Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

What's Your Story?

In the beginning…Once upon a time…It was a dark and stormy night…Each of our stories has a unique beginning. My story started differently than yours, and yours began differently than ...

Earnestly Desire Spiritual Gifts

The Holy Spirit wants to be pursued and will not be pushed. This is just another way of saying that if we want to see and experience the full range ...

Jesus Said to Get Some Rest

Aid StationsI settled in at a coffee shop to read and journal.It was the perfect, peaceful setting to quiet my heart and reflect on life. But my tranquility was quickly ...

Peace... The Lord Is There

MorningThe fruit of the Spirit is… peace.To be spiritually minded is life and peace. God has called us to peace. • Peace I leave with you, My peace I give ...

Better Than GPS

Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps. — Jeremiah 10:23I have a GPS on my phone, but I ...

Home: a Restful Haven

The Homiest HomeMy people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest. — Isaiah 32:18 NLTWhen you picture a homey sort of home, what comes to ...

God Made You for a Purpose: Find Where You Shine

Your unique tessitura * isn’t a concession. It’s the acceptance of who you really are. There is power in that. It means you are living and working from a position ...

Integrity Is Revealed in Our Public Lives

Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king’s decree: “Have you not signed ...

Power in Weakness

Several years ago, I (Jamin) had the joy of vacationing in Greece. The drive from Athens to Corinth took about an hour. The drive is so beautiful you almost forget ...

Inauguration Day: For His Glory

If I learned anything during my time as a staffer at The White House, it is that God can be found at work anywhere.There is no situation, no environment, that ...

The Safe Haven of Respect, Love, and Nurture

You know how God told Noah to build a boat in order to save his wife and kids from the Flood? The ark rescued this family by providing refuge from ...

Finding Hope in Hardships

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. ...

How to Love Others Without Driving Them Crazy

A “No” uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a “Yes” merely uttered to please. — Mahatma GandhiI remember a day in my clinical training when one of ...

Because I Am Loved

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. — 1 Peter 5:6Thought for the Day: Doing something in order to be loved ...

God Has a Purpose

Exodus 8:32; Exodus 10:20We know from James 1:13 that God does not — will not — inject the idea of evil into anyone’s heart. So how is it that we ...

The Power of Redemptive Love

One of the most common complaints I have heard in more than thirty years of counseling is from one spouse who wants to improve the marriage when the other spouse ...

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