Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

The apostle Paul said about a healthy community, “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.” The Christian community, ...

Time for JoyRejoice always. — 1 Thessalonians 5:16If you’re waiting for everything in life to be perfect in order to begin rejoicing, then here’s a rather disappointing spoiler alert: life ...

God uses people to form people.That is why what happens between you and another person is never merely human-to-human interaction — the Spirit longs to be powerfully at work in ...

No two people are alike. God created each of us different — with unique preferences, desires, values, and dreams. When we don’t know how to negotiate these differences with others, ...

Morris Brown African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was packed. The lower level of the sanctuary had standing room only. The balcony was at capacity too. Those who didn’t get a ...

Editor’s note: Today is National Day of Encouragement — a perfect time to lift up a friend or neighbor with words of hope or a visit. Maybe you need some ...

Editor’s Note: What if we viewed the Bible as God’s great love letter to His people? What would happen if we looked at His story, His Book, in a different ...

Editor’s note: Enjoy reading as well as listening to this devotion below, or on your Alexa device. Simply enable the “devotionals” skill on Alexa and ask her to read today’s ...

Maybe you’re looking for an instant fix to your anger. You want to be changed overnight. But a real and lasting fix seldom arrives instantaneously. God morphs our life little ...

Editor’s note: If your life feels like a hectic, noisy, runaway train, you’re in good company. Nicole Johnson (you may remember her from Women of Faith) shares her story of ...

Up on the Mountaintop The storm is brewing in the mountaintop. Clouds become a stage for lightning dances.Thunder rolls in a distant Heaven.
Soaring above, predators scan meadowsFor the most vulnerable ...

Standing Tall, Falling HardFor the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world. He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the ...

When people walk down the street, most of them instinctively look at their reflections in the windows. It’s a knee-jerk reaction. I believe there are two mirrors in each of ...

Then He turned to the host. ‘The next time you put on a dinner, don’t just invite your friends and family and rich neighbors, the kind of people who will ...

It was that time of the year when you could feel a mixture of intense emotions in the air — the joy of the semester almost being done, along with ...

Jesus saw the woman caught in adultery as a beloved daughter, His creation, someone to be nurtured and enabled, someone for whom He was willing to die, someone for whom ...