Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

On a November evening, Victoria Ruvolo, a forty-four-year-old New Yorker, was driving to her home on Long Island. She’d just attended her niece’s recital and was ready for the couch, ...

The Accuser Is At LargeThe enemy of our souls who bombards our minds with negative thoughts and lies, and sometimes the people around us who operate under his influence. The ...

Early in our marriage, Amy and I stumbled across a simple truth that’s made all the difference. In fact, because it’s so simple, it would be easy to underestimate just ...

Lift up your eyes round about, and see. — Isaiah 60:4 RSVAt the end of January I was waiting in the car to pick up Ann from her ballet class. ...

Unless you’re a longtime Seattle Seahawks fan of a certain age, you’ve never heard of my late husband, Grant Feasel.Grant was the starting center and long snapper for the Seahawks ...

O Lord my God, You are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty, wrapped in light as with a garment… — Psalm 104:1-2 NRSVIt’s before sunrise in Central ...

She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” ...

Here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have desired. — 1 Samuel 12:13Voting is the most basic way citizens participate in a democracy.By voting, we help ...

We are really ready for this presidential election to be over. We’re ready for an end to the rancor and tackiness. Voters on both sides feel frustrated, even embarrassed by ...

But the fruit of the Spirit is… joy. — Galatians 5:22The word joy has all but disappeared from our current Christian vocabulary. One reason is because we have confused joy ...

Editor’s Note: This month we’re celebrating the Lord’s goodness and faithfulness with thankfulness! What are you grateful for today? Share with us in the comments below!MorningIt is impossible to praise ...

What Is Hope?I have a friend named Michael who, when he was in high school, went on a mission trip with his dad to Africa. While there, something tragic happened. ...

… to be made new in the attitude of your minds… — Ephesians 4:23I’ve been recently reminded that the way I perceive my circumstances can really make or break my ...

Pop culture is searching, perhaps today more than ever, for truth. But truth has become to many whatever they want it to be, bound up in lies from Satan that ...

It seems with each passing day we are sinking a little deeper into the quicksand of cultural collapse. For those of us who, like Daniel, seek to live in the ...

Cruciform self-giving is the distinctive dimension of holiness. — Michael GormanI’d been dangerously anemic for weeks, feeling like I was a wet sheet of paper and the story was falling ...