had circulated a rumor, perhaps even a letter that claimed to be from Paul, that “the day of the Lord has already come.” The Thessalonians were rattled. Paul urges them “not to become easily unsettled or Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Justice Is Not Our Job Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026 Readings: 2 Thessalonians 1 | Psalm 107:1-22 The Thessalonians were being harassed for following Jesus, and Paul’s response is remarkable. Rather than urging retaliation, he celebrates that their “faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The One Who Does It Date: Friday, November 6, 2026 Readings: 1 Thessalonians 5 | Psalm 106:24-48 First Thessalonians 5 reads like a rapid-fire list of spiritual habits: “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances” (5:16-18). Honestly, if you read it as a checklist, you will feel crushed by Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Grief with a Horizon Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026 Readings: 1 Thessalonians 4 | Psalm 106:1-23 Paul’s letter takes a pastoral turn here that anyone who has stood at a graveside will feel. Some in Thessalonica had died, and the survivors were wondering what became of them. Paul does not scold or Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Now We Really Live Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 Readings: 1 Thessalonians 3 | Psalm 105:23-45 Paul is a worrier in this chapter, and I find that wonderfully encouraging as someone who often overthinks things. He could not stand not knowing how the young Thessalonian believers were holding up under pressure, so he Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
