Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

Scripture: Psalm 119:96"To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless."Reflection:Everything human has limits. Our best efforts eventually fail. Our wisdom runs out. Our strength gi...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 119:93-95"I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life... The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes."Reflection:God's precepts...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 119:92"If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction."Reflection:The psalmist makes a stunning confession: without finding pleasure and fulfillment in Go...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 119:90-91"Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you."Reflection:Just as su...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 119:89"Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens."Reflection:Like a plant that blooms perpetually through every season, God's Word remains constant and unchanging. Wh...  Read More

 Scripture: "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side ...  Read More

  Scripture:  "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." — 1 John 1:9 (NIV)  "As far as the east is from the west, so far h...  Read More

   Scripture:  "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." — Isaiah 12:3 (ESV)  "Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I g...  Read More

Scripture:  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." — John 3:16 (NIV)"He will wipe every tear from their e...  Read More

 Scripture:  "Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." — Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)"For through him we both have...  Read More

Scripture:  "In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace." — Ephesians 1:7 (NIV)"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the L...  Read More

 Scripture:  "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that...  Read More

 Scripture:  "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it." (Matthew 16:18) Reflection:  Jesus didn't say, "I might build my...  Read More

 Scripture:  "The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that w...  Read More

 Scripture:  "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ. And so through him the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of God." (2 Corinthians 1:20) Reflection:  Every promis...  Read More

Scripture:  "Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.'...  Read More

 Scripture:  2 Peter 1:19-21"We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns...  Read More

 Scripture: Matthew 24:4-5, 11  "Jesus answered: 'Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, "I am the Messiah," and will deceive many... and many false prophets will...  Read More

  Scripture: Hebrews 4:12  "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and ...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 53:5  "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed." Reflection:  ...  Read More

   Scripture: 2 Kings 20:20  "As for the other events of Hezekiah's reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in...  Read More

 Scripture: John 17:17  "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." Reflection:  Jesus prayed these words to the Father: "Your word is truth." He staked everything on the reliability of Scriptur...  Read More

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:20-21  "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will...  Read More

  Scripture: 1 Peter 1:24-25  "All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever."   Ref...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 119:105, 130  "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path... The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple." Reflection:  Imagine walking thr...  Read More

 Scripture: Proverbs 22:28  "Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors." Reflection:  In ancient Israel, boundary stones marked property lines—they were sacred markers that protec...  Read More

 Scripture: Matthew 24:4-5, 11  "Jesus answered: 'Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, "I am the Messiah," and will deceive many... and many false prophets will...  Read More

 Scripture: John 17:17  "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." Reflection:  Jesus prayed this prayer for His disciples, and by extension, for all of us who believe in Him. To be sanctified ...  Read More

Scripture:   2 Peter 1:19-21  "We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day da...  Read More

Scripture: Genesis 3:1  "Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say...?'"Reflection:  Satan's first strategy in the g...  Read More

 Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17  "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for ...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 119:105, 160  "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path... The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever." Reflection:  The word "...  Read More

Scripture: Jude 1:3-4 "Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all del...  Read More

 Scripture: Matthew 24:25  "See, I have told you beforehand."   Reflection:  Jesus didn't leave His followers in the dark. He warned them—and us—about what was coming. Deception would increase. False ...  Read More

Scripture: Ephesians 6:14, 17  "Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth... and take... the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Reflection:  The spiritual armor Paul describe...  Read More

 Scripture:1 Peter 5:8  "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." Reflection:  A lion's roar isn't random—it's a declaration of...  Read More

 Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17  "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, e...  Read More

 Scripture: Matthew 24:23-24  "Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and ...  Read More

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:57-58"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 53:5"But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed."Reflection:...  Read More