Category: Daily Devotions

“It’s healthy to be content, but envy can eat you up.” (Proverbs 14:30, CEV) To live an abundant life that overflows with God’s goodness, the first thing you need to do is start being grateful and stop complaining. The second thing you need to do is start being content and stop comparing. God made you…

“… all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.” (Isaiah 52:10b) Read Isaiah 52:7–10. Israel languishes in captivity in Babylon. Suddenly a voice cries out, the voice of the Lord. “Wake up, My people and My holy city! Shake off the dust, put on your finest clothes — because your…

“Jesus answered, ‘The work of God is this: To believe in the one He has sent’.” (John 6:29) Read John 6:25–35. What sort of work pleases God? Have you ever wondered what He requires of us? We are told over and over again that when it comes to work, we are to do our best,…

“… for this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” (2 Kings 4:43b) Read 2 Kings 4:42–44. What is God calling you to do that seems too big, too hard or simply impossible? Many things seem impossible to us, yet nothing is impossible for God. There was once a…

“The one who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.” (1 Thessalonians 5:24, NIV) God never tells you to do something without providing what you need to do it. Anointing is a sign that He is equipping and empowering you to fulfill an assignment He’s given you. Do you want God’s resurrection power…

“I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” (Psalm 40:8) Doing God’s will can be difficult, but it always brings a sense of fulfilment and reward. David experienced resentment from his family, betrayal by his boss, and rejection by his friends. Yet he could say, “I delight to…

“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and He saves those whose spirits have been crushed.” (Psalm 34:18, NCV) “All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have…

“… I will celebrate before the LORD.” (2 Samuel 6:21) True worship calls for being less self-conscious and self-absorbed and more God-conscious and God-absorbed. After watching him dance before the Lord, David’s wife gave him an earful: “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave…

“I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” (John 10:10-11, GW) What’s in our hearts often determines what we feel when we look at people. When we see a crowd, we…