Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

Many images accompany Christmas — fun and frolic, snow and decorations, laughter and family gatherings — images so ingrained in most people’s minds that they find it difficult to imagine ...

I am the Word that became flesh. I have always been, and I will always be. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the ...

He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him. — Isaiah 53:2 Hariett has a real gift when it ...

Christ Himself was like God in everything… But He gave up His place with God and made Himself nothing. He was born as a man and became like a servant. ...

The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. — John 1:14 ...

The Most Cherished Gift Each Christmas when I was a kid, like clock-work, and no matter what was going on, I could always count on receiving a blunt, circular object ...

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. — 1 John 4:7 Years ago, I had breakfast with a group of writer friends who gather once ...

After Jesus said this, He looked toward Heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.” — John 17:1 Christianity, alone among ...

And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the LORD. If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with ...

Those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. — 1 Peter 4:19 If our kids always behave and our ...

Scripture Psalm 23; Matthew 18:12–14; John 10:1–8; Hebrews 13:20–21 Our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep. — Hebrews 13:20 I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep ...

Reach Out and Find Him The apostle Paul gave us some assuring words to cling to when we feel like things are out of control. He spoke them when he ...

John Calvin said, “Our wisdom... consists almost entirely of two parts: knowledge of God and of ourselves.”1 We can have the same conversation with God, much like we have the ...

Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” [22] Jesus said to ...

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing ...

Romans 1-8 As God’s apostle to the Gentiles, it was Paul who led the church in spreading Christianity throughout the Roman Empire. He made three missionary journeys to much of ...