Category: Daily Devotions

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” (Psalm 23:4, NIV) In Israel, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, there’s a canyon called the Valley of the Shadow of Death. In his day, King David probably traveled through it many times. Some of the…

“You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 2:1) An old saying about mentoring and apprenticeships goes something like this: “I do, you watch; I do, you help; You do, I help; You do, I watch.” Jesus trained his disciples in a way like this, and they…

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” (Psalm 23:4) You may not be in the valley of the shadow of death right now, but you may be in another valley. Valleys are the hard places on your journey, where it’s easy to doubt or…

“In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.” (Job 1:22) To be perplexed means to not have understanding. Think of Job. What was God’s commendation? He told Satan that there was none like Job on the earth. He was blameless, upright, feared God, and shunned evil. Job was a man with…

“… and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ they said.” (Matthew 27:29) The hymnist Isaac Watts wrote, “See from His head, His hands, His feet, sorrow…

“This light within you produces only what is good and right and true.” (Ephesians 5:9, NLT) Many of us enjoy lots of freedoms in our everyday lives. But sometimes we act as if we can do as we please. And we might even think we don’t have to be accountable to anyone or anything. Just…

“Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters — a pathway no one knew was there!” (Psalm 77:19, NLT) The Bible says God actively works through your circumstances. But you cannot judge your situation apart from God’s wisdom. In other words, you must leave it up to God to interpret your…

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (Romans 12:2, NLT) There are two verses in the Bible that are written by…

“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” (Colossians 3:13) Building a successful relationship calls for focusing on the other person’s strengths instead of their weaknesses. Concerning marriage, Benjamin Franklin said, “Keep your eyes wide open beforehand and half shut afterwards.” It’s a…