Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. — Psalm 145:18I woke up on what I thought would be an ...

Teachers are: Encouraging Advocates Creative Hard working Empathic Resourceful Seed sowers Here’s a top-tier lesson we all learned in the last few years due to Covid: we are SO grateful ...

Editor’s note: Andrew Klavan wrote this beautiful book The Truth and Beauty about, as he says, “literature, mostly poetry, mostly by the English Romantic poets, mostly William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, ...

The mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. — Romans 8:6 Holy Spirit, teach me to be Your gentle follower in all situations. ~ N. T. Wright When I was ...

In the spring of AD 70, the Romans advanced upon Jerusalem and placed the city under siege. Knowing that the pilgrims would drain the city’s food and water supplies, the ...

During a recent Holy Week a cross with the mocking sign ROFL (a texting abbreviation for “rolling on the floor laughing”) was placed on Cross Campus at Yale. It stirred ...

Debbie’s teenage daughter, Taylor, wasn’t feeling well one Sunday morning. No fever — she was just a bit tired and feeling punk, as my mother used to say. So Debbie ...

The blacksmith placed the iron into the fire. Once it was glowing red-hot, he used his tongs to remove it, and he struck it repeatedly with a hammer. Then... Back ...

How do we enjoy life?Each Day TotallyWe do not know how long we have to live, so we should live every day with gusto.Oh, how sweet the light of day, ...

There is no more miraculous time in all the world than Easter! Are you ready to celebrate?! To get ready, we believers dive into the Word of God, study Jesus' ...

John 4:1-26, John 4:28-30, John 4:39-42 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John — although in fact it was ...

Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. ~ RUMI1 Every journey needs a guide. If you’re about to learn a language, pick up an instrument, hone ...

Editor’s Note: Author John Sowers adds in the author’s note “I began writing these letters to my daughters in early 2020 — one year after I lost my mom, their ...

Learning to Treasure What You Didn’t WantNow eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way. — 1 Corinthians 12:31A deep breath and a ...

The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in faithful love. — Psalm 145:8Have you ever witnessed road rage? Once, a burly man in a truck started ...

Pray for one another. — James 5:16 ESVAbraham and Sarah weren’t expecting company. They certainly weren’t expecting a visit from God. But He came their way one afternoon, uninvited, unannounced, ...