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"Grace for All" is a daily devotional podcast from the laity of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. Each episode presents scripture and a brief reflection, written and recorded by members of our church. These short episodes are meant to inspire you and support your journey of understanding and faith. We believe the central message of Jesus is one of grace. Grace for all human beings.
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- Today4 min
Scripture Saturday (November 14, 2026)
You are listening to Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee.This is Scripture Saturday, a time when we pause and reflect on the scriptures we have read throughout the week. If you missed any of our devotionals on these passages, you can find them on our website at 1stChurch.org or wherever you get your podcasts.Now, we invite you to listen and receive Grace. Welcome and thank you for joining us.Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org.First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
- Yesterday5 min
Love Even When It Hurts
Matthew 5:44-46, New International Version44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?In the years between 2010-2019, a young woman in Tennessee began to question the evangelical faith in which she had been raised. Rachel Held Evans lived in Dayton, TN and graduated from Bryan College. In addition to writing five books, she became an on-line blogger and found a community of Millennials who shared her deep concerns about a fundamental faith that rejected people on the margins, whose sexuality did not fit into the traditional categories of male and female. She also found fundamentalists who responded to her ideas with hate mail.The hateful responses hurt Rachel deeply, but she never responded in hate. In the spring of 2013, during the Lenten season, Rachel decided to turn her hate mail into something beautiful: She wrote, “For Lent his year, I wanted to learn a new creative skill that would enable me to turn something ugly into something beautiful, so I resolved on Ash Wednesday to turn some of my hate mail into origami….. it felt a little awkward at first, but as I moved my fingers across those painful words, folding them into one another to make wings, then a neck, then a crooked little beak, healing tears fell, and I let my fingers pray.”Through the next six weeks, Rachel’s family and friends joined in, learning to create a variety of “little swans and sailboats and flowers and foxes,” out of sheets of white paper printed with hate mail. She wrote about this experience in her blog: “I’ve been making origami off and on for forty days now, letting my fingers pray out and I’ve learned some things: about reverse folds and crimp folds, about trial and error, about patience, about retracing steps and following directions, about forgiveness, about letting go, about redirecting some of my anxious and self-focused energy into purposeful acts of creativity and healing, about building bridges, about asking for help.” P. 334, Braving the TruthShe wrote about this project in her blog, and one of the hate mail authors even sent her an apologetic email after reading her words.The experience deepened her faith and her relationship with God.She said, “What I learned turning my hate mail into origami is that we’re meant to remake this world together. We’re meant to hurt together, heal together, forgive together, and create together….And something tells me we would all be a little more careful, a little more gentle, if we knew how long our words linger in one another’s lives.” Pp. 335-336Rachel learned that it was not enough to love those who love you, but that we must love our enemies, that we are all both righteous and unrighteous. She created paper sculptures that became prayers for her enemies and wrote about her experience in a blog that provided a bridge of love and forgiveness.Let us pray: Dear God, we thank you for the love that you have poured out on us regardless of our worthiness. Help us to love and forgive those who have harmed us, and in so doing, bring the kingdom of heaven to our world. Amen.This devotion was written and read by Laura Derr.Quote Source: “What I Learned Turning My Hate Mail into Origami,” by Rachel Held Evans, Blog, April 1, 2013. Reprinted in Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning and Reimagining Faith, pp. 34-336.Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org.First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
- 2 days ago5 min
Living Boldly
Joshua 1:9 (NLT)“This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.This verse is perhaps one of the most comforting verses I lean on. I have recently shared this verse with two very dear friends who are facing serious medical issues. After all, knowing that God is with us wherever we should go, whatever we might face, God is right there with us. Encouraging words that hopefully help us to live and love boldly. Knowing that God is always with us, acknowledging that His presence, helps us to feel loved and safe. The confidence and courage to make choices based on faith and trust is necessary.Our faith calls us into action. To experience that confidence and be guided by our faith, we must do our part. We are told over and over to obey God’s law. The world tells us we should do what benefits us, makes us happy and feeling satisfied. If we aren’t careful, the goal is not based on the common good, but rather on what we desire for ourselves, not for what God would call us to do and be.Place yourself in Joshua’s shoes or maybe sandals. You have been Moses trusted assistant for many years as he led the Israelites into the Promised Land. And now, the responsibility has become yours. These hundreds of thousands of people, more than we can dare imagine, are tired, impatient, discontent and probably sick and tired of hearing about the Promised Land. How do you manage to remain steadfast and lead them on?Joshua trusted God; He prayed; He obeyed. I’m not pretending that Joshua’s life or decisions were easy. However, he was faithful, stayed true to his call while trusting and loving God. His own example for the people of Israel was bold and courageous. After all, he suffered alongside them. Joshua was warned to keep close to the word of God – no matter how big or challenging the task or goal. He did! With God’s help, he knew he could be strong, and withstand any pressure because God was with him every single step of the way. In this case Joshua was aware and knew