devotion

John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.” We begin our month of the names of God by looking at Jesus, the true vine from which we receive everlasting life. […]

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. We conclude this month’s devotions on the topic of hope with a verse that is often […]

1 Corinthians 13:7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Chapter 13 in 1 Corinthians is known as the Love Chapter. The “it” being referred to in today’s verse is speaking about love. […]

Psalm 71:14 As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. The author of Psalm 71 is not known, but it is believed to be David, in his later […]

Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. This has always been […]

1 John 3:3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. As children of God we are called to imitate Him (Ephesians 5:1). Just as children imitate their parents […]

Ephesians 1:18  I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his […]

Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure. Whenever you see “Therefore” at the beginning of a verse, you know it is a continued thought from […]

1 Peter 5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and […]

Isaiah 11:9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. In school we learned […]

Psalm 31:24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord. As we all know, life can be hard. As we have said before, just because we are Christians, we don’t get […]

Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Paul’s letter to the Romans has a wealth of knowledge within it. We could spend an entire month on that book alone and […]

Micah 4:4 Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the Lord Almighty has spoken. Micah is not a long read – […]

2 Corinthians 4:17  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  Paul’s writings often outlined the woes he faced for his faith in Christ yet […]

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to hard you, plans to give you hope and a future.” This verse is one […]