Category: Daily Devotions

“I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1, ESV) Are there deep disappointments in your life that seem to linger on and on? Do you feel like you’ve prayed the same prayers over and over, with little to no change? There are memories that still hurt. Realities…

“The farmer sows the word.” (Mark 4:14) In Jesus’ parable of the sower, the seed landed on four types of ground, producing four different results: “The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once and take it away. The seed on the rocky soil…

” … For gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight.” (Proverbs 1:2) Whenever I hear the word “gain,” I think it is related to “weight,” especially my weight. There are very few mornings that I do not step on the scale to get my “daily report” on what I ate yesterday. Most nutritionists…

“I am contending for you that your hearts will be wrapped in the comfort of heaven and woven together into love’s fabric. This will give you access to all the riches of God as you experience the revelation of God’s great mystery — Christ.” (Colossians 2:2, TPT) You may be wondering how you are going…

“But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 10:6) When God calls, we are in a privileged place to be invited into God’s mission. Sometimes that takes us along smooth paths, but more often, we get called to roads we neither expect nor might choose. That’s certainly been my experience.…

“We pray that you would walk in the ways of true righteousness, pleasing God in every good thing you do. Then you’ll become fruit-bearing branches, yielding to his life, and maturing in the rich experience of knowing God in his fullness!” (Colossians 1:10, TPT) The goal of our Heavenly Father is that we are equipped…

“He was supreme in the beginning and — leading the resurrection parade — He is supreme in the end. From beginning to end He’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is He, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in Him without crowding.” (Colossians 1:18-20, MSG) Have you ever stopped…

“On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.” (Luke 9:52b, 53) I find it interesting that Luke comments that the Samaritans didn’t receive Jesus because his face was set towards Jerusalem. Now, you might think…

“He said: ‘Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.”” (2 Chronicles 20:15) When Israel was threatened by the armies of Amalek God gave them…