Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth
Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth
Find the Strength You Need in the New Year
I’ve always been a high-energy person. When I was a boy my mother often said, “David Paul, where do you get all that energy?” — not in admiration, but in ...
Hope for a New Year
Jesus was a master question asker. He often responded to questions asked of Him with questions of His own. He asked probing questions. He asked exposing questions. And, on occasion, ...
Hope for the New Year: The Hope of Glory
I am Christ in you, the Hope of Glory. The Messiah — the Savior of the world — lives in you! This promise is for all who have faith in ...
It's a New Day: The Choice Is Yours
It’s quiet. It’s early. My coffee is hot. The sky is still black. The world is still asleep. The day is coming. In a few moments the day will arrive. ...
Did the Devil Really Make Me Do It?
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but ...
Growing Strong
His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us. — 2 Peter 1:3 How can we ...
When Pixels Become Flesh
A Truthful Way As moderns and postmoderns, we have a troubled relationship with truth. Many believed the information age would sort out our struggles to understand each other and the ...
Follow Jesus
Be willing to follow wherever I lead. Follow Me wholeheartedly, with glad anticipation quickening your pace. Though you don’t know what lies ahead, I know; and that is enough! Some ...
What Steps Can I Take to Break Negative Habits?
READ: EXODUS 16 After the exodus out of Egypt, the Hebrews’ lives were upended. While many aspects of their previous lives had been harsh, they missed others, such as knowing ...
Anti-Anxiety Grace
I have certainly soothed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child resting against his mother, my soul within me is like a weaned child. — Psalm 131:2 NASB John ...
Control + Alt + Delete: Time for a Marital Reboot?
For He Himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility. — Ephesians 2:14 ESV Are you ...
Forever Himself, Forever Good
My older daughter’s name is Lily. Lily Jean Ardavanis. As I’m writing this chapter, she is almost two years old. Lily loves to dance, consumes heaps of strawberries, wears a ...
Faith Larger Than Your Circumstances
“Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering...” So Abraham rose early in ...
How Can I Believe God Protects Me When Tragedy Strikes?
I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” — Psalm 91:2 In my head, I know God is my ...
God in the Trenches
We don’t need to wait for mountaintop moments to find God; he stands with us in the chaos, in the trenches, in the valleys. He walks alongside us as we ...
Mother Teresa on Loneliness
Editor’s note: Mother Teresa is probably the most famous caretaker of the poor the world has ever seen. She was known for being perpetually cheerful, kind, and embracing of the ...
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