Devotionals Daily Blog for Inspiration and Growth

Grief Recovery Tool Kit

During a crisis, it is important to have the proper tools and equipment at your disposal. For the next few weeks, you will be introduced to several “tools” that will ...

If You're Happy and You Know It

Editor's note: The Wonder of Creation is Louie Giglio's wildly popular kids' devotional follow-up to Indescribable and How Great Is Our God. Enjoy this excerpt and pass along to a young friend! * ...

The Power of the Blood

Editor's note: Have you ever thought about why the Earth needs the moon?  Do you know how whirlpools form, what makes something glow in the dark, or the incredible properties of ...

What Do We Mean When We Say “God Speaks”?

When some people hear statements like “The Lord told me” or “God said,” red flags pop up and theological alarms go off in their minds. We understand that whenever we ...

Laughter — The Best Medicine

What is this? I wondered. Am I witnessing mass hysteria? Did I forget to take my medication? The roomful of people walked about bowing to one another. None of them spoke but ...

The Perfect Beach Trip

He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap.As you do not know what is the way of the wind,Or how the ...

Calming or Crashing

Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. — Mark 4:39 Once the ...

Teachers, Pray for Your Students

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his ...

For the Teacher Who Has Anxiety

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” — Isaiah 30:21 NIV ...

Pray for Teachers!

Editor’s note: Summer is in full swing, but back-to-school will be here before we know it! Let’s pray for teachers! Some kids are in summer school and those teachers need ...

You Are Chosen and Loved, So Don’t Worry!

Chosen Do you ever feel unnoticed? New clothes and styles may help for a while. But if you want permanent change, learn to see yourself as God sees you: He ...

Change Starts with You, Not Your Children

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. — Galatians 5:22-23 “Nate! You stop yelling and chasing your sister! Right now!” ...

For Generations Yet Unborn

But truly we have done this out of concern, for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your sons may say to our sons, “What have you to do with ...

Pressing through the Pain

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. — James 4:8 NKJV Does it ever feel like the heartbreak in your life is trying to break you? ...

From Despair to Lament

Editor’s note: Yesterday, Ben Locke, author of In Our Suffering, Lord Be Near wrote a deeply encouraging devotion for us about how God is near to the brokenhearted and will ...

Do I Really Believe God Is Good?

When I receive the diagnosis that confirms my body is falling apart. When I am in the throes of addiction without any tangible path out. When I get a phone ...

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