Category: Daily Devotions

“Pray for all people, asking God for what they need and being thankful to God” (1 Timothy 2:1). Some simple instructions here! First, pray for all people. Pretty comprehensive. Impossible? Perhaps, but possibly this is where we need to plan or make a list. To pray for all people could seem so vast that you…

“When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.” (Acts 19:17) The Bible says: “Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his…

“I pray for these followers, but I am also praying for all those who will believe in me because of their teaching” (John 17:20). Read verse 20 once more. Note what it says! This is Jesus praying for those who were following him. Understandable. Expected. Perhaps we do the same. Praying for those in our…

“Ask, and receive, so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy.” (John 16:24b) The fullest possible joy! Sounds good. As do other translations: your joy may be complete; abundant joy, overflowing. And all we have to do is ask! So ask, ask and ask again. But interestingly, Jesus does not tell the disciples…

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38) In the late nineteenth century, a member of the British parliament went to Scotland to make an…

“Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.” (Psalms 119:143) Thank God for skilled doctors who know how to diagnose illnesses and prescribe medications that bring health and healing. But here’s something for you to think about: what if many of our stress-related illnesses could be helped with meditation as…

“‘If I can just touch his clothes,’ she thinks, ‘I will be healed.’” (Mark 5:28, NCV) Risky decision. To touch him, she will have to touch the people. If one of them recognizes her … hello rebuke, good-bye cure. But what choice does she have? She has no money, no clout, no friends, no solutions.…

John D. Rockefeller was the wealthiest man of his time and was often asked about the secret of his wealth. His answer became known as the 10-10-80 principle. He’d tell people that he got wealthy by giving away the first 10 percent of whatever he made; the second 10 percent went into savings, and he…

“… for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.” (Psalms 107:9) When you’re sick, one of the first questions a doctor asks in order to diagnose your problem is, “How’s your appetite?” That’s because when you lose your desire for food, something’s wrong in your body. And the same principle applies…