Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 20th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Mon, 10/20/25

Updated: Mon, 10/20/25

Hello, In 1857, New York City was restless. The economy had crashed, businesses were folding, and fear hung thick in the air. Amid the chaos, a quiet…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 19th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sun, 10/19/25

Updated: Sun, 10/19/25

Hello, In the 1800s, a man named George Müller ran orphanages in Bristol, England. By all accounts, he shouldn’t have been able to. He had no steady…

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…