Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

Love Your Enemies

This is a double-take moment. Or one of those awkward moments when someone says something that, when you first hear it, causes you to laugh, only to realize that it ...

Be an Ambassador of Love

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me. — Matthew 25:40Jesus was an ambassador of ...

God Is In Your Suffering: Every Dark Day Is an Invitation

It came as a series of text messages, before texting was commonplace. I was buried deep in my Bible, and God was singling out my husband.First, Nate alerted me that ...

The Mouths of Babes: Expressing Gratitude

I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. – Ephesians 1:16One thing I’ve been trying to teach my boys lately is that the best ...

Craving Happiness

Listen in on the following conversation : “Marilyn, we just found a perfect personal ad for you. It reads, ‘Professional man seeks the company of a professional woman. His most ...

Forgiveness is Like the Weather

Editor’s Note: Forgiveness: Overcoming the Impossible by Matthew West features fifty powerful stories that share forgiveness through divorce, betrayal, addiction, abandonment, death, and more. Each story ties into the promises ...

You May Be the Only Jesus Some People Ever See

The Hands and Feet of Christ “As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world.” — Jesus in John 17:18 As followers of Christ, we ...

Jesus' POV

When He saw the crowds… – Matthew 9:36If you want to get the attention of a roomful of teenagers, turn something wild loose. A little touch of chaos in the ...

Reclaiming the Good News

When I was in high school my church youth group watched a movie about a boy who knew he should tell his best friend about his faith. He kept putting ...

What Is the Mercy Prayer?

What if the mercy prayer, “Lord, have mercy,” was not only the most prayed prayer in the Bible but in your life as well? Many Christians through the ages believed ...

Experiencing the Power of the Holy Spirit

When is the last time you experienced the reality of God’s presence?Our days are often so hectic that I’m afraid we don’t much find time to seek after the Lord’s ...

You Are Fully Understood and Unconditionally Loved

Bask in the luxury of being fully understood and unconditionally loved. Dare to see yourself as I see you: radiant in My righteousness, cleansed by My blood. I view you ...

Praying In Jesus' Name

Praying His Name in Vain“In the name of Jesus.”These are the words that tell us when someone is about to finish praying. Or, are they more than that? While we ...

Who Is Satan?

The Bible says that there are three sources of our sin: the flesh, the world, and the devil. In other words: you, where you live, and who runs the place. ...

Striving: Commit Your Way to the Lord

Today’s devotional is from Jesus Lives by Sarah Young. After many years of writing in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to listen to God with pen in hand, ...

Lord, I Need Help

Life is a gift, albeit unassembled. It comes in pieces, and sometimes it falls to pieces. Part A doesn’t always fit with part B. The struggle is too great for ...

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