Category: Daily Devotions

“You are only hurting yourself with your anger.” (Job 18:4, GNT) When you’re helping a friend whose marriage has ended, you can comfort them by supporting them with prayer and sharing their pain. You can also encourage them to do one of the hardest things after a divorce: Forgive. This is the most important issue…

“When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.” (Romans 12:15, CEV) Read also 2 Corinthians 1:3-7. At some point in your life, someone close to you will likely go through a divorce — and one of the best ways you can support them is with prayer. Another way…

“And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love.” (Romans 5:5) Hope is acknowledging that God is faithful, steadfast, and true. Hope for Christians means that we look forward to the future because…

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16, NIV) Navigating a divorce is one of the toughest things a person can go through. That’s why it’s important to know how to be a friend…

“Tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors.” (James 1:2-3, MSG) People are like tea bags — sometimes you don’t know what’s in them until you drop them in hot water. In The Living Bible paraphrase, Jeremiah…

“No-one who hopes in You will ever be put to shame …” (Psalm 25:3a) Read Psalm 25:1–10. The writer of this psalm certainly knows a lot about the “Lord, my God” in whom he puts his trust. This is one of King David’s psalms, and he should know. David’s life was full of experiences that…

“Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.” (Romans 8:34, NIV) God knows everything that’s going to happen. He is omniscient. That means He knows the past,…

“When they saw Him walking on the lake, they thought He was a ghost. They cried out, because they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke to them and said, ‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.’” (Mark 6:49-50, NIV) It’s only in the storms of life that you learn what Jesus…

“Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” (Mark 5:34) Many of us have difficult personal situations and histories that we cannot escape or change. And we would really like it to be otherwise. Somehow this woman, who was, in effect, dying for 12 years in her helpless condition, trusted that if she just…