Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

READ: Matthew 6:25-34It’s easy to fall into the worry trap, especially in times of trial. We often get out ahead of ourselves and ahead of God as we attempt to ...

In October 1929, the Saturday Evening Post published a landmark interview with the great physicist and mathematician Albert Einstein.I find his response to questions of Jesus as a historical figure ...

For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us. — Romans 8:18I kept for nearly a year the flask-shaped ...

If we truly understood even for a moment what sort of Companion, Counselor, and Friend we have in the Holy Spirit, it would banish all thoughts of loneliness forever.If you ...

What Not to Do in a Crisis Don’t Drift When we are caught in a crisis, we typically react in three ways. Because the sailors couldn’t head into the wind, ...

It was like discovering the prize in a box of Cracker Jacks or spotting a little pearl in a box of buttons or stumbling across a ten-dollar bill in a ...

Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. — Exodus 7:12From the pen of Charles Spurgeon:This story is a wonderful example of the sure victory of God’s work over all opposition. Although ...

Not long ago a friend of mine lost his son. His one-year-old stopped breathing in the middle of the night, and his wife discovered their lifeless child after it was ...

How can you tell if you’re winning the game of life? The standard scoreboard looks something like this:Success: What have you done?Stuff: What do you have?Status: What do other people ...

Beyond the power of God’s wisdom to guide and protect us, one of the most captivating aspects of wisdom is its simplicity.True wisdom doesn’t put itself on display, like the ...

The kingdom of God is not the realm of grandiose talk; it is a realm of power. — 1 Corinthians 4:20 (The Voice) 1877: William Booth of the Salvation Army ...

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.” — Genesis 24:50Avid golfers regularly hear golf ’s ...

I am the Lord of Peace. I give you Peace at all times and in every way. There is a deep, gaping hole within you that can be filled only ...

Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. — Lamentations 3:22-23Jeremiah was depressed, as gloomy as ...

Do not be anxious about anything. — Philippians 4:6Anxiety should never be found in a believer. In spite of the magnitude, quantity, and diversity of our trials, afflictions, and difficulties, ...

You are the light of the world. — Jesus in Matthew 5:14It may seem odd or even inconceivable, but a plant can actually have too much water. A plant can ...