Category: Daily Devotions

“If we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done.” (1 John 1:9, NCV) When you feel guilty, it’s hard to think about anything else. You might try to push the thought away, but…

“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” (1 John 3:18) Love — a word that is used in various contexts. In thinking through this devotion, my ears have been attuned to where I hear the word in use. While doing the shopping, I overheard a toddler…

“Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be preoccupied. It only leads to evil.” (Psalm 37:8, GW) There are a lot of things that wound us. Maybe you were wounded when somebody lied to you or broke a promise or rejected you. Maybe you’ve experienced betrayal or misunderstanding or disappointment or loneliness.…

“Let go of your concerns! Then you will know that I am God. I rule the nations. I rule the earth.” (Psalm 46:10, GW) Have you ever been so worried that you felt like you physically weighed more because of the emotional weight you were carrying? Worry is emotional weight that hinders your progress to…

“I see that the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and my tongue shouts His praises! My body rests in hope.” (Acts 2:25-26, NLT) One of the major causes of hopelessness is an uncertain future. So if you want…

“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4, NIV) To live with hope no matter what happens in life, you first have to anchor your identity in what God says…

“He has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his saints, of Israel, the people close to his heart. Praise the Lord!” (Psalm 148:14) Sometimes, when we think about God, we are left with the need to praise Him. We try to fathom Him, explain Him, grasp Him, but He is…

“We know that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4, GNT) If you want to live with hope for the rest of your life, no matter what happens to you, you must first anchor your identity in what God says about you. It will never work if you…

“My soul is weak from waiting for You to save me. My hope is based on Your Word.” (Psalm 119:81, GW) The anchor is as old a symbol of Christianity as the cross is. In fact, during the first 300 years of Christianity, believers used the anchor, not the cross, to secretly identify themselves. In…