Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14, “For Christ’s love compels us…”

Devotional Thought: The Apostle Paul didn’t live a radical life because of guilt or fear. He was compelled, moved, motivated, and energized by the love of Jesus. And that same love is what compels us to live with purpose.
You don’t have to fear your way into action. You love your way into it. Once you know how deeply God loves you, the natural response is to want others to know it too.

Reflection:

• What would it look like if Christ’s love truly compelled every part of your life?
• Where might love be leading you today?

Prayer: Jesus, let Your love be the reason I move, speak, serve, and give. I don’t want to live out of fear; I want to live out of love.

Action Step: Write down one person you love who doesn’t yet know how much God loves them. Pray for them by name today.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:19, “And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”

Devotional Thought: You’ve been entrusted with a message that’s too good to keep to yourself. Reconciliation isn’t a religious buzzword; it’s the miracle of God restoring broken people to Himself. That’s the message He’s committed to you.
And here’s the truth: God could have used angels, miracles, or the sky itself to declare His love. But instead, He uses people like you.

Reflection:

• What keeps you from sharing the message of reconciliation with others?
• What part of your own story could show someone that God is for them?

Prayer: Jesus, thank You for trusting me with Your message. Help me carry it with humility, courage, and clarity.

Action Step: Practice saying your faith story in 60-120 seconds. Focus on what Jesus has done in your life, not what you’ve done for Him.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:20, “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.”

Devotional Thought: You are never just a teacher, student, parent, employee, coach, or neighbor. You are a representative of Jesus in every environment you step into. You don’t need a title, you already have one: Ambassador.
You represent a Kingdom of grace, love, and hope. And someone may come to know Jesus because of the way you reflect Him.

Reflection:

• What kind of “ambassador” have you been lately?
• Where is one space God might be asking you to represent Him better?

Prayer: Jesus, thank You for trusting me to represent You. Help me live and love in a way that honors who You are.

Action Step: Think of one environment you’ll step into today. Pray, “Jesus, help me reflect You well here.” Then show up intentionally.

Scripture: Luke 14:23, “...Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.”

Devotional Thought: One invitation could change someone’s eternity. Think about it: how many people are part of RCC today because someone simply asked?
Invitations don’t require a theology degree, just a heart that’s open and a faith that’s willing. A text, a conversation, a moment of courage, it could be the start of someone’s transformation story.

Reflection:

• Who has God placed in your life that you’ve hesitated to invite?
• What holds you back from extending the invitation?

Prayer: Jesus, give me eyes to see who’s ready, and the boldness to invite. Help me trust that You’ll do the rest.

Action Step: Send one text or make one call today. Invite someone to church or into a conversation about faith.

Scripture: Romans 10:14, “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?”

Devotional Thought: If they’re close to you, they’re close to a difference. God has strategically placed people in your life so they can experience His love through you. This isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.
You don’t need to pressure them. Just be present. Be kind. Be honest. And be willing to offer an appropriate invitation. 

Reflection:

• Who is far from God but near to you?
• What step can you take this week to move closer to them?

Prayer: Jesus, thank You for letting me be part of Your mission. Help me see people with Your eyes and love them with Your heart.

Action Step: Choose one person to be intentionally FOR this week. Listen to their story. Invite them into yours. Extend one meaningful invitation.

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:2–3, “He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’”

Devotional Thought: Dry bones don’t just represent death; they represent the death of hope. These weren’t freshly broken dreams. These were dead and gone. Dried up. Forgotten. Ezekiel stood where we all stand at some point, facing something that looks beyond recovery and hearing God ask, “Can this live?”
The truth? You may not know the answer. But God does. Your role isn’t to fix the bones. It’s to listen when He speaks and trust when He breathes.

Reflection:

• What area of your life feels like dry bones, lifeless and beyond revival?
• How do you usually respond when something feels beyond repair?

Prayer: Father, You see what I’ve stopped seeing. You believe in life where I’ve accepted death. Help me trust You with the bones in my valley.

Action Step: Write down one place in your life that feels hopeless. Then write under it: “Can these bones live?” Don’t answer it yet. Let that question sit with you this week.

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:4, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!’”

Devotional Thought: God could’ve spoken directly to the bones. But instead, He asked Ezekiel to speak God’s Word into the valley. Revival begins when the Word of God is reintroduced into the places we’ve written off.
No matter how dry the bones, they can still hear. They don’t need better advice. They need the Word of the Lord.

Reflection:

• Are you allowing God’s Word to speak into the dry places of your life?
• Where have you stopped listening because you assumed it was too late?

​Prayer: Speak, Father, even to the places I’ve given up on. Let me be someone who carries Your Word into dry valleys.

Action Step: Speak one Scripture over the dry place you identified yesterday. Say it out loud if possible. (Suggestion: Psalm 34:18 or Isaiah 43:19)

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:8, “...tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.”

Devotional Thought: Sometimes the outside looks fine, but the inside is gasping. These bones were dressed up but still dead. That’s a warning for all of us who look okay on the outside while quietly suffocating on the inside.
God doesn’t just want you looking alive. He wants you filled with His breath, Ruach, His Spirit, power, and presence. Don’t settle for appearance when God offers abundance.

Reflection:

• Are there areas where you’ve dressed up dead things to make them look okay?
• What would it look like for you to be truly alive again?

Prayer: Holy Spirit, breathe into what I’ve been pretending is okay. I don’t want a life that just looks full, I want one that is full.

Action Step: Pause three times today, morning, midday, and evening, and simply pray, “Holy Spirit, breathe on me.” Let each pause be a moment of surrender and fresh dependence.

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:10, “...and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet, a vast army.”

Devotional Thought: God’s breath is never wasted. When He breathes, things live. What was once scattered and skeletal becomes an army. Not just revived, but mobilized.
Revival is not just about feeling better; it’s about being re-purposed for something greater. God doesn't just revive you to survive; He revives you to stand up and move.

Reflection:

• What’s one area of your life that God may be reviving for a greater purpose?
• Have you limited what God can do through you?

Prayer: God, breathe on me again. I want to stand up, not just feel alive, but live with purpose.

Action Step: Tell someone your “dry bones” story and where you sense God might be bringing new life. Speaking it can stir faith in both of you.

Scripture: Isaiah 55:8, “‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord.”

Devotional Thought: Israel’s revival didn’t happen instantly or in the way they had pictured. Neither will yours. God’s timing and method often surprise us. But His breath is always good. His promises always hold.
So don’t measure revival by what it looks like. Measure it by who’s breathing on it. If God breathes, it’s not over.

Reflection:

• Are you open to God reviving something in a way that’s different from what you expected?
• Where do you need to release your expectations and trust His plan?

Prayer: Jesus, revive me in Your way, in Your time. I trust that Your thoughts and Your breath are better than mine.

Action Step: Take one thing you’re waiting on and pray: “Revive it Your way, God. I trust You.”