Five More Minutes with Pastor Scott Christian Hughes

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  The Open Hand of God 01.10.2026 8min

  Thankful Thursday | THE OPEN HAND OF GOD 📖 Daily Reading: Psalm 145:8–18 Sometimes one little word in Scripture can make us stop and see something we’ve been missing. In Psalm 145, David keeps using the word “all” as he describes the reach of God’s goodness. Then he gives us this beautiful picture: “You open Your hand…” — Psalm 145:16 Even when we’re still waiting on something, there is evidence of God’s goodness all around us. 💭 Today’s Truth: Thankfulness learns to recognize God’s ...
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  Wisdom Right Here 30.09.2026 10min

  Wisdom Wednesday | WISDOM RIGHT HERE 📖 Daily Reading: James 1:2–8 Some days it feels like you’re just trying to carry what you’ve been given while life keeps throwing things at you! James tells believers walking through trials that if they lack wisdom, they should ask God. And sometimes the wisdom we need isn’t: “God, tell me how to get out of this.” It may be: “God, show me how to walk through this.” And here’s the beautiful part: James says God gives wisdom generously and without repr...
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  Jesus Already Knew 29.09.2026 7min

  Truth Tuesday | JESUS ALREADY KNEW 📖 Daily Reading: John 6:1–14 Have you ever looked at a situation, considered every option, and still thought, “I don’t see how this works”? Philip did the math. Andrew tried to organize a potluck. Neither could see a solution. But John 6:6 tells us something they didn’t know yet: Jesus already knew what He was intending to do. We don’t have to pretend we understand everything God is doing. Abiding means staying close to Jesus even when He hasn’t given us t...
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  Eagerly Watch 28.09.2026 7min

  Motivation Monday | EAGERLY WATCH Join me today as we spend Five More Minutes with God! What do you do after you pray? If you have time, read Psalm 5! It is a quick read with some real nuggets of truth! Psalm 5:3 says, “In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.” Prayer isn’t just laying something before God and waiting for an answer. It’s continuing through the day attentive to what God is doing—around us and even in us. I’ve talked with God abou...
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  Stay With Him 25.09.2026 8min

  FAITHFUL FRIDAY — STAY WITH HIM Before Andrew brought Peter to Jesus, something important happened: Andrew spent time with Jesus himself. In John 1, Jesus gives Andrew and another disciple a simple invitation: “Come, and you will see.” — John 1:39 They went—and Scripture says: “…they stayed with Him that day…” Then Andrew does something beautiful. He finds his brother Simon and tells him: “We have found the Messiah…” And John 1:42 simply says: “He brought him to Jesus.” Don't m...
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  Look Again 24.09.2026 7min

  THANKFUL THURSDAY — LOOK AGAIN The sun came up this morning. Birds are outside. Grass is growing. There's food to eat, people to love, another day to live. Ordinary stuff, right? Maybe not. Psalm 104 looks at many of those same everyday things and sees the extraordinary work and generosity of God. “You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.” — Psalm 104:28 Here's what struck me: Creation hasn't become ordinary. We've just become accustomed ...
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  Stay Interruptable 23.09.2026 10min

  WISDOM WEDNESDAY — STAY INTERRUPTIBLE David had just trusted God in a huge moment. In 1 Samuel 24, he refused to kill Saul—the king who was literally trying to kill him. Then in 1 Samuel 25, one foolish man named Nabal insults him, and David straps on his sword and heads out ready to take revenge. Isn't that something? David had been obedient in the bigger thing—and nearly stumbled over the smaller thing. But God put Abigail in his path. She challenged David to look beyond his ang...
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  Faith Knows Who 22.09.2026 9min

  TRUTH TUESDAY — FAITH KNOWS WHO I've always tended to picture Abraham walking up the mountain in Genesis 22 thinking something like, “I don't know how this is going to work out. I just hope somehow it does.” But Hebrews 11 gives us an incredible glimpse into what Abraham was actually thinking. Before going up the mountain, Abraham said: “I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.” — Genesis 22:5 We will return. How could Abraham say that? Hebrews 1...
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  Your Corner of the Mat 21.09.2026 8min

  📖 MOTIVATION MONDAY — YOUR CORNER OF THE MAT If you grew up in Sunday School, you may remember this one from the flannelgraph days! 😄 Four men have a paralyzed friend who needs Jesus. The house is packed, they can't get through the door, so they climb onto the roof, make an opening, and lower their friend down to Jesus. But today I want you to notice one simple detail from Mark 2:3: “And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.” These men couldn't heal their friend. ...
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  Daily 18.09.2026 8min

  📖 FAITHFUL FRIDAY — DAILY What does it really look like to faithfully follow Jesus? Sometimes we think about the big moments—the difficult stand, the enormous sacrifice, the life-changing decision. But listen to one little word Jesus uses in Luke 9:23: “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.” DAILY. Most of the Christian life is not lived in one enormous moment. It's lived one ordinary day at a time. You don't have to...
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  The Lord Is My Keeper 17.09.2026 8min

