Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

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

Written by TWFYTThursday October 17"God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise." 1 Corinthians 1:27A pastor writes: "Poll after poll has found that mo...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday October 16"He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap." Ecclesiastes 11:4 NKJVThere is a time to be cautious and a time to throw cauti...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 15"Always laboring fervently for you in prayers."  Colossians 4:12 NKJVHere is what Paul said about Epaphras, a disciple so obscure you probably don't recognize his nam...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 14"I will celebrate before the Lord."  2 Samuel 6:21 NIVTrue worship calls for being less self-conscious and self-absorbed and more God-conscious and God-absorbed. After...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday October 13"David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod." 2 Samuel 6:14 NKJVIn 2 Samuel 6, David had just been crowned king of Israel. He...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday October 8"Satan...has blinded the minds of those who don't believe."  2 Corinthians 4:4 NLTYou can have 20/20 vision in the natural world yet be blind in the spiritual world an...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday October 7"You will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil."  Ephesians 6:11 NLTThe Bible says: "Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all God'...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday October 6"In order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes."  2 Corinthians 2:11The Bible calls Satan a schemer. Now, when someone schemes against ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday October 5"She...put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank."  Exodus 2:3 NKJVMoses' mother put him in a basket, placed it in the river Nile, and the tid...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday October 4"Elisha...poured water on the hands of Elisha."  2 Kings 3:11Elisha started out serving Elijah and, in some ways, ended up surpassing him. In Bible days, servants washe...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday October 3"Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac."  Genesis 25:5Abraham gave Isaac two things: his material assets and a godly example. What could he not give him? A personal...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday September 27"One thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead."  Philippians 3:13. NKJVSam Parker writes: "When you ...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday September 26"I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."  Philippians 3:14 NKJVIn his booklet Cross The Line, Sam Parker writes: "With ev...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday September 25"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep."  John 10:11 NKJVJesus told of a shepherd with a hundred sheep. When one of them was lost...  Read More

Written by TWFYTTuesday September 24"Which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?"  Luke 10:36 NKJVJesus told the story of the Jewish traveler who was robbed, beat...  Read More

Written by TWFYTMonday September 23"So are My ways higher than you ways, and My thoughts higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9 NKJVYour internal picture of God decides how you see everything else. T...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSunday September 22"You saw me before I was born...Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed."   Psalm 139:16 NLTWay before God set earth's foundations, He had you in mi...  Read More

Written by TWFYTSaturday September 21"The path of the just...shines ever brighter."   Proverbs 4:18 NKJVWhen it comes to growth, you never "arrive." It's not a place you reach; it's a pathway you walk...  Read More

Written by TWFYTFriday September 20"I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work...and appointed me to serve him."  1 Timothy 1:12 NLTOne of the greatest missionaries in the...  Read More

Written by TWFYTThursday September 19"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine."  2 Timothy 4:3 NKJVPeople who desire to beautify themselves with diamonds sometimes use the time...  Read More

Written by TWFYTWednesday September 18"I have not come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness."   John 12:46 NKJVJohn Ortberg writes: "In 1780 a Jesus-foll...  Read More