Devotionals

I JOHN 5:4 NIV 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Yes, we do face difficulties in life, but they only give us an opportunity to trust the Lord and overcome. Without problems we would have nothing to overcome, and thus […]

1 PETER 4:11 NIV 11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. . . . When you speak what the Bible says, you are speaking the very words of God. Anything contrary to what the Bible says, should never be spoken by a Christian. EPHESIANS 4:29 NIV

Do you really want what you deserve? Maybe you should first find out what you really deserve. PSALM 103:8-10 NIV 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 he does not treat us as our sins

PSALM 103:11 NIV 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; If you understood how much God loves you — your life would be different. Fear and worry would have no power over you any longer. Fear has no torment for someone

COLOSSIANS 3:13 NKJ 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. Forgiving others for deep hurts seems to be one of the hardest things a human being can do. In fact — very few are successful in

1 CORINTHIANS 3:9 LB 9 We are only God’s coworkers. You are God’s garden, not ours; you are God’s building, not ours. We discovered that God’s Word is a seed (Luke 8:11). Now we see that the Bible says that we, as believers, are God’s garden — the place where seed is planted. The question

2 CORINTHIANS 4:4 ICB 4 The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News — the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God. What is God like? Before Jesus of Nazareth came on the

PHILIPPIANS 3:20 NRSV 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. As a believer in Jesus Christ, you have a new citizenship. Your name is written in Heaven. Heaven is your homeland. Because you are its citizen, Heaven is responsible for

JOHN 8:31-32 NRSV 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” Notice carefully what Jesus actually said. It is not those who “start in the word”

JOB 40:8 LB 8 Are you going to discredit my justice and condemn me so that you can say you are right? Many are quick to blame God for all the bad things in their life and in the world. “After all, God is ultimately responsible, isn’t He?” Is a parent responsible for the choices