Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

Faith is often expressed by the casual manner in which people act. The expression of their faith has an everyday feel about it. An old preacher once said, “If your ...

Life sometimes provides the opportunity to give up something we think we need in exchange for something we truly need. True, it seems like a simple concept, but it took ...

Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.” I want to take a look at that little phrase, I am. This isn’t the first time Jesus had ...

VenomAs churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife. — Proverbs 30:33Earlier this year, a friend of mine made me really ...

Doubtless You are our Father… You, O Lord, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. — Isaiah 63:16When people hear the word father, many different images, memories, ...

Editor’s Note: So many of us are like Martha today: “Help me understand this one, Jesus.” We doubt and yet we trust. Jesus weeps. He weeps with the families of ...

For years I sang in the worship band at church. On my scheduled weeks, as we approached the staring time, I stood on stage waiting. Soon the lights dimmed, signaling ...

Devotional Thought on RestAre you exhausted today? Are you taking pills for energy to get through the day? Or are you on a nervous high and need something to slow ...

FocusCommit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. — Proverbs ...

When I was thirty-seven, I woke up at 2:00 a.m. to sweat-soaked sheets and a fire in my body. My joints were swollen, tender to the touch, and my aching ...

Everyone faces a reluctant journey: A wounded vet looks at the pain-filled path toward uncertain healing. A young schoolteacher discovers the terrors of the first year. A retiree faces uncertain ...

Sunday feels odd without church in the morning. It’s the time in the week when we take our bearings, and if we miss it, we’re just following our noses. ~ ...

If you were to ask me if it’s okay for a man to cry, I’d say, “It depends on what kind of man you are.”Just like there are different kinds ...

I hadn’t seen my father for ten years. I had no photographs of him at all and just a vague memory of his face the last time I saw him.When ...

Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance. — Proverbs 1:5In my first job out of college, one of the people I worked ...

Dear Jesus,I tried so hard to make it work, but I failed. This situation didn’t end the way that I had hoped and expected it would, and I am so ...