Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

Written by TWFYTSaturday December 21"Let us lay aside every weight...and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."  Hebrews 12:1 NKJVIn ancient Greece, athletes practiced with weights...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday December 20"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted." Ephesians 4:32 NKJVIn his best-selling book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen Covey describes an experience...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday December 19"Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power." Ephesians 6:10 NLTPaul tells us two things about his thorn: First, that it was a messenger of Satan sent to buffet ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday December 18"A thorn in the flesh was given to me."  2 Corinthians 12:7 NKJVPaul writes: "A thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be ex...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday December 17"What God has joined together, let not man separate." Matthew 19:6 NKJVThis may come as a surprise to you, but the main purpose of marriage is not to produce childre...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday December 16"Abraham 'believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.'" Galatians 3:6 NKJVWe think of Abraham with a halo. Hardly. Not once, but twice he throws his ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday December 15"Let the peace of God rule in your hands."  Colossians 3:15 NKJVGod wants you to have a peaceful state of mind. His Word says: "Let the peace (soul harmony which come...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday December 13"The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees His Father doing." John 5:19 NIVThe second thing that defines Jesus' relationship with his Father is t...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday December 12"For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does." John 5:20 NIVThese three things define the relationship Jesus had with his Father, and they are a blueprin...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday December 11"Her sins--and they are many--have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love." Luke 7:47 NLTThe Bible says: "One of the Pharisees asked Jesus yo have dinner wit...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday December 10"[Peter saw...the waves...and began to sink."  Matthew 14:30 NLT When Peter stepped out of the boat at the command of Jesus, he was doing something he had never done...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday December 9"I replied, 'The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall.'"  Nehemiah 2:20 NLTWith its walls torn down, Jerusalem was def...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday December 8"I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise  shall continually be in my mouth."  Psalm 34:1 NKJVWhether you know it or not, you have an ongoing conversation with y...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday December 7"All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship." Acts 2:42 NLTEuclid was a great mathematician who lived about three hundred year...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday November 28"Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst." John 4:14 NKJVThe woman Jesus met at well had been married five times. She had tried multiple...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday November 26"Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us...But if not..." Daniel 3:17-18 NKJVWhen Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nedgo refused to bow before Nebuchadnezzar's ninety...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday November 25"Gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up." Genesis 41:35Notice what Joseph told Pharaoh: "Collect one-fifth of the produce of the land o...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday November 24"To everything there is a season, a time fore every purpose under heaven."  Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJVSolomon says there is "a time to be born, and a time to die; a time t...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday November 23"Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him."  Psalm 105:19 NKJVWhen Joseph's brother's stripped him of his coat of many colors whic...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday November 22"Lord, what do You want me to do?"  Acts 9:6 NKJVPaul's life changed forever when he asked the question, "Lord, what do you want me to do?" Note how God answered his ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday November 21"Our sufficiency is from God."  2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJVGideon's army of thirty-two thousand men is enormously outnumbered by the Midianites when God tells him, "You ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday November 20"The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."  Romans 8:18 NKJVIn 1857 David Livingstone gave t...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday November 19"Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them." 1 Timothy 4:15 NKJVPaul had a succession plan for his ministry. That's why he mentored Timothy and instru...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday November 18"His older son...was angry."  Luke 15:25, 28 NKJVThe parable of the prodigal son is about two boys and their father's love for each. The younger one dishonored his fa...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday November 13"By his divine power, God has given us everything we need."  2 Peter 1:3 NLTFollowing God means finishing what He has called you to do. Not everyone who starts out...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday November 12"Put on your new nature, created to be like God--truly righteous and holy." Ephesians 4:24 NLTDealing with crucifixion, Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. He ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday November 11"He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick."  Matthew 14:14 NKJVJesus demonstrated compassion wherever He went. He ta...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday November 10"When you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind."   Luke 14:13 NKJVLuke writes, "Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rul...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday November 1"Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you."  1 Peter 5:7 NLTCharles Weigle was an itinerant evangelist who enjoyed traveling and preaching, despi...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday October 31"I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill. Selah."  Psalm 3:4 NKJVSometimes Jesus rose early in the morning to pray; other time, He pray...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday October 30"Put me together again with your Word."  Psalm 119:107 MSGWhen everything in the psalmist's life began falling apart, he prayed, "Put me together again with your Wo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 29"This High Priest of ours understands our weakness."  Hebrews 4:15 NLTOne of Satan's most successful strategies for keeping us away from our quiet time with God is re...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 28"You're my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me."  Psalm 119:114 MSGWhat's stopping you from having a regular quiet time with God? Maybe the very t...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday October 24 "The woman saw that the tree was goof for food...pleasant to the eyes, and...desirable." Genesis 3:6 NKJVEmotions have a ton that we call feeling." And the tone of ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday October 23"Let's not get tired of doing what is good."   Galatians 6:9 NLTIn life, you're going to have all kinds of problems. So, what should you do? Persevere! No matter wh...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 22"Preach the Word!...[Whether it is convenient or inconvenient...]."  2 Timothy 4:2 AMPCIn training Timothy for ministry, Paul says, "Preach the Word!...[Whether it is...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 21"Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would increase abundantly." Job 8:7 NKJVYour personal potential is not knowing what you are today--but the person...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday October 20"I delight to do they will, O my God."  Psalm 40:8 Doing God will can be difficult, but it always brings a sense of fulfillment and reward. David experienced resentmen...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday October 19"Along unfamiliar paths I will guide them."  Isaiah 42:16Sometimes following God involves leaving a secure and lucrative career. Moses left a palace, Elisha left a f...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday October 18"For even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."  2 Corinthians 11:14 ESVIn 2 Corinthians 11, Paul reveals four ways in which Satan works like a master counter...  Read More