Category: Daily Devotions

“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart You, God, will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17) Brokenness leads to blessing. To receive a double portion of the spirit of Elijah, Elisha, who was a farmer, had to break and burn his plough. To demonstrate her love for Jesus, Mary had to…

“Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?” (2 Corinthians 13:5a) Read 2 Corinthians 13:1–14. For the past two days, you’ve been invited to reflect on unity: We are united with God and each other. Today’s reading combines these ideas…

“We plan the way we want to live, but only GOD makes us able to live it.” (Proverbs 16:9, MSG) We all get to make our own plans about how we live our lives. But it’s only through God that we have the power and energy to actually make transformation happen. The Message paraphrase of…

“We are speaking in Christ before God. Everything we do, beloved, is for the sake of building you up.” (2 Corinthians 12:19b) Read 2 Corinthians 12:11–21. The theme of unity from yesterday’s reading can also be found in the passages from Corinthians for the next two days. In today’s passage, we read about the unity…

“I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.” (Ecclesiastes 2:13) The most important skill you can acquire is learning to learn. Gifted people can sometimes act like they know it all, which makes it hard for them to keep growing. Teachability isn’t so much about competence and mental…

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness’.” (2 Corinthians 12:9a) Read 2 Corinthians 12:1–10. Now we come to the ultimate superpower Paul reveals as he engages the super-apostles at Corinth. But it’s not authority given by the extraordinary experience of being temporarily “caught…

“We must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up.” (Hebrews 12:1, GW) Just like we do a spring cleaning in our homes, it’s important to do a spring cleaning in our minds — but this…

“Use the truth to make them holy. Your words are truth.” (John 17:17, GW) If you want to change any area of your life, you need to know and apply what God says is the truth about that specific area. If you want to change your finances, you’ve got to know what God has said…

“For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.” (1 Corinthians 3:9) The Bible says we must love, honor, and work together. So, why don’t we do it? Ego! We like to think we can do everything ourselves — but that’s not reality! There are no supermen or superwomen. So, the…