Category: Daily Devotions

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” (Psalms 119:105) The psalmist highlights two important things Bible reading does for you: Just like children need to be taught to cultivate a taste for healthy food instead of junk food, you need to cultivate a taste for God’s Word. The…

“God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” (Matthew 5:7, NLT) Have you ever noticed that if you’re critical with others, they’re critical with you? If you’re kind to others, they’re kind to you? Or if you’re generous with others, then they’re generous with you? Whatever you give in life, you’re…

“I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.” (Psalms 119:15) Another word for meditation is rumination. Rumination is what a cow is doing when she chews her cud. The cow eats grass, chews all she can, and then swallows it. It sits in one of her stomachs for a while, and then a little…

“God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love — not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” (1 John…

“Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.” (Proverbs 20:30) Another way God changes us is through circumstances. Problems, pressures, sorrows, hardships, and stress always get our attention. C.S. Lewis said, “Pain insists on being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures … but shouts to us in our…

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, …” (2 Timothy 3:16) One of the ways God changes us is through His Word. “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our…

“Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.” (Psalm 23:6, NLT) Someday your life on Earth is going to end, but that’s not going to be the end of you. You’re going to live forever in one…

“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” (Proverbs 4:23) Someone has wisely said, “You’re not what you think you are, but what you think — you are.” Lasting change always begins with new thinking. How do you become a Christian? By repenting of your sin and placing your trust…

“Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, …” (Psalm 23:6, NLT) Yesterday we looked at how God’s goodness follows you in life. In the same verse, King David says God’s unfailing love also pursues you. Picture a parent following a little kid around and picking up after…