Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

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

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