Devotionals

PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth. MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you . . . he will have whatever he says. Words are powerful. They are the way humans express their decisions. Words carry authority, […]

EPHESIANS 4:12 NIV 12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up Ministry means service. To minister is to serve. How does God “serve us”? God serves us by helping us. So, primarily, ministry means helping people. Of course, the foremost way of helping people

1 JOHN 5:4 NKJ 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? All of us have a choice: we can either

ISAIAH 40:31 NKJ 31 But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Time is precious. Our lives are full. Life is busy. Many of us think we are too busy to

1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 CEV 18 Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do. There are many things in life we may not understand. But we can understand this verse, and know that God gave these instructions for our benefit, to help us — not because God

MATTHEW 6:26 LB 26 Look at the birds! They don’t worry about what to eat — they don’t need to sow or reap or store up food — for your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are. Have you ever watched birds eating on a snowy day?

Fortunately for us, God is not motivated or moved or controlled by His feelings. But that does not mean God has no feelings. We are made in His image, in His likeness. Just as we have feelings, and can be hurt, God also has feelings, as the following verses show. GENESIS 6:6 NIV 6 The

JOHN 8:31-32 NKJ 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The promise of Jesus is clear: the end result of staying in His Word will be freedom.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:1 NKJ 1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. The “real you” is not your body. Your body is just a house you live in so you can function here on

JAMES 1:22 NKJ 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. How easily we fall into the trap of listening to, or even studying, the Bible — but not acting on its instructions. According to this verse, that opens us up to deception. We think we are spiritual. We think