Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

Today as I write it is Mother’s Day.Barry and I usually attend the second of two services at our church each Sunday, but as I had been invited to lead ...

I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world. – Jeremiah ...

Rejoice in Me always. Let your gentleness be evident to all.I am near. Rejoicing in Me can protect you from the temptation to complain. When your circumstances are stressful, it ...

This prayer by Anne Graham Lotz, the National Day of Prayer 2014 Honorary Chairman, will be prayed all across our country today. You can listen to the audio of Anne ...

I recently had dinner with someone who told me that one of his best friends had been killed in a private plane crash. Something had happened at the memorial service ...

But I focus on this one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. – Philippians 3:13Life is lived here and now. Often we already have what ...

The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. – John 5:25I am still in the land of the dying; I shall ...

Some of you may be thinking, Wait a minute: you can’t hate religion and love Jesus. Jesus IS a religion. To which I’d answer yes and no. If you mean ...

Workplace evangelism gets a bad rap sometimes. People assume that when you do it, it’s going to be tactless, awkward, and disruptive in some way. It doesn’t have to be ...

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs ...

How do we stay on course so we keep spiritually strong and aren’t diverted from the path to Heaven that God has for us? The time to deal with spiritual ...

Mary had been there. She had heard the leaders clamor for Jesus’ blood. She had witnessed the Roman whip rip the skin off His back. She had winced as the ...

John 17:20-26Deuteronomy 6:4-9; John 13:31-35; John 3:11-24Gary couldn’t wait to get to church every week. His pastor’s teacher inspired him, while the friendliness of the people drew him into the ...

Just as a proper diagnosis is essential before treatment is prescribed, a proper diagnosis of human nature is necessary before a remedy can be prescribed.Our sophisticated age doesn’t like the ...

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by ...

Reading: Luke 21:1-4[The widow] out of her poverty put in all she had to live on. – Luke 21:4Additional Scripture Readings: Luke 6:38; 2 Corinthians 8:12The widow shuffled up the ...