Devotions

Romans 16:4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. Can you imagine what Christianity would be if Paul had not lived? We […]

Jonah 2:9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord .’  Jonah is another book of […]

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. This is one of my favorite passages in the Bible and one we […]

2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. Such interesting wording in […]

Revelation 7:12 …saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” It is not often we dig into the book […]

Philemon 1:4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers. We have already talked about the importance of thanksgiving in our prayers. Today we look at something we can be thankful […]

Psalm 118:21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. This is a beautiful verse that we can memorize and use in our daily prayers of thanksgiving. Without Him […]

1 Chronicles 23:30 They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord . They were to do the same in the evening. We continue the theme of thankful prayer with today’s […]

Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Yesterday we started out our month with a look at prayer and […]

1 Timothy 2:1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people. We begin our month of thanksgiving with a look at prayer. Paul used this letter […]

Luke 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. We wrap up our month of grace with a reminder. We are to be merciful to others just as He has been merciful to us. […]

Romans 6:14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. Today’s verse is an amazing declaration that all Christians can make. We once were bound […]

Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.  Sometimes the verses I select for the […]

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the […]

1 John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. Yesterday we spoke about choosing to put on virtues like clothing, to purposely clothe ourselves with […]