Devotion Archive
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Devotion for April 19, 2021
“If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.” (Hebrews 12:8) The Hebrew verb for test comes from a word that means “to take a keen look at, to look, to choose”. Dismiss the notion that God does not see your struggle. On the contrary, He…
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Devotion for April 18, 2021
“… so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:17) Daily Bible study equips you for your God-given assignment in life. Paul writes: “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching … reproof … correction … for training in righteousness; so that the man [and…
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Devotion for April 17, 2021
“We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn.” (Hebrews 5:11) Paul writes: “You have become dull of hearing … by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need for someone to teach you the elementary principles … you have come to need…
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Devotion for April 16, 2021
“… but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden …’” (Genesis 3:3) In the garden of Eden, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represented the possible choices people could make to do the wrong thing — the opposite of whatever…
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Devotion for April 15, 2021
“Jesus said … ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’ At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.” (John 5:8-9) A lame man at Bethesda met Jesus. When Jesus asked him, “Do you want to get well?” the man had an opportunity to say, “Yes!” and to be healed…
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Devotion for April 14, 2021
“I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him …” (Isaiah 57:18) Are you asking, “Is it too late for God to do something with me?” It’s never too late for God! In Scripture we read about broken people God raised up in marvelous ways.…
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Devotion for April 13, 2021
“He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” (2 Corinthians 12:9) The apostle Paul was dedicated to God. But Paul had a “thorn in the flesh” — possibly a disease that bothered him quite a lot. He called it “a messenger of Satan, to torment”…
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Devotion for April 12, 2021
“But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, ‘Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.’” (Luke 19:8) Zacchaeus got rich by taking more taxes from people than his Roman masters…
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Devotion for April 11, 2021
“Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9) The apostle Paul and his missionary companions experienced many hardships in their travels. For example, Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 1, “We were under great…