Category: Daily Devotions

“God … has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago He planned that we should spend these lives in helping others.” (Ephesians 2:10, TLB) God did not put you on earth just to live for yourself. He wants you to make the world a better…

“Making the most of your time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16) God expects the believer to use his time wisely. Many people never finish what they begin. There are unfinished symphonies, unfinished paintings, and unfinished sculptures (sometimes because the composer or artist died). There are relationships that never become all they could be,…

“Behold, I have played the fool.” (1 Samuel 26:21) A Christian should not act like a fool. In Deuteronomy 32:6 Moses looked out at the belligerent children of Israel who had failed God so many times and said, “Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people?” The children of Israel were playing…

“Love one another with mutual affection.” (Romans 12:10, NRSVUE) The Bible instructs followers of Jesus to “love one another with mutual affection” (Romans 12:10, NRSVUE). But what does that really mean? There are many ways we can do that, but one of those ways is to use our resources — whether that’s money, time, or…

“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise.” (Ephesians 5:15) Living wisely will set you apart from the world. Walking in wisdom is an element of the worthy walk that Paul has been describing since the beginning of Ephesians 4. He says in verse 1, “Walk in a manner worthy…

“[Moses] regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.” (Hebrews 11:26, NIV) What matters most to you? What are the top three or four values in your life? Here’s a decision that will transform your life: Choose God’s values…

“By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.” (Hebrews 11:27, NIV) Moses made intentional resolutions about how to live his life, and it’s important that you do too. One of Moses’s resolutions was this: He chose to live by faith rather than by fear.…

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which…

“Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.” (James 3:16) False wisdom ruins lives. Renowned eighteenth-century theologian Jonathan Edwards said the following about the effect of the Fall on man: Sin, like some powerful astringent, contracted his soul to the very small dimensions of selfishness; and God was forsaken, and…