Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 18th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sat, 10/18/25

Updated: Sat, 10/18/25

Hello, In the spring of 1940, as Nazi forces swept across Europe, 338,000 Allied soldiers were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, France. The…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 17th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Fri, 10/17/25

Hello, On a cloudless November night in 1572, Tycho Brahe observed an unusually bright star in the northern sky that suddenly appeared in the…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 16th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Thu, 10/16/25

Hello, This is a parable of 30-year-old friends who had a reunion and were discussing where they should go for dinner. Somebody suggested that they…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 15th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Wed, 10/15/25

Hello, I'm not going to share any stories or illustrations today; just a friendly challenge. Please take your Bible out and read the entire chapter of…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 14th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Tue, 10/14/25

Hello, I'm regularly amazed by all the mistakes that I make, and how God is so incredibly patient with me. If I could only be that patient with others…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 13th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Mon, 10/13/25

Updated: Mon, 10/13/25

Hello, Being weary breaks us down. It can turn us into spiritual robots that go through the motions of spirituality, but gloss over the deep issues of…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 12th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sun, 10/12/25

Updated: Sun, 10/12/25

Hello, Have you ever witnessed the frantic running of a little hamster on a wheel that goes round and round? Lots of action, (maybe some e ercise,)…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 11th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sat, 10/11/25

Updated: Sat, 10/11/25

Hello, According to the 2012 "American Time Use Study" conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American full-time worker has e…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 10th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Fri, 10/10/25

Updated: Fri, 10/10/25

Hello, In his book, A Million Little Miracles, Mark Batterson believes we’re walking through a world brimming with the miraculous—we just don’t have…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 9th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Thu, 10/09/25

Updated: Thu, 10/09/25

Hello, In 2012, a 19-year-old man from Washington state named Dakoda Garren was charged with stealing a rare coin collection worth at least $100,000.