Category: Daily Devotions

“Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God — truly righteous and holy. So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.” (Ephesians 4:23-25, NLT) To change the defects in your life, you’ve got…

“People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” (2 Timothy 3:2-4, NIV) The Bible gives many examples of signs, warning us of…

“You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.” (Philippians 2:5, NLT) Changing your life requires new thinking. The battle to change the defects in your life is always a mental battle. It starts in the mind — and that’s where the battle is won or lost. Ephesians 4:23 says, “Let the Spirit renew…

“He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” (Luke 3:3) How do you prepare the way for the second coming of the Messiah? Maybe we should look again at the activities of the first arrival. John the Baptist does it by calling for repentance…

“Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” (Philippians 2:12-13, NIV) It’s not enough to want to change. It’s not even enough to say, “I have a dream of changing.” Dreams are worthless…

“Since we are His children, we will possess the blessings He keeps for His people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for Him; for if we share Christ’s suffering, we will also share His glory. I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all…

“Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it (Psalm 96:11). Read all of Psalm 96. In four stanzas, the psalmist encapsulates a life of immensity, from recognizing God’s power among the nations and giving voice to it through song to all creation erupting with…

“You are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you.” (Romans 8:9, NLT) Some people today insist that we should just give in to any desire that comes our way. If it feels good, do it! If it serves you, go…

“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God, my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25:5) This verse from Psalm 25 wonderfully points out that in our daily walk with God, we have the blessing of looking to the past, present and future. The past: “Guide…