Category: Daily Devotions

“We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God.” (2 Corinthians 4:2, NLT) Nothing is more discouraging than trying to be something you’re not. If you maintain a façade because you’re afraid that other people might find out who you are or that God might not love you, then you’re going to…

“It is God himself, in his mercy, who has given us this wonderful work of telling his Good News to others, and so we never give up.” (2 Corinthians 4:1, TLB) Do you know that God loves you? Maybe you’ve heard that truth all your life! But if you know God loves you, do you…

“I’ve banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won’t sin.” (Psalm 119:11, MSG) The more of God’s Word you get into your mind, the more defenses you will have against persistent temptation. In fact, the Bible is part of your emergency kit for temptation. The Bible calls this “hiding God’s Word…

“Then the kings of the earth … and everyone else, both slave and free, hid … and called ‘… hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb …’” (Revelation 6:15–17) Wrath and Lamb; these two words don’t seem to fit together, do they? What…

“So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.” (Hebrews 4:16, NLT) Being on a broken planet means you will never outgrow temptation. But it’s important to remember that it’s not a sin…

“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…