Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

 Scripture: 1 Peter 4:11a  "If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God." Reflection:  Not everyone is called to preach from a pulpit, but every believer is called to s...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 139:13-14  "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that...  Read More

 Scripture: Isaiah 6:8  "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'"   Reflection:  When you say yes to Jesus, God's will...  Read More

   Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20  "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I ...  Read More

  Scripture: 1 Peter 4:11  "If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ."   Reflection:  You're not called to serv...  Read More

   Scripture: Luke 4:18-19  "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight f...  Read More

   Scripture:  "All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall...  Read More

 Scripture:  "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1 ESV)"The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein." (Psalm 24:1 ESV)"Wha...  Read More

   Scripture:  "You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former." (Matthew 23:23 NIV)  "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:21 ESV)  Reflection: ...  Read More

Scripture:Malachi 3:8-10 NIV"Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbin...  Read More

   Scripture:  "A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD." (Leviticus 27:30 NIV)  "On the first day of ever...  Read More

Scripture:  "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." (Matthew 6:33 ESV)"Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all yo...  Read More

 Scripture:  "I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed." (Malachi 3:6 NIV)"The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever." (...  Read More

   Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 (The Message)  "Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he...  Read More

  Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7  "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transce...  Read More

 Scripture: Matthew 6:33  "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Reflection:  This isn't a suggestion—it's the divine order for a worry-...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 6:31-32  "So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows...  Read More

 Scripture: Psalm 139:13-14  "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-27  "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than...  Read More

      Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:14  "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you."   Reflectio...  Read More

    Scripture: Matthew 16:26  "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?"   Reflection:  The rich man in Jesus' ...  Read More

   Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:10-11  "He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enr...  Read More

        Scripture: Luke 12:20-21  "But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is the one who lays up treasure for hi...  Read More

      Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:18  "You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this ...  Read More

    Scripture: Luke 12:15-17  "Then he said to them, 'Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.' And he told them a...  Read More

   Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:17-19  "Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let...  Read More

      Scripture: Matthew 6:24  "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ma...  Read More

    Scripture: Psalm 24:1; 1 Corinthians 4:2  "The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein... Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful." ...  Read More

        Scripture: Luke 12:15, 34  "And He said to them, 'Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.'... For where your treasure...  Read More

       Scripture: Colossians 3:1-2, 23  "If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not o...  Read More

     Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17  "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, ...  Read More

   Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21  "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where n...  Read More

      Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20  "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything...  Read More

      Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9  "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his...  Read More

    Scripture: Romans 12:1 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worsh...  Read More

  Scripture: Psalm 78:4-7  "We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done... so the next gen...  Read More

     Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11  "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."   Reflection:  One solitary stone makes a good doorstop—but it doesn't b...  Read More

   Scripture: James 1:22-25  "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his...  Read More

 Scripture: Isaiah 28:16  "So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'See, I will lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never ...  Read More

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:6-7"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things...  Read More