Daily Devotions

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  • Where Did You Take Your Stress in 2020?

    Wendy Speake | December 2, 2020

    “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (NIV)

    • Trust
    • Surrender
  • A Different Kind of Holiday Tradition

    Lynn Cowell | December 1, 2020

    “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, …” Psalm 68:5-6 (NIV)

    • Loving Others
    • Kindness
    • Identity in Christ
    • Hospitality
    • God's Love
    • Friendship
    • Loneliness
    • Family
    • Encouraging Others
    • Christmas
  • The Power of Worship Through God’s Word

    Jasmine Williams | November 30, 2020

    “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.” John 4:24 (CSB)

    • Surrender
    • Worship
    • God's Word
  • What if the Person I'm Struggling To Forgive Is Me?

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 27, 2020

    “Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.’ And you forgave the guilt of my sin.” Psalm 32:5 (NIV)

    • Forgiveness
  • What a Gumball Taught Me About Gratitude

    Meredith Houston Carr | November 26, 2020

    “When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about this man?’ Jesus said to him, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!’” John 21:21-22 (ESV)

    • God's Word
    • God's Love
    • God's Plan
    • Gratitude
  • Life Is Too Short To Live Unhappy

    Tracie Miles | November 25, 2020

    “Teach us to use wisely all the time we have.” Psalm 90:12 (CEV)

    • Gratitude
    • God's Plan
    • Healing
    • God's Perspective
  • Just a Little Sin

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 24, 2020

    “So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.” Genesis 37:17c-18 (NIV)

    • Forgiveness
  • We Can Trust the Lord With Our Future

    Beth Bell | November 23, 2020

    “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 3:5-6 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
    • Trust
  • Sheltered in the Midst of the Storm

    Tracie Braylock | November 20, 2020

    “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2 (ESV)

    • Trust
    • Faith
  • The Daily Cure for a Heavy Heart

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 19, 2020

    “This, then, is how you should pray … ” Matthew 6:9 (NIV)

    • Forgiveness
    • Prayer
  • Believing Impossible Things

    Karen Moore | November 18, 2020

    “Jesus looked at them intently and said, ‘Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.’” Mark 10:27 (NLT)

    • Faith
    • Truth
  • God Sees and Hears You

    Laura Bailey | November 16, 2020

    “I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1 (NIV)

    • God's Character
    • God's Love
  • Now I See Clearer Than Before

    Anitha Abraham | November 13, 2020

    “Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized.” Acts 9:18 (NIV)

    • God's Perspective
    • God's Plan
  • Pretending I’m Fine or Proving I’m Right

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 12, 2020

    "But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere." James 3:17 (NIV)

    • God's Word
  • Missing the Most Important Part

    Angie Smith | November 11, 2020

    “But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!’ ‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’” Luke 10:40-42 (NIV)

    • Kindness
  • Worries Turned Into Worship

    Lara Casey | November 9, 2020

    “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” Habakkuk 3:17-18 (NIV)

    • God's Word
    • Worship
  • Open Your Gift (And Then Give It Away!)

    Karen Ehman | November 6, 2020

    “Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.” 1 Peter 4:10 (CSB)

    • God's Love
    • God's Plan
    • God's Perspective
    • Contentment
  • Speaking Encouragement to a Weary Heart

    The Gingham Apron | November 4, 2020

    “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Galatians 6:9-10 (NIV)

    • Loving Others
    • Encouraging Others
  • A Christian’s Response to Uncertainty

    Joel Muddamalle | November 3, 2020

    “The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.” Acts 17:24-27 (ESV)

    • God's Plan
    • Truth
  • When I Want to Be Mean

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 2, 2020

    "So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)

    • Surrender
    • God's Perspective

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