Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

New Year, New You: Put the Past Behind You

One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me ...

Hope for the New Year: The Hope of Glory

I am Christ in you, the Hope of Glory. The Messiah — the Savior of the world — lives in you!This promise is for all who have faith in Me: ...

The Power & Mystery of Biblical Fasting

Biblical fasting is always about abstaining from food — not refraining from activities such as using Facebook or watching television. Biblical fasting means refraining from all food or certain foods ...

Journey to Recovery: The First Step

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. ...

Trading Limits for Limitless

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. — 2 Corinthians ...

The Exhausting Pursuit of Happiness

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When our Founding Fathers dipped their quill pens in inkwells in 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence, they declared these unalienable rights ...

A Message in the Night

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. — Luke 2:8The first Christmas worship service was conducted not in a temple, ...

Listen with Understanding

Pray that you might faithfully hear the Word and use the Word to glorify God in all other things that you hear and say.When listening to man, what you hear ...

Jesus Piled on Mercies

He embraced His chosen child, Israel; He remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It’s exactly what He promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. — ...

God Has Come to Us

When I was a child, a distant aunt insisted on knitting me a new hat every Christmas. I tried to be grateful, but they were truly atrocious creations. The worst ...

A Weary World Rejoices: B. C. Becomes A. D.

What’s the best way to keep your attention focused on Jesus during the Christmas season?What do you think was the biggest sacrifice Jesus made when he came to earth?While they ...

The Joy of Christmas

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. — Matthew 2:10Every year people write me saying how much they dread Christmas. often their complaint stems from how ...

Isaiah’s Prophecy

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a Son, and they will ...

The Advent Alternative

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and they will call Him Immanuel” ...

Humility - It's Christmas Not Memas

Have you ever celebrated a holiday named Memas?Some people observe it every December 25. For them, the Christ of Christmas has been replaced by a me-centered worldview. This is a ...

John the Baptist: The Forerunner

Luke 1:57-66, Luke 1:80When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son… On the eighth day [her neighbors and relatives] came to circumcise ...

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Advent isn't just about waiting... let's get ready for Christmas with a fresh sense of anticipation! Join this short 4-week study and get access to 4 study videos with Christine Caine and Lisa Harper and other Advent resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 12/2.