Category: Daily Devotions

“My eyes are always looking to the LORD for help. He will keep me from any traps.” (Psalm 25:15, NCV) When you were in junior high school, was there someone you thought about all the time who was totally oblivious to you? It’s hard to imagine that someone who occupied so much of your thoughts…

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12, NIV) Many people know the Golden Rule, but they may not realize it’s connected to prayer: “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,…

“The king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising Him for His holy splendor. This is what they sang: ‘Give thanks to the LORD; His faithful love endures forever!’” (2 Chronicles 20:21, NLT) The story of King Jehoshaphat perfectly illustrates the power of thanking God in advance, before…

“The battle is not yours, but God’s.” (2 Chronicles 20:15, NLT) Imagine you’re sitting on a plane that’s about to take off. As the plane goes down the runway, you start flapping your arms. As the speed picks up and the plane’s nose lifts in the air, you flap your arms faster and faster. Once…

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much …” (Luke 16:10a) Read Luke 16:1–13. Jesus was teaching his disciples something deeper in this tricky story of a manager who was wasting his master’s wealth. Those were large quantities that the debtors owed the master. They would have been happy to…

“Jehoshaphat was frightened and prayed to the LORD for guidance.” (2 Chronicles 20:3, GNT) In a crisis, it’s natural to start explaining to God what’s going on and asking for His help. He wants you to talk to Him and pour out your heart. But instead of beginning your prayers focused on your needs, try…

“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your…

“The LORD detests lying lips, but He delights in men who are truthful.” (Proverbs 12:22) Are you in a situation where lying seems to be the only viable solution? Unless you want to create a problem between God and yourself — don’t do it! “The LORD detests lying lips, but He delights in those who…

“Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my coworkers in the ministry of Christ Jesus.” (Romans 16:3) Read Romans 16:1–16. What a powerful chapter is Romans 16. What, at first, might seem like a boring list of names actually details the workings of the early church across the Roman Empire. (Many of the towns referenced…