Category: Daily Devotions

“Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.” (James 3:16, NLT) When “I” am at the center of everything in my life, that’s sin. We all have an “I” problem: I want it my way; I will do my thing; I have to take care of…

“When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.” (Proverbs 21:11) Wisdom and knowledge equals applying into practice what you heard and meditated upon. When to act, where to act, how to act, for what purpose to act! Whether in your personal life or your career,…

“When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.” (Matthew 20:11) Read Matthew 20:1–16. Are you good at grumbling? I sure am. I grumble about small things and big things. I, too, listen to people grumbling a fair bit all day long, starting in my own family. I’m sure that never happens in…

“When people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.” (1 John 3:8, NLT) Jesus defeated death, and that means He also defeated Satan. That’s why He came to earth. The Bible…

“Peter answered Jesus, ‘We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?’” (Matthew 19:27) Read Matthew 19:16–30. If you happen to be called Peter, what a great name you bear! I think we should all be as “Peter”. Not like yourself, if you are a Peter, or like the Peters…

“I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until the day of His return.” (2 Timothy 1:12, NLT) When you’ve got something that’s precious to…

“Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, and to present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle, or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” (Ephesians 5:25-27) I believe in the holy Christian Church,…

“Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?” (Matthew 18:33) Read Matthew 18:21–35. A great crowd was gathered around Jesus on a hillside when He taught them many things in what we now know as the Sermon on the Mount. He said, “This then, is how you should…

“Your hearts and minds must be made completely new, and you must put on the new self, which is created in God’s likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy.” (Ephesians 4:23-24, GNT) From the beginning, God’s plan has been to make you like His Son, Jesus. This is your…