Devotionals

PSALM 5:12 NIV 12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield. God’s favor can change your life. Someone who is favored is called a favor-ite. (The New Testament teaches that being righteous (in right standing with God), is a gift we receive when we […]

We have authority in our domain and can choose to invite God’s involvement — or not. EZEKIEL 22:30 NKJ 30 “So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no

PROVERBS 22:4 NKJ 4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life. Humility is the opposite of pride. Humility does not think it is better than anyone else. “I am what I am by the grace of God.” 1 PETER 5:5 NKJ 5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves

PROVERBS 16:2 NLT 2 People may be pure in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their motives. Motives are important to God. God is interested in WHY we do things, not just in WHAT we do. Why do you do what you do? Is it to help others? To please God? Or do you

EPHESIANS 2:8-9 NLT 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Being saved, and in right standing with God,

1 CORINTHIANS 12:22,27 NKJ 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. There are NO unnecessary parts in the Body of Christ. The devil wants you to think your part does not matter, so you will

MATTHEW 4:4 NKJ 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” You may neglect the Word of God and still exist, but you will not enjoy life — really live — as God intended, without feeding

JAMES 3:9-10 NIV 9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. It seems that respect has gone out of style. But God’s unchanging Word

1 TIMOTHY 4:13 BBE 13 Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching. HEBREWS 4:12 BBE 12 For the word of God is living and full of power. . . There is no substitute for the basics. The words of God recorded in the

ACTS 20:32 NLT 32 “And now I entrust you to God and the word of his grace–his message that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself. Many shy away from the Bible because they think it’s just a bunch of rules to