Category: Daily Devotions

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” (Proverbs 4:23, NIV) If you want to be able to fight the persistent temptations in your life, you need to know what makes you vulnerable to Satan’s efforts. Ephesians 4:27 says, “Do not give the devil a foothold” (NIV). Don’t give Satan…

“The Lord has done many wonderful things!” (Psalm 111:2) Here’s a thought. If you were to set about writing a list of the things for which you are thankful, where would you start? Where would it end? Would it be to follow the chronology of your life? Perhaps start with the gift of life that…

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke …’” “Then the Lord said: ‘I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you…

“When you forgive this man, I forgive him, too. And when I forgive whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ’s authority for your benefit, so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.” (2 Corinthians 2:10-11, NLT) You can’t defeat temptation if you don’t understand how…

“I pray that … you may know what is the hope of [God’s] calling.” (Ephesians 1:18) The hope of your calling is grounded in God’s promises and in Christ’s accomplishments. Open your bibles and check out these verses while you do this devotion. In Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul proclaims the blessings of our salvation. In verse…

“The power of the life-giving Spirit — and this power is mine through Christ Jesus — has freed me from the vicious circle of sin and death.” (Romans 8:2, TLB) None of us are immune to persistent sins. Some people struggle with anger, while others wrestle with worry or gossip or lust. How do you…

“Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you’ll harvest.” (Galatians 6:7, GW) You don’t plant apple seeds and get tomatoes. In the same way, you don’t plant bitterness and get love. You don’t plant criticism and then get encouragement from other people. Galatians…

“None of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.” (Romans 14:7, NIV) Sin may be secret, but it’s never private. It will either come out now, here on earth, or at Judgment Day, but it’s going to be known. Numbers 32:23 is one of the scariest verses in the…

“The world’s sin is unbelief in me.” (John 16:9, TLB) At the root of every sin rests at least a momentary doubt about God. In John 16:9 Jesus says, “The world’s sin is unbelief in me” (TLB). When you don’t believe Jesus is who He says He is or He’ll do what He says He’ll…