Caring Like Jesus Where You Lead: Join the YMCA Online Devotion Series

How can we be ‘like Living Stones’ used by God to strengthen the presence of Christ where we lead?

Recently, 24 YMCA leaders with the onPrinciple program visited 12 places throughout the Holy Land where Jesus taught about how to live and lead in God’s kingdom.

From this experience comes 12 spiritual leadership principles – or Living Stones – (inspired by 1Peter 2:4-5) that Christ-followers can embody as we are being built up to lead, care and serve everyone, like Jesus.

You are welcome to join me for this 12 day spiritual journey – click here for the whole series!

If you’ve been looking for a new kind of devotion, or needing to get restarted in spiritual reflection, you’ll enjoy these short and encouraging meditations on being in the Holy Land, standing and walking where Jesus lived, and how that shapes our lives today, here.

You can subscribe to these devotions and receive them as an email by going to to timhallman.org and enter your email address into the subscribe box.

At timhallman.org you can also find a link to access the devotions through YouVersion or a downloadable PDF booklet; it was originally published on Pentecost Sunday 2021.

Download the YouVersion app and search for Living Stones devotional or click here if you already use it

The YMCA devotion series is inspired by the writings of Saint Peter, and his urging Christians to imitate Christ as we are built up into a holy and sacrificial calling to love, care and serve those God puts in our life where you lead at work, home and in the community.

“As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like Living Stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

1Peter 2:4-5
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YMCA YouVersion Devotion Series

Check out these new YMCA devotions edited and written by Christian YMCA leaders from across the movement. Learn how you can strengthen the presence of Christ in your life and in your YMCA!

These YMCA devotions are written by Christian Y leaders from across the United States.

Enjoy these devotions with your YMCA leadership team, fellow staff, friends or on your own.

You can access it online via the YouVersion Bible app.

ONE: Praying With Jesus That The World May Believe

What would it look like to be part of the answer to this prayer of Jesus in our generation: “that they all may be one”?

What can we do to be one with God and each other?

Join this seven day devotion series led by YMCA pastors as they explore what the prayer in John 12:20-26 can mean for us today so that the world may believe and know God’s love.

Click here for the devo:
https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/30667

Click here to read the new ONE devotion on YouVersion!

CHOSEN BY GOD: Becoming Christ’s Holy Presents for the World

Click here to view/follow/share Chosen By God Devotion on YouVersion Bible app

LIVING STONES: Lead, Care and Serve Like Jesus

Click here or download the YouVersion app to access the Living Stones devotional!

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Jerusalem International YMCA
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