Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

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

Written by TWFYTProverbs 10:4 NIVWhen David was twelve years old, he convinced a restaurant manager that he was actually sixteen and was hired as a lunch-counter waiter for twenty-five cents an hour. ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday September 30"Life does not consist in an abundance of possessions." Luke 12:15 NIVFew people have undergone that trails and tribulations of Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn. He suffere...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday September 29"The things you have heard me say...entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." 2 Timothy 2:2 NIVThe writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday September 28"Full of grace and truth." John 1:14 NKJVThe faith the disciples put in Jesus isn't that remarkable—after all, they were eyewitnesses to His miracles. What's remarka...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday September 27"The works that I do he will do also; and greater world than these." John 14:12 NKJVA school district picked three teachers to pilot a special program. They were tol...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday September 26"Keep to the paths of the righteous." Proverbs 2:20 NIVIn his book The Mind of Watergate, psychologist Leo Rangell, M.D., related what he called a "compromise of i...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday September 25"Surely He has borne our griefs (sickness, weaknesses, and distresses)". Isaiah 53:4 AMPCIf you're dealing with sickness and believing God for healing, here's the mo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday September 24"If anyone serves, they should do so...so that in all things God may be praised." 1 Peter 4:11 NIVSomeone nay hav hired you to do your job, but they didn't call yo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday September 23"Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again." Proverbs 24:16 NIVThe difference between success and failure is often the ability to get up one more tim...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday September 22"When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power...and he sent them out." Luke 9:1-2 NIVSecure people seek to empower others. Jesus was a master at it...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday September 21"Plead my cause, O Lord...fight against those who fight against me." Psalm 35:1 NKJVIsrael conquered the Promised Land not because of their skill, but God's skill. I...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday September 20"The Lord your God...has fought for you." Joshua 23:3 NKJVHere's one of the truly great promises in the Bible: "For he has said, 'I will never leave you or forsake y...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday September 19"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Romans 8:18 KJVNick Vujicic was...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday September 18"The Lord gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it." Joshua 21:43 NKJVThree times i...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday September 17"They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept." Song of Solomon 1:6 NKJVBill Galston was at the peak of his career when he resigne...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday September 16"Why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?" Galatians 3:3 NLTDo you beat yourself up when you fall short of your expectations? Or do you ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday September 15"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse." Malachi 3:10 NIVPicture yourself receiving ten one-dollar bills from God. Remember, God is the owner and you are merely...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday September 14"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man." 1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJVYou should deal with temptation in the same way you would deal with weeds ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday September 13"Pay close attention to yourself." 1 Timothy 4:16 NASPaul told Timothy, "Pay close attention to yourself." Preachers often preach to others the very things they them...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday September 12"We...are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18 NIVOur destiny has far less to do with what w...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday September 11"As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand." Jeremiah 18:6 NKJVDuring a prayer meeting one night, an elderly woman pleaded with God, "it really does...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday September 10"Remember well what the Lord your God did." Deuteronomy 7:18 NIVThe ability to recall the past is one of the most powerful functions of your brain. And when you re...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday September 9"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21 NIVShame and condemnation are two weapo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday September 8"James...to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings." James 1:1 NKJVJames addressed "the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad," those early Chris...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday September 7"A doer...will be blessed in what he does." James 1:25 NKJVNorth of Israel and teeming with aquatic life of many kinds, the Sea of Galilee is a beautiful blue. South ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday September 6"Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." James 1:22 NKJVthe book of James has 108 verses, and it outlines how we can put our faith into act...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday September 5"We have an obligation." Romans 8:12 NIVPaul wrote: "We have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the fle...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday September 4"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15 NKJVIn 1993, a group called AD2000 United Prayer Track came up with an innovative idea. To...  Read More