Devotions

Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. Life, as it is used here, comes from the […]

Proverbs 16:3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Surrendering our plans to the Lord should be a natural response for us as believers. We should make the effort […]

Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Being wrought with anxiety, this is a verse that I often turn […]

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God. […]

James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Today’s verse is better understood if you read it in the […]

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. On Day 2 we had the companion verse to today’s. […]

Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. There is nothing worse than seeing wickedness […]

Romans 6:13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every […]

Luke 14:33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. Today’s verse is another one that challenges the way we have been living our […]

Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Be still. What a hard command. We live in […]

Hebrews 4:16 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. In the Old Testament, people had […]

James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. Today’s verse is almost identical to what we studied on day 1 this month. The only difference between the two is that […]

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 worship. This is […]

James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Today’s verse is another that is heard often by Christians. Today let’s take a peek back a few verses […]

Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Today’s verse is one that we could spend a […]