  📖 THANKFUL THURSDAY — THE LORD IS YOUR KEEPER Where does your help come from when you're facing something you can't control? Psalm 121 begins with that question: “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” — Psalm 121:1–2Then in verse 5, the psalmist gives us a wonderful truth about God: “The LORD is your keeper.” That's our reason to be thankful today. God never promised that following Him would mean a life...
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  How You Stand Matters 16.09.2026 8min

  📖 WISDOM WEDNESDAY — HOW YOU STAND MATTERS How do you stand for what you believe without becoming combative about it? Yesterday, Daniel showed us the importance of settling Who we belong to before the pressure comes. But today, notice what happens next. Daniel 1:8 says that after Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself: “…he sought permission from the commander of the officials…” Daniel's conviction was firm. But the way he carried that conviction was filled with wisdom and res...
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  Make up Your Mind 15.09.2026 8min

  📖 TRUTH TUESDAY — MAKE UP YOUR MIND Yesterday we talked about Enoch and this simple description of his life: “Enoch walked with God.” He showed us that we can live among people without letting their direction determine ours. But that leaves an important question: How? How do we keep walking with God when the people around us are walking another direction? Daniel gives us a powerful example. Daniel had been taken from Jerusalem into Babylon. His home changed. His surroundings changed. Hi...
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  Who Are You Walking With 14.09.2026 8min

  📖 MOTIVATION MONDAY — WHO ARE YOU WALKING WITH? Genesis gives us only a few verses about a man named Enoch, but twice it gives us this remarkable description: “Enoch walked with God…” — Genesis 5:24 What makes that even more significant is the world Enoch was living in. He wasn't walking with God in Eden. Sin had entered the world, and humanity was moving farther and farther away from God. And yet— Enoch walked with God in a world increasingly moving away from God. Maybe you need tha...
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  Now What? 11.09.2026 9min

  📖 FAITHFUL FRIDAY — NOW WHAT? Earlier this week, we met Naaman in 2 Kings 5. He began with: “I thought…” Then he obeyed: “according to the word of the man of God.” And after God healed him, Naaman returned to Elisha and said: “Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the world, but in Israel…” — 2 Kings 5:15 But that raises an important question: What do you do with what you now know? Naaman was about to go home—to the same country, the same responsibilities, and the same complica...
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  Fully Known 10.09.2026 7min

  📖 THANKFUL THURSDAY — FULLY KNOWN Here’s something I’m thankful for today: God knows me. Psalm 139 begins with David saying: “O LORD, You have searched me and known me.” — Psalm 139:1 God knows when we sit down and when we rise. He knows our thoughts. He knows our paths. David says He is “intimately acquainted with all my ways.” God doesn’t merely know about you. God knows you. And David’s response is beautiful: “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me…” — Psalm 139:6 But the...
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  Don't Mistake Quiet for Absent 09.09.2026 9min

  📖 WISDOM WEDNESDAY — DON’T MISTAKE QUIET FOR ABSENT One chapter can make quite a difference. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah watched God answer by fire. “Then the fire of the LORD fell…” — 1 Kings 18:38 It was dramatic. Unmistakable. God was in the fire. But turn one chapter. Elijah is now exhausted, afraid, and discouraged. At Horeb, a powerful wind comes. Then an earthquake. Then fire. But 1 Kings 19:12 says: “…the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing.” ...
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  I Thought 08.09.2026 9min

  📖 TRUTH TUESDAY — “I THOUGHT…” Have you ever looked at something happening in your life and thought: “Well…that’s not how I thought this was going to go.” Naaman certainly did. He came to Elisha believing God could heal his leprosy. But when Elisha told him to wash seven times in the Jordan River, Naaman became angry. Why? Because Naaman didn’t just have a request. He had a script. In 2 Kings 5:11, Naaman actually says: “Behold, I thought…” He had already imagined how God ought...
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  Work Wasn't The Curse 07.09.2026 9min

  🇺🇸 MOTIVATION MONDAY — WORK WASN’T THE CURSE Happy Labor Day, friends! We celebrate Labor Day by…trying our best not to labor. 😂 But here’s something interesting: if you think work entered the world because of sin, you’re one chapter too late. 📖 Genesis 2:15 tells us that before the Fall, before the curse, and before there were any thorns or thistles, God placed Adam in the garden “to cultivate it and keep it.” Work wasn’t the curse. The curse made work painful. God created us with purpose—to...
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  He Goes Ahead 04.09.2026 7min

  📖 Faithful Friday — He Goes Ahead We were in John 10 just last week, but I came back to the passage and noticed another little phrase I had walked right past. Jesus says of the shepherd: “…he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.” — John 10:4 Don't miss those words: “He goes ahead of them.” The Shepherd doesn't stand behind the sheep shouting directions. He leads from the front. And maybe you need that reminder today. You may not know what next ...