Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

1 Corinthians 15:42-58 (NLT)It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. Our bodies are buri...  Read More

Luke 23:39-43 (NLT)One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!” But the other criminal protested, “Do...  Read More

2 Corinthians 5:1-10 (NLT)For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing t...  Read More

Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 (NLT)Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” Remember him before th...  Read More

Mark 12:28-31One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The m...  Read More

1 John 3:1-3See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dea...  Read More

Colossians 1:15-20Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly real...  Read More

Romans 8:35-3935 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threa...  Read More

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NIV)"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mys...  Read More

1 Thessalonians 5:16-1816 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.Devotional: Paul's instruction to give...  Read More

Philippians 4:11-1311 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of l...  Read More

Luke 17:11-1911 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12 As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, 13 crying out, “J...  Read More

Luke 15:25-3225 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the fields working. When he returned home, he heard music and dancing in the house, 26 and he asked one of the servants what was going on. 27 ‘Your bro...  Read More

Luke 15:11-2411 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father...  Read More

1 Samuel 30:6 (KJV)6  And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David enc...  Read More

Proverbs 16:24 (NIV)24  Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.Devotional: How many kind thoughts have you kept to yourself this week? How many times did you notice...  Read More

Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)29  Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.Devotion...  Read More

James 3:3-10 (NLT)3  We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.4  And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the w...  Read More

Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 (NLT)21  The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will...  Read More

Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acce...  Read More

1 John 2:15-17 (the Message)15-17 Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wantin...  Read More

John 7:37-39 (NLT)37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the...  Read More

Luke 4:14-21 (NLT)14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. 15 He taught regularly in their synagogues and was ...  Read More

Psalm 23 (ESV)1   The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.3  He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for...  Read More

Habakkuk 2:3 (NCV) 3 It is not yet time for the message to come true, but that time is coming soon; the message will come true. It may seem like a long time, but be patient and wait for it, because it...  Read More

Psalm 37:7 (NLT) 7 Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.Devotional: Abraham wanted the ...  Read More

Isaiah 41:10 (NLT) 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.Devotional: Fear...  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

Galatians 6:9 (CEV)9 Don't get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you don't give up.Devotional: Every farmer understands that seed planted in the ground does not ...  Read More

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