Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

Galatians 6:22 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.Devotional: Devotional: The early church did not just worship together and go home. When someone had a need, the commu...  Read More

Acts 2:4646 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosityDevotional: Community does not drift into your life....  Read More

Ephesians 2:1414 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.Devot...  Read More

1 Corinthians 12:2727 All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.Devotional: The sermon made a striking observation: we live in the most connected era in human history, and...  Read More

Acts 2:4242 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.Devotional: It is easy to build your...  Read More

Reading:  Isaiah 26:33 You will keep in perfect peace    those whose minds are steadfast,    because they trust in you.Devotional: Peace is rarely found all at once. It is discovered step by step alon...  Read More

Reading:  Romans 12:1-21 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship....  Read More

Reading:  1 Thessalonians 5:16-1816 Rejoice always,17 pray continually,18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.Devotional: Gratitude is not a feeling that a...  Read More

Reading:  Luke 15:3-73 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sh...  Read More

Reading:  Philippians 4:4-74  Rejoice in the Lord always.  Again I will say, rejoice! 5  Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by p...  Read More

Romans 6:8-118 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over h...  Read More

Romans 6:44 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.2 Corinthian...  Read More

Romans 6:11-1411 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offe...  Read More

Galatians 2:2020 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for m...  Read More

Romans 6:1-41 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that a...  Read More

There is something profound about a burial. Every culture across the world has its own rituals and customs surrounding death, but the common thread running through all of them is this: a burial is an ...  Read More

Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.7 And the peace of God, which transcends all ...  Read More

Romans 15:32 (NLT)32 Then, by the will of God, I will be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and we will be an encouragement to each other.Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)9 Two people are better off tha...  Read More

Hebrews 12:1-3 (NLT)1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily tri...  Read More

Romans 15:4 (NLT)4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.Psa...  Read More

Matthew 6:25-34 (NLT)25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than c...  Read More

There is a quiet epidemic spreading through our culture, and it has nothing to do with a virus. It is worry. It is stress. It is the relentless, grinding anxiety that follows so many of us from the mo...  Read More

Reading:  Hebrews 12:1-31 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with pers...  Read More

Reading:  Hebrews 13:5-65 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”6 So we say with confi...  Read More

Reading:  Ecclesiastes 3:1-820 After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. 21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night ...  Read More

Reading:  Ecclesiastes 3:1-81 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:2  a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,3  a time t...  Read More

Reading: Exodus 3:7-10 7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 S...  Read More

Reading:  2 Kings 2:13-1513 Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck...  Read More

Reading:  2 Kings 2:9-159 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.10 ...  Read More

Reading:  2 Kings 2:1-61 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me ...  Read More

Reading:  Luke 16:1010 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.1 Samuel 16:11-1311 So he aske...  Read More

Reading:  1 Kings 19:15-1915 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi kin...  Read More

Reading:  Luke 19:37-4037 When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderf...  Read More

Reading:  Philippians 4:4-74 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! 5 Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.6 Don’t worry about...  Read More

Reading:  Psalm 51:10-1310 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.12 Restore to me the joy of...  Read More

Reading:  Acts 3:1-101 Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. 2 As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Ea...  Read More

Reading:  Psalm 40:1-31 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm plac...  Read More

There is a moment in Acts chapter 3 that is easy to read past. A man who had been lame from birth, carried to the same gate every single day for over forty years, suddenly receives a miracle. Peter re...  Read More

2 Corinthians 5:1717 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!Colossians 3:1-41 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts...  Read More

Acts 3:8-108 He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. 9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 t...  Read More