Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powe...  Read More

Daniel 3:19-27 (NLT)19 Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usua...  Read More

Isaiah 53:6 (NLT)All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.  We have left God’s paths to follow our own.Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT)5 Trust in the Lord with all your...  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

Isaiah 53:3-6 (NIV) 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4 S...  Read More

Isaiah 61:3 (NIV)  " . . . and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty    instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a  ...  Read More

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 (NIV)1     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...  Read More

2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (NIV)6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in yo...  Read More

Matthew 13:31-32 (NIV)31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it ...  Read More

Galatians 6:7-10 (NIV)7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spiri...  Read More

Matthew 9:17 (NIV)17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wines...  Read More

Romasn 12:1-2 (NIV)1 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. 2 D...  Read More

Ephesians 4:22-24 (NIV)22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of you...  Read More

John 8:31-32 (NIV)31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”Ephesians...  Read More

Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams i...  Read More

2 Chronicles 20:13-22 (NIV)13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord.14 Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son...  Read More

Isaiah 61:1-3 (NIV)1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for...  Read More

Acts 16:22-34 (NIV)22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were th...  Read More

Psalm 34:1-8 (NIV)1 I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.2 I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.3 Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his...  Read More

Genesis 29:31-35 (NKJV)31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 32 So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “The Lo...  Read More

Isaiah 40:28-31 (NLT) 28 Have you never heard?  Have you never understood?  The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary.  No one can measure the depths o...  Read More

Numbers 13:26-33 (NLT) 26 to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit the...  Read More

Deuteronomy 8:2 (NLT) 2 Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you wo...  Read More

Deuteronomy 8:1-5 (NLT)1 “Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors. 2 Re...  Read More

Exodus 13:17-18 (NLT)17 When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promise...  Read More

Matthew 13:23 (NLT) 23 The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been pla...  Read More

Matthew 13:19 (NLT) 19 The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don’t understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was p...  Read More

Matthew 13:22 (NLT) 22 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so n...  Read More

Matthew 13:20–21 (NLT) 20 The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy. 21 But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall...  Read More

Hosea 10:12 (NLT)12 . . . ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come an...  Read More

Luke 2:10-1410 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the...  Read More

Luke 2:8-208 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, a...  Read More

Matthew 2:1-21 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We ...  Read More

Matthew 1:18-2518 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Ho...  Read More

Luke 1:26-3826 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David...  Read More

Acts 2:36-3936 “So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!”37 Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him an...  Read More

Matthew 11:28-3028 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle ...  Read More

1 Corinthians 2:9-169 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard,and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”10 But it was to us that...  Read More

Isaiah 53:3-63 He was despised and rejected — a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.4 Yet it was ou...  Read More

John 14:15-1815 “If you love me, obey my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth...  Read More