Category: Daily Devotions

“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…

“If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Revelation 3:6) Today, and for the next two days, you will read this admonition from the Lord in Revelation: “If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.” If you are a parent or grandparent, or even when…

“Christ Jesus … has become … our righteousness …” (1 Corinthians 1:30) Here’s the main entrance requirement for the kingdom of God: You must have a righteousness that surpasses the righteousness of the Pharisees. Well, good luck with that! The Pharisees were amazing. They kept the law of Moses better than anyone. The apostle Paul…

“Everything he does is good.” (Psalm 111:7, NCV) When you ask people what sin is, you’ll get a wide range of answers, from murder to forgetting to call your mom on Mother’s Day. Most of the time, people think of sin as bad behavior. And your bad behaviors often do reveal sin. But the Bible…

“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32, NLT) A lot of things that are true won’t set you free. You can learn how to program a computer, but that won’t set you free. You could read all the latest self-help books, but that won’t set you free either.…

“Those of low estate are but a breath, those of high estate are a delusion, in the balances they go up … If riches increase set not your heart on them. (Psalm 62:9a,10b) In front of us is an antique set of measuring scales. The thing we want to measure is placed on one plate…

“Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.” (Romans 8:5, NLT) Have you ever felt like you are a hostage to your thoughts? Maybe you just can’t get a thought out of your mind. Or…