Daily Devotional

Devotion 12/10, Lord, remind me Your Mercies are new today I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Simply my opinion, but those I respect the most are the people that

Devotion 12/9, King of My Heart What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? Luke 9:25 Jesus is teaching His disciples that the goal for their lives should be to serve Him by spreading the gospel. He is warning them ahead of time

Devotion 12/8, God’s Blessings When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.  Luke 10:5 We tend to think of being blessed in terms of material blessings. But that’s not what Jesus teaches. In fact, part of being a witness to Jesus is to bring his blessing of God’s love and good news

Devotion 12/7, Our Brother’s Servant  To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 1 Corinthians 9:22 Our love for Jesus should prompt us to get to know those people He places in our life and

Devotion 12/6, Word of God Your faith in God has become known everywhere.   1 Thessalonians 1:8 In his letter to the Thessalonians, Paul reflects on the powerful effects of influence in this young church. Through Paul and his companions they were introduced to Jesus and, in turn, began to reflect Jesus themselves. Listen to what

Devotion 12/5, One Body Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.  Romans 12:4-5 We all have different yet equally important functions within His

Devotion 12/4, Prepare Our Hearts, Lord He also made the stars.  Genesis 1:16 In Genesis 1 today, the sun and moon get most of the attention. But we are told that God “also made the stars.” It’s as if God poked trillions of little holes in the backdrop of the night sky. Even on the

Devotion 12/3, Longing for His Light God saw that the light was good. . . Genesis 1:4 Genesis 1 starts with God’s first creative act: creating light in the midst of the darkness. The sun, moon, and stars will come later in the creation story. But at this point God simply creates light and then

Devotion 12/2, Soon, Very Soon! Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Genesis 1:2 The Bible’s first words about the earth are that it was “formless and empty” and that “darkness was over the surface of the

Devotion 12/1, It’s no secret what God can do. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.   John 4:6 How often do we think of what Jesus’ day-to-day life was like? Jesus was fully God and fully human, which means that