The Tuesday after the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on July 14, 2026 by under
Scripture: St. Mark 16:14-18 (NKJV)
16:14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Devotion
God has no need to save any of us. He could do just fine without us, and He could create a whole new human race to populate this earth if He wanted to. The tremendous thing about Him is that He wants to save us. He desires it so much that He took on human flesh and revealed Himself to us as a gracious Savior. He came to us, died for us, and made a way for us to be saved.
He also tells those of us who are His followers to go and make disciples of others who have not heard the message of the Gospel. He makes a way for us to have faith. He gives us His Word so that we can read and hear what the Gospel is. He freely pours out His grace on all through baptism. He opens the way to heaven for us through His Name; the Name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that we receive in baptism. And when we call on the Name that we received in baptism, God hears us and remembers us. He sees us as perfect and clean individuals because of that Name. When we have that Name upon us, we receive the perfect righteousness of the One who gave it to us, Jesus Christ.
Collect: Lord of all power and might, Who art the Author and Giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of Thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of Thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
