Category: Daily Devotions

“Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.” (Ecclesiastes 1:8) If you’ve ever ridden a stationary bike, then you know that no matter how much you pedal, you never go anywhere. And even if you’re riding a high-tech…

“Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.” (Genesis 19:27) Abraham was known as “the Friend of God” (James 2:23). What an honor! But the secret of his greatness is easy to overlook: “Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he…

“I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10) Ask any farmer, and they will tell you the word they fear the most is drought. Without rain, their crops and livelihood are in peril. Farmers plant their crops with hope that rain will come soon. But…

“As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever. Selah.” (Psalms 48:8) Seventy-one times in the book of Psalms we read the word “Selah” at the end of a Scripture. What does it mean? To “pause and calmly…

“Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.” (James 1:19-21) Gardeners know…

“God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward…

“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” (1 Peter 4:10) The Bible says: “God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking?…

“My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.” (Psalms 119:28) The old saying, “Prayer changes things,” takes on new meaning when you use the Scriptures in prayer. Such prayers move God to act on your behalf. More importantly, they change you. When you pray God’s Word, here is what happens: Here…

“Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.” (Job 30:26) When you’re disappointed in leadership. It would be reasonable to assume you could trust Eli, the high priest in Israel. That’s what Samuel’s mother thought when she entrusted her son to him, confident he would mentor him…