May 13th Wednesday Night Devotional
Teachers
Lesson Summary
During the May 13th Wednesday Night Devotional, Richard Sutton taught that the same contagion that spreads COVID‑19 can also spread kindness, patience, love, and positivity. He presented ten “rules” for living a contagious life of happiness, beginning with counting blessings (referencing Malachi 3:10) and living one day at a time (James 4:13‑15; Matthew 6:34). He encouraged the class to express love openly (Mark 14:3‑6; 1 Corinthians 13:4), avoid judging others (Matthew 7), and practice daily good deeds (Acts 10:38). Real‑life anecdotes—such as the generosity of a store employee and the hopeful attitudes of young girls in distant countries—illustrated how small actions can influence others. Sutton also warned against allowing frustration, anger, or imagined troubles to disturb a believer’s peace. He reminded the congregation that God’s peace exceeds understanding and protects the heart and mind (Philippians 4:7, 4:8). The central message affirmed that by intentionally choosing gratitude, compassion, and good works, Christians become carriers of God’s love, impacting their communities even amid a pandemic.
Key Scriptures
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my temple. If you do, says the Lord of Heaven's army, I will open up the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great that you won't have enough room to take it in.
Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade and make a profit'—how do you know what will happen in the future? For you are like vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.'
Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper. A woman came in with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those present were indignant. 'Why waste such expensive perfume?' they asked. 'It could have been sold for a year's wage and the money given to the poor!' And they rebuked her harshly.