Devotionals

NEHEMIAH 8:10b GWN 10 Don’t be sad because the joy you have in the LORD is your strength.” As children of God we have joy in our spirit. But we must choose to let it flow out into our minds, bodies, and circumstances. Joy is part of the provision God has given us so we […]

What many think of as love is really just a form of selfishness — not pure love. It can be identified by thinking like this: I love you because of the way you make me feel. I love you because of what you do for me. I love you because of how you make me

1 TIMOTHY 1:11 NKJ 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. I knew that one meaning of “blessed” was happy. The Greek word is “makarios” (Strong’s #3107) and 5 times the KJV translates it as “happy.” But I had never thought about how this word is

ROMANS 6:23 NLT 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Sin will kill you. If you practice sin, it will pay you by destroying you. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 NLT 15 This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it:

2 CORINTHIANS 9:7 NLT 7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” We all tend to like those similar to us. God is a giver, so it is only natural for Him to especially

PSALM 37:4 NKJ 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. You should enjoy the Lord — not just serve Him out of obligation. If you have a friend you enjoy being with, it is something you look forward to, not a burden or obligation. PHILIPPIANS

DEUTERONOMY 11:16 NKJ 16 “Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, If there was no danger of believers being deceived, the Bible would not warn us about deception. LUKE 21:8 NKJ 8 And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived.

HEBREWS 13:5 ESV 5 . . . he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Jesus understands. He knows how it feels to be betrayed, abandoned, hated. Jesus knows what it feels like to hurt. He lived in a body just like you have. He was just as human as you are.

All of us have probably wondered, “If God loves me . . . then why did this bad thing happen to me?” But for this question to have any real meaning, we must assume God controls everything — every single detail of life. To help you get the right perspective, consider this question, “If my

MATTHEW 18:18 CEV 18 I promise you that God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but he will not allow anything you don’t allow. (Many translations use the words “bind” and “loose” in this verse. Binding and loosing is a Hebrew idiom for exercising authority. It means to prohibit and permit.) When