that he must trust God to deliver Israel, not just himself or his family. While there was no certainty, Joshua had faith, real faith, trust and love for and in God who led him every day.For us, today, we must have faith in God’s plan for us. We must live boldly, love boldly and allow others to see faith in our lives as we make decisions, face adversity and seek His will. We must prepare ourselves by spending time in scripture and prayer and follow in obedience. Just as God honored Joshua with success, He honors us with His constant presence and abiding love. If we love as we are loved by God, we will live boldly for Him and our lives will be blessed. We can’t always predict the blessing, but it will be ours. With God before you, within you and behind you, wherever you go you must live and love boldly.May we pray together…. Gracious God, we are so grateful that you never leave us and that you have plans for our future. Guide us as we spend time in your word and prayer so that we may live and love boldly and lead other to know you more. It is the name of your son, Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.This devotion was written and read by Lisa Blackwood. Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org.First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
- 3 days ago5 min
Love Is a Verb
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (CEB)Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant, it isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints, it isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth. Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things.You've probably heard these words at a wedding. They're beautiful, and certainly appropriate for marriage. But Paul didn't address them to a couple in love. He addressed them to a church that couldn't seem to get along.The Corinthians had divided into factions. Some considered themselves more important than others. Wealthier members received preferential treatment, followers of certain teachers thought themselves superior, and people competed over whose spiritual gifts had greater value.Think about that context when Paul starts describing love. It isn't jealous. It doesn't brag. It doesn't seek its own advantage.Ouch. He might as well have been calling people out by name.There's something interesting about the original Greek here. While English translations often use adjectives to describe love, Paul actually uses verbs. Love does things. It's an action, not merely a feeling.Sometimes those actions run directly against our instincts.I once had a relationship with someone who seemed to have a memory like the proverbial elephant. Whenever I made a mistake, it became another entry in a running account of everything I'd ever done wrong. Each new offense brought the whole history back into evidence.I suspect most of us have kept similar accounts at one time or another. We remember who hurt us, who embarrassed us, who got something we deserved. Sometimes we even want to get even, even though we know that our resentment hurts us, too.But Paul says love doesn't keep a record of complaints. That doesn't mean overlooking injustice or pretending that harmful behavior is acceptable. Paul specifically says love rejoices in truth, not injustice. We can hold people accountable without seeking revenge.Jesus demonstrated that kind of love, even toward those who crucified him.And here's the good news: We don't have to manufacture that love through sheer willpower. God's grace works within us, gradually transforming our hearts. As we choose patience over retaliation, kindness over resentment, and another person's good over our own advantage, we become more like Christ.Love is a verb. With God's help, it's action we can learn to practice.PrayerGracious God, thank you for loving us even when we fall short. Help us let go of resentment and the desire to get even. Work within our hearts so that our love becomes more than a feeling or a fine-sounding word. Teach us to love as Jesus loves, through our actions as well as our words. In his name we pray, Amen.This devotional was written and read by Donn King.Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org.First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
- 4 days ago6 min
Rejection
Romans 8:38-39For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.I would venture a guess that just about everyone has had a time in their lives when they have felt the sting of rejection. Whether the rejection was actual or just perceived, we all know how hurtful, isolating, and defeating it can be. When we are rejected, we lose confidence in ourselves and we feel less likely to engage with others.It is no surprise, then, that when pressed for a favorite scripture passage, these verses from Romans immediately stick out at the top of the list for many people, myself included. There is profound comfort in Paul’s repudiation of reasons we might contrive that God could stop loving us: a rejection of rejection.I think that this passage feels particularly profound for an important reason though. Many of us grew up in loving homes with parents that told us how proud they were of us, who built us up. But even if we did, we probably knew someone who did not. And even if we had wonderful parents, there probably was a time in our lives when we remember a parent not being as proud of us as we had hoped for, or choosing something else over us. Parents are human, after all. But a parent’s rejection is a different kind of pain. Rejection from those who gave us life strikes deep into one’s soul. It sears its way into our heart’s memory. So, when Paul says that nothing — not anything imaginable — can separate us from the love of God our Father, I think it brings us comfort and assurance that we children are always going to have that love, no matter what comes. Because the truth is that we will screw up — children are human, too, after all. And when we screw up, it will be okay.But there is one more piece to this. During the Last Supper, as found in the Gospel of John, chapter 13, Jesus says to the disciples (and to us) “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”Friends, we are to take that radically inseparable love that Paul describes that we have been and continue to be shown and spread it to others. We, too, are to reject rejection. To be known as followers of Jesus, we must do what is not in our nature as humans and certainly isn’t common in society. It feels vulnerable sharing love with others; it can be downright scary! But the amazing thing is this: the love that God the Father pours out onto us is enough. When we feel vulnerable or afraid, nothing can separate us from God’s love, and through that love, we can have the confidence to love others. Thanks be to God.Let us pray.For your boundless, unending love, dear God, we give you thanks. When we have trouble sharing it with others, help us remember your presence with us, your love for us, and your assurance to us. May the only rejection we ever make be one of rejection itself. We pray this in the name of Christ, Love himself. Amen.This devotion was written and read by Dwight Dockery Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org.First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
