Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

Written by TWFYTTuesday November 10"My times are in thy hand." Psalms 31:15 KJVHow well and sometimes how quickly you transition depends on certain factors. Let's look at five of them: (1) How much do...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday November 10"I did not rush out to consult with any human being." Galatians 1:16 NLTThe apostle Paul never tried to emulate the other disciples who'd enjoyed an up-close relation...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday November 7"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." Acts 20:24 NCVSome people are afraid to embrace their uniqueness. They ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday November 7"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." Acts 20:24 NCVOn January 30, 1956, Time magazine devoted its cover to...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday November 6"Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed." John 14:27 AMPCWhen worry comes knocking on your door, you've two choices: invite it in or send it away. Jesus...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday November 5"I put on right living as if it were clothing; I wore fairness like a robe." Job 29:14 NCVAdrian Thomas, the third-generation owner of Thomas Drugstore in Meyersdale...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday November 4"I don't mean to say that I have...reached perfection." Philippians 3:12 NLTNowhere does the Bible equate sinlessness with perfection. Paul said, "I don't mean to s...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday November 3"Perfect love casts out fear." 1 John 4:18 NKJVWe've looked at priority giving, percentage giving, and progressive giving. Now let's look at prompted giving. From tim...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday November 2"The Lord has laid in Him [Jesus] the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6 NKJVYou may have times when you're so disappointed in yourself that you wonder how God could sti...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday November 1"Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" Luke 24:32 KJVSometimes you'll get overwhelmed when y...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday October 31"Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23 NIVA quiet forest dweller who lived high above an Austrian village in the Alps was hired by a ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday October 30"You are snared by the words of your mouth." Proverbs 6:2 NKJVDo you realize how often you program yourself for stress by the words you use to describe simple activiti...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday October 29"Approve the things that are excellent." Philippians 1:10 NKJVA number of years ago, an insurance company ran an advertisement that said: "There was once a man who l...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday October 28"We have known and believed the love that God has for us." 1 John 4:16 NKJVIn 1962, the Swiss theologian Dr, Karl Barth did a lecture tour of the United States. Bar...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 27"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10 NKJVAn English newspaper once posed this question to its readers: "Who ar...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 26"Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." Genesis 28:16 NKJVOne night, Jacob had a dream. He saw a ladder reaching into heaven with angels ascending a...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday October 25"I am with you and will keep you wherever you go." Genesis 28:15 NKJVThe most frequent promise God makes in the Bible is "I am with you." When it feels as if you are u...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday October 24"Teach us how short our lives really are so that we may be wise." Psalms 90:12 NCVAuthor Peter Senge tells of a time when he was leading a seminar at the World Bank,...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday October 23"You have rescued me, O God who keeps his promises." Psalms 31:5 TLBWhen you find yourself in a crisis, you have to choose: faith or fear? God's purpose or random hist...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday October 22"To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown." Job 6:14 NKJVDoctor Pedro José Greer has become a legend in Miami, Florida. As an intern, he treated a homeless ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday October 21"This far you ay come, but no farther." Job 38:11 NKJVJust as God established boundaries for the oceans so that the tides come in only so far, you must set limits o...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 20"The path of the just...shines ever brighter unto the perfect day." Proverbs 4:18 NKJVWe've talked about priority giving and percentage giving; let's talk about progr...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 19"When desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death." James 1:15 NKJVThe root of temptation is a sinful desire, the s...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday October 18"The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives." Psalm 37:23 NLTHow does God lead us? One step at a time. How involved does God w...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday October 17Romans 8:37 NIVMaybe you're battling cancer, going through a divorce, or drowning in debt. Id so, hear this: When you experience a setback, you may take a step back,...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday October 16"The vision is yet for an appointed time." Had 2:3 NKJVGrace Hopper was born with a desire to discover how things worked. At age seven, her curiosity led her to disman...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday October 15"It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35 NIVAt 53 years old, John D. Rockefeller earned about a million dollars a week. Unfortunately, he had stomach...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday October 14"In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33 NKJVDr. Ashley Montagu met two young men shortly after the end...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 13"God made us to do good works." Ephesians 2:10 NCVHaving described a false faith, James illustrated it. He painted the picture of someone in need of food and clothing...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 12"Faith...if it does not have works, is dead." James 2:17 NKJVJames the apostle wrote to Christians "scattered abroad" by persecution (Jas 1:1). He said to them: "If a ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday October 11"What does if profit...if someone says he has faith but does not have works?" James 2:14 NKJVOur eternal salvation rests entirely on God's grace (unearned and undeserv...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday October 10"The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter." Luke 22:61 NIVThe Bible says: "About an hour later another asserted, 'Certainly this fellow was with him'...Peter rep...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday October 9"He said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'" Matthew 4:19 NKJVA missionary surgeon in one of China's hospitals restored sight to a man who had be...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday October 8"Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the...king's delicacies." Daniel 1:8 NKJVDaniel held a top spot on Babylon's' government. But he l...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday October 7"Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature." Luke 2:52 NLTThis is what we know about the first thirty years of Jesus' life: He grew spiritually and intellectually as well ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 6"My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge."  Hosea 4:6 NIVProfessor Benno Müller-Hill said that one morning, he stood last in a line of forty students in his sch...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 5"The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods." Job 12:11 NLTJohn Maynard Keynes said: "The difficulty lies not so much in developing ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday October 4"Test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good." 1 Thessalonians 5;21 NLTPaul wrote: "Test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good." That's a scriptura...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday October 3"Put no confidence...in the flesh." Philippians 3:3 AMPCWhen we talk about confidence, we usually mean "self-confidence." We think that we must believe in ourselves i...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday October 2"The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up." James 5:15 NKJVLet's look at some examples of healing in the New Testament church. In Acts cha...  Read More