Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

Summer beckons with the lawn hose, water balloons, and water guns at our house of six boys. It beckons with roasted marshmallows, with bike rides, and backyard baseball. But for ...

… whoever believes in Him shall not perish… — John 3:16 Team Hoyt consists of a father-son squad: Dick and Rick. They race. They race a lot. Sixty-four marathons. Two ...

What does it mean that God is love (1 John 4:8)? Here’s how John described it: Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves ...

Coaches work hard with players to develop in them the skills needed to protect the ball at all costs. Most NFL teams conduct a regular drill in which the runner ...

When I was growing up in the South, people often said to me, “You’re the spitting image of your dad.” I understood what they meant, but still, what’s a “spitting” ...

The good news is that even if you aren’t a naturally empathetic person, there is hope. Thankfully it’s a skill that we can work on. I’ve learned over the years ...

This woman is driving me crazy. – Luke 18:5 I love the parable of the persistent widow. I don’t mean any disrespect, but I think persistent is a nice word ...

[God will] care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion, give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes... Rename them “Oaks of Righteousness” planted by God to display ...

Editor’s note: While the tradition of Lent and fasting (or giving something up) is not traditional for most evangelical Christians, there is a growing interest among many believers to use ...

“Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” That statement by Green Bay Packers football legend Vince Lombardi is so true. We’ve all experienced it: the end of the day comes and, ...

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. — Song of Songs 2:15 A couple of summers ago, I planted ...

The Enneagram helps us to see the way we relate, but Jesus transforms the way we relate. No one who encounters Jesus ever stays the same. I’m not referring to ...

Faithful God, Help me to learn the secret of being content in any and every situation. I realize that contentment- training is a challenging process — learned through enduring a ...

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. — Proverbs 22:6 One of Sandra’s most brilliant moments of ...

When you are angry, do not sin, and be sure to stop being angry by the end of the day. — Ephesians 4:26 NCV So, overall, how does Scripture, which ...

Mr. Risk-Taker In the work God has given me through the years, I’ve had to make a lot of difficult decisions. Left to myself, I might have erred too often ...