https://bbcc.church/devotionalsWeekly Bible devotionals from Boynton Beach Community Church.en-us https://bbcc.church/devotionals/when-god-seems-far-awayWhen prayer seems unanswered, it is easy to wonder whether God sees what you are going through. Revelation 1:17–18 shows the risen Jesus reaching toward a frightened John with tenderness and authority. A Wednesday’s Word devotional about trusting Christ while you wait.bbcc:devotional:435Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/what-is-holding-up-your-lifeEvery life leans on something. We lean on our work, our family, our health, our usefulness, our plans, or the place we hold in other people’s lives. Most of these are good gifts from God. The problem is not that we love them. The problem comes when we ask one of them to hold up the whole house. A wall can look permanent right up until someone removes it. Then you discover whether it was simply dividing the rooms or carrying the weight of the second floor.bbcc:devotional:431Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:26:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/desire-or-demandA quiet soul is not an empty soul. It is a held soul that no longer needs an outcome to prove that God is good. Have you ever been completely still while something inside you paced around the room? Your body is in bed, but your soul has opened a twenty-four-hour crisis-management office.bbcc:devotional:416Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:45:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/you-are-not-the-cornerstonePsalm 127 does not tell the builders to put down their tools or the guards to abandon their posts. Their work matters. So does yours. God calls builders to build, parents to parent, teachers to teach, and neighbors to love the people next door. The problem begins when we ask our work to carry more than work can hold. A job can provide an income, but it cannot tell you what you are worth. A full calendar can make you feel necessary, but it cannot make you secure. A beautiful house can still be a lonely home.bbcc:devotional:407Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:43:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/wait-and-seeMost of us are waiting and seeing about something. A test result. A child. A job. A relationship that could still go either way. Our souls do not wait quietly. They run ahead, rehearse conversations that have not happened, research every possible outcome, and treat the worst thing we can imagine as if it has already taken place. We may call it preparation, but often we are trying to control a future that was never placed in our hands.bbcc:devotional:393Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:53:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/youre-not-flying-the-planeAnd you can actually let go, because of where this psalm finally points. The whole song says God is our refuge, but it never once asks you to be strong enough to reach the shelter on your own. The refuge isn't a place. It's a person. When the earth shook at the cross and the rocks split open (Matthew says they did), the man standing on it didn't run for cover. He became the cover. Jesus walked down into the collapse, into the dark, into the grave, and came out the other side alive. So grace never asks you to grip harder. Grace is the announcement that Someone already went into the worst of it for you and won. You don't unclench to earn the rest. You unclench because the hands underneath you have been stronger than yours the entire time.bbcc:devotional:332Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:23:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/why-trying-harder-never-reached-your-heartYou think your heart is a fair judge weighing the evidence. It's actually a defense attorney who already picked a side, and this week we look at the one move that finally gets past him.bbcc:devotional:318Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:41:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/why-giving-god-space-might-be-pride-in-disguiseWhen you blow it, you probably go quiet on God and call it humility. But what if backing away from the table is just pride wearing a different costume, and the way back is two short sentences a desperate woman figured out before the disciples ever did?bbcc:devotional:314Wed, 27 May 2026 07:58:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/youre-not-waiting-for-jesus-youre-walking-with-himSome of you have been praying the same prayer for twenty years and you're starting to wonder if Jesus is even listening. This week's devotional sits inside one verse of Mark 5 — and offers something better than a shorter wait.bbcc:devotional:310Tue, 19 May 2026 18:09:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/your-favorite-escape-isnt-workingEvery one of us has a go-to escape — wine, work, the scroll, holding it all together so nobody sees. The problem isn't that they don't work. The problem is what they're costing you.bbcc:devotional:304Tue, 12 May 2026 20:35:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/you-asked-for-healing-jesus-saw-something-elseA paralyzed man asked Jesus for one thing — and got something nobody in the room expected. This week's devotional digs into why the answer you didn't ask for might be the one you actually need most.bbcc:devotional:235Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:17:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/youre-not-disqualifiedPeter swore he'd never walk away — then denied Jesus three times before sunrise. The first thing the risen King did was call him back by name.bbcc:devotional:231Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:04:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/you-might-be-following-a-jesus-who-doesnt-existPeter called Jesus the Messiah — and then tried to talk Him out of being one. This week's devotional explores the Christ we actually got versus the one we keep wishing for.bbcc:devotional:208Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:22:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/what-got-torn-cant-be-sewn-shutEvery one of us has something drowning out God’s voice right now. For some of you it’s busyness—your schedule is so packed you haven’t had a quiet moment in weeks, and that’s not an accident, because silence is where God tends to speak. For some it’s comfort—things are fine enough to keep you from wanting more. For some it’s familiarity—you grew up in church, you know all the answers, and somewhere along the way the God who tore heaven open became predictable.bbcc:devotional:119Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:19:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/youre-the-child-in-this-storyYou probably think Mark 10 is about what adults do for kids. But Jesus pulls a move at the end that quietly rearranges everything — because you're not the grown-up in this story.bbcc:devotional:117Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:41:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/theres-probably-clock-in-your-house-thats-still-wrongWeek 1 of Mark My Words — start here.bbcc:devotional:115Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:36:00 -0400https://bbcc.church/devotionals/maybe-your-relationships-arent-broken-maybe-youre-asking-them-to-be-godYou've been digging into people — marriages, friendships, community — trying to collect enough to feel okay. But what if the reason it keeps leaking out isn't them… it's the role you've been asking them to fill?bbcc:devotional:111Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:47:00 -0500