Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

From the beginning of time, people have wrestled with the power of sin. It comes in many forms: pride, jealousy, immorality, and every other form of self-satisfaction. These all stem ...

Read Psalms 139:13-16David, the great psalmist, sings praises to the God who created him and watched over him even as he was growing in his mother’s womb.AdoptedSome years ago, my ...

Gulf Shores, Alabama Thirty-two years ago It was a cold night on the Gulf Coast, and I was wearing everything I owned, including an insulated denim jacket I had found ...

Religion says, “God will love you IF…” / Jesus says, “God so loved…” When I had been following Jesus for almost a year, I was already seen as the token ...

In Bethany, about two miles east of Jerusalem, there lived a small family made up of Lazarus – the head of the house – and his two sisters, Mary and ...

It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. — Galatians 2:20 Jesus Christ was crucified between two thieves on a rugged cross on Calvary, just outside ...

You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. — Song of Songs 4:7 We all know them. For that matter, we’ve already probably been one, even ...

Read Ephesians 1:4-6For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to ...

Most people in most churches think they are following Jesus, but I’m not so sure.They may think they are following Jesus, but the reality is this: they have invited Jesus ...

More than a hundred years ago, a British revivalist issued a holy dare that would change a life, a city, and a generation. That timeless challenge echoes across every generation:The ...

Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You are the one I praise. — Jeremiah 17:14For twenty years, my brother was ...

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. — Proverbs 31:26The other day my son, a smart preteen, was up to the challenge ...

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. — 1 John 3:18 I used to teach elementary school, and each year for ...

No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave ...

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then ...

When you pray, how much of your prayer is spent praising and thanking God, and how much is spent making requests? What’s wrong with having too little gratitude in your ...