Category: Daily Devotions

“Someone may say, ‘I am allowed to do anything,’ but not everything is helpful.” (1 Corinthians 6:12, GW) Successful people know what matters, and they don’t waste time worrying about what doesn’t matter. The apostle Paul said, “I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press…

“God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day.” (Genesis 1:31) The first reaction recorded in Scripture is God’s reaction to His own creation. He stepped back at the end of each day, looked at what He had made, and…

“For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever.” (2 Corinthians 4:18, GNT) Most people rarely evaluate their values or question their perceptions until they have a crisis. It’s often in…

“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.” (Romans 13:1) Read Romans 13:1–7. In today’s reading, Christians are encouraged to see their governing authorities as part of God’s care for God’s people. I don’t think…

“The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is.” (Jeremiah 17:9, GW) One fundamental question in life stands above all others: What will have the final authority in your life? Will it be your parents? Or your peers? Maybe your friends or your…

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2) Read Romans 12:1–8. Romans 12:2 is one of my best-loved Bible texts. It asks us…

“The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in GOD protects you from that.” (Proverbs 29:25, Message Translation [paraphrase]) Anyone who has ever tried to do anything great has, at some point, come face-to-face with naysayers — people who tried to convince you that your dream or goal wasn’t worth going after: If these people had…

“Your Father knows what you need. But put God’s work first, and these other things will be yours as well.” (Luke 12:30-31, CEV) In most cultures today, it’s easy to think of yourself first — to hoard all your resources and to consider your own interests before other people. But Jesus calls you to live…

“Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:6, NLT) When you build your life on God’s Word, you develop a worldview that helps you live out his purposes. But with so many faulty worldviews around us, how can you stay focused on what really matters? How…