Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

Written by TWFYTTuesday September 1"Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all..." Proverbs 3:9 NIVOf all the items in your monthly budget, giving to God should be your top priority—...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday August 31"Always be willing to listen and slow to speak." James 1:19 NCVWhat comes out of your mouth, and what you might get or tweet, is of such importance that James devotes a...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday August 30"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21 NKJVWhen we started our relationship with Christ, we began a lifelong journey of becoming the pe...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday August 29"You...made me bold with strength in my soul." Psalm 138:3 NKJVA little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted out of his house and into the backyard car...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday August 28"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." Psalm 107:20 KJVThe Old Testament is full of healing promises as well as examples of Go...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday August 27"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed." 2Ti 2:15 KJVWallace E. Johnson, president of Holiday  Inns and one of America's mo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday August 26"Work out your salvation." Philippians 2:12 NIVPaul writes: "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in or...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday August 25"We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable." 1 Corinthians 8:21 NLTIn an extensive survey called The ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday August 24"When you came to Christ, you were 'circumcised.'" Colossians 2:11 NLTBefore allowing His people to conquer and inhabit the Promised Land, God commanded all the males t...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday August 23"I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." Joshua 5:9 NKJVWhen Israel entered the Promised Land, there were thirty-one kings who had to be conquered. That mea...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday August 22"Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts." 1 Thessalonians 2:4 NLTA young woman studied violin under a world-renowned vi...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday August 21"Taste and see that the Lord is good." Psalm 34:8 NKJVThere's an old African folktale about a king and his friend. IN every circumstance, the king's friend had a saying...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday August 20"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!" Isaiah 43:18-19 NIVAfter falling twice in the 1988 Olympic speed-skating races, Dan...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday August 19"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15 NKJVJoe was a carpenter who worked for a building contractor. One day, the contractor said to him, "Jo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday August 18"Why should the work stop while I leave and go down to you?" Nehemiah 6:3 NIVLike David's older brother Eliab, there will always be people who try to discourage you fr...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday August 17"This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 NKJVIn The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis demonstrated that God wants humankind to a...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday August 16"Live one day at a time." Matthew 6:34 TLBSir William Osler was the most famous physician of his generation. He organized the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and serve...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday August 15"I am compelled to preach." 1 Corinthians 9:16 NIVBefore the thirteen colonies in America became a country, four-fifths of Americans had heard George Whitefield preac...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday August 14"The Lord said to Joshua: 'Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned.'" Joshua 7:10-11 NKJVThe walls of Jericho had fallen, and Joshua was flushed wit...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday August 13"I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow. Isaiah 48:17 NLTYou'll probably travel several differen...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday August 12"The fruit of that righteousness will b peace." Isaiah 32:17 NIVWe are the sum total of everything we have experienced—both good and bad. We can engage in wishful th...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday August 11"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give." 2 Corinthians 9:7 NIVGod can be sitting on the sidelines watching you struggle financially or ac...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday August 10"If you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin." James 2:9 NLTJames wrote to the church: "Suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clot...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday August 9"God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you." Deuteronomy 23:5 NKJVPaul told the Corinthians, "Therefore we do not lose heart...fo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday August 8"Though our outward manis perishing, yet the inward man is being rewarded day by day." 2 Corinthians 4:16 NKJVIn 1928, a happy, ambitious young nursing student was dia...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday August 7"Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper." Proverbs 13:4 NLTIn the fall of 1894, Guglielmo retreated to his room on the third floor. A...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday August 6"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction." Psalm 107:20Here's a prayer for healing and continued good health: "Father, the power o...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday August 5"He who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit." Matthew 13:23 NKJVJust because you haven't seen results...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday August 4"At the proper time we will reap...if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9 NIVHealing can happen in different ways. Sometimes God performs a miracle and instantly heals so...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday August 3"He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases." Psalm 103:3 NLTThe psalmist wrote: "Let all that I am praise the Lord, may I never forget the good things he does fo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday August 2"I am willing.' he said. 'Be healed!'" Matthew 8:3 NLTThe Bible says: "A man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. 'Lord,' the man said, 'if you are willing,...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday August 1"Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength." Isaiah 40:31 NKJVFeeling tired tells you: (1) that your body needs to rest. (2) to take life at a more normal ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday July 31"Confess your faults one to another." James 5:16 KJVIt seems that everywhere you turn today, somebody is making an excuse for his or her poor choices, performance, or beh...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday July 30"He then turned away to someone else." 1 Samuel 17:30 NIVThe first person who tried to discourage David from fighting Goliath was his own brother. "Eliab...burned with ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday July 29"We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him." Romans 8:28 NCVThe Bible begins with these words: "In the beginning God created the sky and ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday July 28"Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings." Proverbs 22:29 NKJVHelping the deaf to communicate was what truly motivated Alexander Graham Bell,...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday July 27"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven...He has made everything beautiful in its time." Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11 NKJVIn his book Good to Grea...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday July 26"Though your beginning was insignificant, yet your end will increase greatly." Job 8:7 NASBWe often cling to people and things if we can keep everything the same, but it ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday July 25"I have been crucified with Christ." Galatians 2:20 NKJVPaul wrote:"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday July 24"Arise, go up to Ai." Joshua 8:1 NKJVAfter suffering a humiliating defeat, God gave Joshua a second chance at victory; "Arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your ha...  Read More