Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

 Scripture: Psalm 139:16 (NIV)  "Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Reflection:  Before you took your first breath, ...  Read More

 Scripture: Psalm 139:13-14 (NLT)  "You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marv...  Read More

 Scripture: Psalm 139:1-6 (NLT)  "O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away. You see me when I ...  Read More

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:3-4"For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve ...  Read More

Scripture: John 1:4-5, 9"In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it... The true light, which gives light to everyone, wa...  Read More

Scripture: Philippians 2:9-11"Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and...  Read More

Scripture: John 14:6"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"Reflection:In our culture's rush toward tolerance, this statement sou...  Read More

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-17"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or...  Read More

Scripture: Hebrews 1:3"He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power."Reflection:You can't look directly at the sun w...  Read More

Scripture: John 1:1-3, 14"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made... And t...  Read More

 Scripture:  "Some people trust the power of chariots or horses, but we trust you, Lord God." – Psalm 20:7 (CEV)"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance." ...  Read More

Scripture:  "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." – Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)"Be still, and know that I...  Read More

 Scripture:  "For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." – Isaiah 55:9 (NLT)"Trust in the Lord with all your he...  Read More

Scripture:  "All our righteous acts are like filthy rags." – Isaiah 64:6 (NIV)"Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God." – 2 Corinthians 5:21 (...  Read More

 Scripture:  "All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off, but the word of the Lord lasts forever." – 1 Peter 1:24-25 (GW...  Read More

 Scripture: Psalm 119:105 NIV  "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." Reflection:  You wouldn't try to walk through a dark forest without a light—you'd stumble, get lost, or hurt yours...  Read More

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV  "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 ...  Read More

 Scripture: Romans 3:23; 6:23  "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God... For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Reflection:  Whe...  Read More

 Scripture: Mark 10:21-22  "Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you lack,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follo...  Read More

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:14, 18  "'I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I ...  Read More

 Scripture: Hebrews 4:12 NIV  "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 a...  Read More

Scripture: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to him...  Read More

Scripture: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." - Proverbs 3:5-6Reflection:One of the h...  Read More

Scripture: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17Reflection:Victory Family Church's vision for men is clear: building the men that God expects, that families want, a...  Read More

Scripture: "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." - Ephesians 6:4Reflection:One of the most challenging aspects of loving me...  Read More

Scripture: "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." - James 4:10Reflection:The third requirement God gives is to walk humbly with Him. Humility isn't weakness—it's strength under ...  Read More

Scripture: "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." - Ephesians 4:32Reflection:God doesn't just ask us to show mercy—He tells us to love mer...  Read More

Scripture: Micah 6:8"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Reflection:In a culture that te...  Read More

Scripture: Ephesians 2:10-13  "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles ...  Read More

Scripture: Acts 2:37-41  "When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?' Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every ...  Read More

Scripture:Psalm 119:28  "My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word." Reflection:  This is one of the most honest prayers in all of Scripture. The psalmist doesn't pretend eve...  Read More

Scripture: Jeremiah 15:16  "When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty." Reflection:  What a beautiful picture Jeremiah paints!...  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: Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23  "A farmer went out to sow his seed... Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand i...  Read More

 Scripture: Hebrews 4:12-13  "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 an...  Read More

   Scripture: Exodus 33:7-11; Psalm 27:4  "Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the 'tent of meeting.' Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to th...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 55:10-11; 1 Thessalonians 2:13  "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields...  Read More

 Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 3:18  "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thor...  Read More

Scripture: Hebrews 4:12-13; 1 Corinthians 13:4  "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 ju...  Read More

 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:10-12; James 1:5  "For who knows a person's thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we ...  Read More