HighPoint Devotionals

There is a moment in the Sermon on the Mount that is easy to read past without fully grasping its weight. Jesus looks at His followers — ordinary people who had left their nets, their tax tables, their routines — and says something that should stop us cold: "You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world." Not "you could be" or "you should try to become." You are. That distinction matters more than we might initially realize. It is not a challenge to achieve a

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. These ancient words from John's Gospel have echoed through centuries, but their full weight might still surprise us. What if the toughest miracle God ever performed wasn't creating the universe or raising the dead, but simply getting us to understand who He is and how He feels about us? The Scandal of Christmas Christmas celebrates something so scandalous that it offended nearly everyone who firs

There's an unsettling reality about empty houses. Ask any city official and they'll tell you the same thing: vacant homes are magnets for trouble. They drive down property values, drain municipal resources, and worst of all, they attract criminal activity. Empty houses don't stay empty for long, and what moves in is rarely good news for a neighborhood. But what if this principle extends far beyond real estate? What if the same truth applies to our hearts, our families, and e