Category: Daily Devotions

“No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” (1 John 3:9) A decreasing pattern of sin in a believer’s life means his faith is genuine. A sinful life pattern is incompatible with salvation. If you could continue in…

“King Jehoshaphat went and stood before [the people] and prayed aloud.” (2 Chronicles 20:5-6, GNT) Life includes times when you feel like you’re in an impossible situation, when you feel like you’re being attacked from all sides. That’s what happened to Israel’s King Jehoshaphat, who prayed to God when he faced armies from three different…

“Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15) Genuine believers love God and reject the world and all its philosophies. We don’t embrace them as truth. Rather, we pray for those caught up in them…

“This precious value, then, is for you who believe.” (1 Peter 2:7) Love for Christ is the primary characteristic of a true believer. First, Peter 2:7 speaks of the believer’s affection for Christ as contrasted to an unbeliever’s rejection of Him. The first part of that verse could be translated, “To you who believe, He…

“These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold.” (1 Peter 1:7, NLT) The Bible repeatedly says that God has promised to meet your needs: “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19…

“Then he fell on his knees and cried out, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them …’” (Acts 7:60a) This is the final part of Stephen’s speech, where he concludes his defense before the Sanhedrin. In response to their charges that Stephen has blasphemed the temple, Stephen quotes Isaiah, saying the temple itself cannot…

“Everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock … Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.” (Matthew 7:24, 26)…

“Offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5) In Romans 12:1, Paul pleads with believers to present their bodies to God as a living and holy sacrifice, which is an appropriate and acceptable act of worship. But as someone has rightly said, the problem with living sacrifices is they tend…

“The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14:17, NLT) What’s the easiest thing for you to lose? Your glasses? Your keys? Your mind? All of those things are easy to lose, but…