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The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. — Ecclesiastes 7:8 NIVI want to completely declutter the basement before Thanksgiving,” my wife, ...

When we decide to follow Jesus, life is no longer about our liberties. It is about our responsibilities to Him. It is not about our cans. It is about our ...

Editor’s note: What a week we’re about to embark on! We thought you could use a few quick devotions to get your mornings started. Despite the chaos surrounding us right ...

Everything is possible for you. —Mark 14:36In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus addresses His prayers tenderly to “Abba, Father” but also reverently to the One for whom “everything is possible” ...

You are walking, not on the path between Georgia and Maine. No, you are walking on a road even steeper and longer — the path between offered prayer and answered ...

We live in a crazy-making world. So much stimulation rushes at us with such unrelenting fury, we are overstimulated most of the time. Things that nourish us — a lingering ...

“Kyrie eleison.”It was the one sentence uttered to Jesus more than any other.“Kyrie eleison.”Those who traveled with Jesus heard it over and over.“Kyrie eleison.”We would have been amazed at the ...

When my eyes opened the next morning, they didn’t move left or right. They just stared straight up. The ceiling fan above my bed was strangely therapeutic. As I watched ...

It’s easy to slip into the mentality that we somehow fell through the cracks of God’s good plans.Things are too final. The ink is too dry. The page has been ...

{1907}Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee God of glory, Lord of love Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee Op’ning to the Sun above Melt the clouds of sin and sadness drive ...

So this day shall be to you a memorial. — Exodus 12:14 (NKJV) In honor of the veterans of the Civil War, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who ...

Heavenly Father…1) As ____________ weighs the choices that are before her, let her be filled with knowledge and depth of insight, that she may be able to discern what is ...

Editor’s note: The future is uncertain. That’s something we can all agree on. Whether your long-term goal looks like saving for retirement, graduating from school, planning for a new baby, ...

This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit. — 1 Corinthians 2:13Wisdom was there in the very beginning, ...

Praying When Your Children Have ChildrenI will pour out My Spirit on your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants. — Isaiah 44:3Back when Praying the Scriptures for Your Children ...

Devotion For You How vital that we pray, armed with the knowledge that God is in Heaven. Pray with any lesser conviction and your prayers are timid, shallow, and hollow. ...