Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

Several years aftermy initial diagnosis, our family of six moved from California to Oregon. We’d lived there while Phil was going to grad school, and I looked forward to living ...

Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. — 1 Peter 5:7REST in the deep assurance of My unfailing Love. Let your body, mind, and spirit relax ...

There is a solution to entitlement, which I call the Hard Way. The Hard Way is the entitlement cure. It is a path of behaviors and attitudes that undo the ...

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious ...

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! — Romans 9:14Have you ever considered the stark contrast between Judas Iscariot and the thief on the cross? ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...