- 5 days ago4 min
Deep and Wide
Ephesians 3:18 (NIV)And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.Maybe as a child you, like I, learned the song Deep and Wide in Sunday School, which teaches about God’s unconditional love and grace. The words are simple and repetitive: “Deep and wide, deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. Deep and wide, deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.” The image of the fountain symbolizes the abundance of God’s ever-flowing love and compassion.There is no shortage of popular music expressing the depth and length of human love, especially romantic love. Most of us can easily relate to the experience of loving deeply, of feeling an attachment that reaches into the core of our very being. We use words like ‘in over my head,’ or ‘head over heels,’ or ‘with heart and soul,’ to describe this kind of love.Most of us can also easily relate to the sense of love as unending, and know what it means to think of loving someone for a lifetime or, for eternity. We promise ‘forever love,’ and express our commitment to love that is ‘never-ending.’When I think about my love for others, it is easy for me to identify many close family and friends I love deeply, and to imagine that I will always love them just as I do now. In other words, I can affirm that my love is both deep and long.But is my love for others wide? Is it high? Do I love like Christ? Does my love reach all people, without exclusion? Does my love lift others up, toward God, without exception? I am challenged today to think about loving deeply, but also about loving widely, to ask God to give me a heart of compassion that flows ‘deep and wide.’Let us pray: Transformed by grace, may my love for others grow wider, higher, deeper and longer. Show me how to love as Christ loves. Amen.This devotional was written and read by Greta Smith.Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life. If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org. First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
- 6 days ago5 min
Living as God’s Children
Colossians 3:12-14Therefore as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.Compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience! What beautiful words! But, I’m sorry to say that unfortunately, these words are rarely heard on the news, on social media, or from politicians. But they are words we desperately need to hear from all those sources. Jesus reminded us of words like these, over and over, in the Gospels.We must strive to use these words; to live these words and their associated emotions much more often and to bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances we may have against one another! As today’s Scriptures reminds us of our status as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, we are to clothe ourselves with compassion, to be dressed in kindness, to accessorize with humility, gentleness, and patience. Dressed this way, we will show the world that we belong to Christ Jesus.Wearing this ensemble, we will be able to think, speak, and act from a viewpoint of LOVE, guided by these virtues and the Holy Spirit.My friends – and I call all of you my friends in Christ – we must let LOVE be the starting point that causes us to deal with others in the ways outlined in these verses. Using LOVE to guide us, we can follow these commands.Living in LOVE and following Jesus as our role model, we can help to heal the world by daily living in these virtues. And the return for this way of living is not only eternal life, but a happy life and a better world.Let’s pray…Dear Lord, help me to center myself in your LOVE each morning and to dress myself in your LOVE by wearing these emotions and living out these traits, as prescribed in Colossians. Help me to be faithful to this calling every day of my life, to LOVE as you LOVE, and to forgive as much as I wish to be forgiven. In Jesus’ name we pray…AMENThis devotion was written and read by Bernice Howard.Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org.First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
- 1 weeks ago4 min
Scripture Saturday (November 7, 2026)
Welcome to the Saturday episode of the Grace for All podcast. Thank you for joining us today. Saturday is a special time when we take a few moments to review the scriptures that we have cited in the episodes this week.If you missed any of those episodes, you might want to consider listening to them today. And even if you heard them all, there may be one that you might want to listen to again. We hope that each of these scriptures and podcasts will bring you a full measure of joy, peace, and love.Now, let's listen to the scriptures that have been on our hearts this week.Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. With these devotionals, we want to remind listeners on a daily basis of the love and grace that God extends to all human beings, no matter their location, status, or condition in life.If you would like to respond to these devotionals in any way, we would enjoy hearing from you. Our email address is: podcasts@1stchurch.org.First United Methodist Church is a lively, spirit-filled congregation whose goal is to spread the message of love and grace into our community and throughout the world. We are located on the web at https://1stchurch.org/.
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"Grace for All" is a daily devotional podcast from the laity of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. Each episode presents scripture and a brief reflection, written and recorded by members of our church. These short episodes are meant to inspire you and support your journey of understanding and faith. We believe the central message of Jesus is one of grace. Grace for all human beings.
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