Psalm 64 and 67
May 7, 2026

How Psalms 64 and 67 Teach Us to Pray Honestly, Trust God in Trouble, and Hope for God’s Gracious Answer

During Lent, our confirmation students met with mentors to talk about faith and life—growing in identity, belonging, and purpose through caring relationships. Together they also co-wrote reflections on a Bible verse, and we’ll be sharing these devotionals throughout the Easter season as an invitation to embrace thoughtful dialogue and respond to God’s grace with love in the world. This devotional was written by Katelyn Knoll 6th Grade and Sandy Wittebort



Our devotional is about how we talk to God and hope for an answer or sign and that we need our voice to be heard by God. The psalms that we chose that really connected to this idea were psalm 64 Prayer for Protection from Enemies. The other psalm that we chose was psalm 67 The Nations called to Praise God. We specifically connected to the part in psalm 64 when it says ! Hear my voice, o God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the dread enemy. We connected to this part for two reasons because we saw how this person is complaining to God that they should be saved from the dread enemy. This made us realize that the dread enemy is someone that that person does not like, and they are asking God to save them from the cruelty that that person shows. I realized that this is stuff that we pray to God for all the time and when we think about it, just tell yourself that if your dread enemy is there, always know that God will be there for you in your time of trial. This led us to psalm 67 because we saw that it says , May God be Gracious.

365: The History of the Church Section 1 Part 1

By Unknown • June 16, 2026

365: The History of the Church Section 1

By Unknown • June 15, 2026
This devotional series explores key moments in church history, divided into thematic and historical sections with several parts. It is a long and winding story that began on Pentecost and continues to be written by us and by the Holy Spirit today. SECTION 1 – The Church of the Holy Spirit The church began with breath.  A violent wind filled an upper room and scattered ordinary people into the world with extraordinary news. From that first Pentecost morning, the Spirit has been the church’s constant companion, guiding, correcting, and surprising us through twenty centuries of imperfect faithfulness. The devotions in this section explore pivotal moments when the Spirit moved through imperfect people to shape the church’s story. From Paul’s dramatic conversion to the Council of Jerusalem’s radical inclusion, we see the same God who breathed life into the first disciples still breathing life into us today. We are part of this continuing story; inheritors of a wind that refuses to be contained. Nate Preisinger Bethany Lutheran Church Sent with SubsplashUnsubscribe from all emails

365: Third Sunday after Pentecost

By Unknown • June 14, 2026
Click to watch video Today is the Third Sunday after PentecostWe encourage you to join in for worship at Bethany this weekend either in person or through our livestream.   For an additional devotional reflection, we invite you to watch this reflection from Pastors Gary and Nate on the Feast Day of Peter and Paul last year.Peter the humble fisherman. Paul the privileged Roman citizen. Two wildly different origin stories, yet both were rescued, transformed, and called by God to lead the early Church. Pastors Nate Preisinger and Gary Sandberg reflect on the shared feast day of Saints Peter and Paul and what their lives teach us about grace, redemption, and purpose. Through shame and denial, pride and persecution, God rescued Peter and Paul, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of the Gospel. And that same story of rescue continues today. In baptism, in forgiveness, in community, we are rescued too. 365 Daily Devotional Bethany Lutheran Church Sent with SubsplashUnsubscribe from all emails
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