Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth
Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth
Encouraging Friends
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. — John 15:13Treasure friends who encourage you, for they are precious gems. You can confidently ...
God Really Loves Idiosyncratic You
Bible Reading: Psalm 103:12-14A friend of mine, a pastor on my staff, told me that his father-in-law had wanted to express how much he appreciated him. At the time, my ...
How to Listen to the Voice of God
When preaching, I have found there are two kinds of listeners.The first kind are passive and nonchalant – people who can “take it or leave it” when it comes to ...
Keep It Clean
Have mercy on me, O God, because of Your unfailing love. Because of Your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. — Psalm 51:1My wife, Margi, and I ...
Coming Clean: Liberate Me
Editor’s Note: Seth Haines was in the hospital with his wife, planning funeral songs for their not-yet two-year-old, when he made a very conscious decision: this was the last day ...
A Lesson in Abundant Faith
Editor’s Note: Lessons on the Way to Heaven: What My Father Taught Me by Michael Fechner, Jr. is the story of Mike Fechner, a wealthy businessman whose life was transformed ...
Guts, Grace, and Glory
Editor’s Note: The most exciting time of the NFL football season is upon us, as fans around the country are gearing up for Superbowl Sunday. Enjoy this excerpt of Guts, ...
Trusting When We Cannot See: Rescue By Vomit
Editor’s Note: Devotions from the Beach is a lovely volume of devotions, a breath of fresh sea air to your soul. Today, you may be hip deep in snow and ...
Suffering: Seek Out and Embrace a More Nourishing Story
One way the brain processes upset is through telling itself stories from different angles until it settles on a narrative that fits and helps you move forward. One way you ...
Weak Places: I Can Be Strong in Christ
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. — Psalm 18:2aThought for the Day: Even the smallest drop ...
The Joy of Focusing on God
MorningI am ever so near you, hovering over your shoulder, reading every thought. People think that thoughts are fleeting and worthless, but yours are precious to Me. I smile when ...
Where Do I Place My Hope?
The house where I grew up was situated just a few yards from the railroad tracks that ran through my hometown. The loud rumbling and the click, clack of the ...
Thinking Grace
Through Jesus, therefore,let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that openly profess His name. — Hebrews 13:15When the rope pulls tight, Levi ...
Spiritual Discipline: Do You Have a Chair?
In 1960 Paul Carrack sang a song called “I Need You.” In it, he sings how he needs the one he loves like a ball needs a game, and like ...
Eyes Wide Open
He who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” ...
Good Days. Bad Days. God Is In All the Days.
Be still, and know that I am God. — Psalm 46:10 reads the sign on God’s waiting room wall. You can be glad because God is good. You can be ...
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