Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

The Reason for My Hope

God’s Plan: Redemption Eventually we all find ourselves staring into the face of truth. The Bible says that man’s soul is “full of troubles” (Psalm 88:3), filled with bitterness, grief, ...

Fighting for Victory

After I became a Christian in fall 2009, diving took on a new life for me. Though I originally struggled with the desire to continue diving, I eventually got back ...

Random Acts of Kindness Aren't Enough

Darla took out her crayons and scrawled a letter to her heavenly Father:Dear Mr. God,Did you really mean, “Do unto others as they do unto you”? Because if you did, ...

The Mission Field God Gave Me: Where God Wanted Me to Be

Editor’s Note: Because of his Korean-American heritage, author Kenneth Bae felt compelled to somehow reach the people of North Korea. Living in China, Kenneth began to lead guided tours into ...

The Fruit of the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. — Galatians 5:22-23 Fruit is the delectable product of that which is created ...

God of the Present Tense

If you could peek into the minds of people around you, chances are you’d find very few of them completely absorbed in the moment they are living right now. Some ...

Come Boldly

MorningYou shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord.[Jesus], because ...

Saving Grace

Jesus already knows the cost of grace. He already knows the price of forgiveness.But He offers it anyway.God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still ...

DIY: God Qualifies the Called

But Moses replied in the LORD’s presence, “Since I am such a poor speaker, how will Pharaoh listen to me?” — Exodus 6:30 HCSBIt used to be that if you ...

Knock and the Door Will Be Opened

Editors Note: This is an excerpt from 52 Little Lessons from Les Misérables. Bob Welch walks readers through Hugo’s masterpiece, extracting dozens of uniquely spiritual reflections from this enduring portrait ...

The Holy Dare: All in for the All and All

More than a hundred years ago, a British revivalist issued a holy dare that would change a life, a city, and a generation. That timeless challenge echoes across every generation: ...

Are You in the Desert?

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your ...

One Day at a Time

No matter how many days God gives us, He gives them to us one day at a time. So when you think about it…today is all we have.That may sound ...

People Matter

What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with ...

Pray Hard

The Cattle on a Thousand HillsShortly after Dallas Theological Seminary opened its doors, their doors almost closed because of bankruptcy. Before their 1929 commencement day, the faculty gathered in the ...

A New Way to Think

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress… I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. — Psalm 31:9, Psalm 31:12Ever feel ...

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