Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

When I was a university student, I caught the train every morning at 7:30 a.m. from Seven Hills station in the western suburbs of Sydney where I lived, to Redfern ...

Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else. — Galatians 6:4Are you ever tempted to look at ...

Again the high priest asked Him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at ...

I was thirteen, working on some homework at the kitchen table when the yellow crank-dial phone that hung on the wall rang. My mom was washing dishes at the time, ...

Editor’s Note: Today’s devotional is excerpted from A Jane Austen Devotional, beginning with this selection from Pride and Prejudice.* * *Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a ...

Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. — Matthew 5:41The phrase going the second mile has found its way into our modern vernacular. Its roots are ...

We each have an outer life and an inner one. My outer self is the public, visible me. My accomplishments, my work, and my reputation lie there. My outer world ...

Why do most people believe in some kind of life after death, even if they aren’t particularly religious or don’t think about it very much?God has put within each of ...

He has brought down rulers from their thrones… [and] has sent the rich away empty. — Luke 1:52–53I grew up in the church, and at a young age, I came ...

Faith is believing what God says. Some people think faith is like taking a leap in the dark, that faith is blind.But the Bible says it’s the opposite. Away from ...

But Thomas said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in His hands… I will not believe.’ — John 20:25As Christians, we are all familiar with the ...

Editor’s Note: For those of us who aren’t familiar with Jewish traditions, Passover is an eight-day festival which is celebrated from the 15th to the 22nd of the Hebrew month ...

On that very day Abraham [did]… as God told him. – Genesis 17:23Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is, for delayed obedience is disobedience.Each time God calls ...

How do I discern a Best Yes? Great question, but this question doesn’t have just one answer. It has layers of answers. The first layer we discussed was “consider the ...

I Am the Risen One who shines upon you always. You worship a living Deity, not some idolatrous, man-made image. Your relationship with Me is meant to be vibrant and ...

So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. — Judges 6:24One of God’s names in the Bible is Yahweh-Shalom, which means the ...