Posts with the category “daily-devotional”

"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding." - Colossians 1:9 Some days it feels like everyone else has the answers, and you are just trying to keep up. The path ahead can feel blurry, the pressure to make the right moves can weigh heavy, and deep down you may wonder if y...  Read More

"So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God." - Colossians 1:10 There are a lot of voices trying to tell you who to impress and how to do it. But as a follower of Jesus, the aim of your life is not to impress a crowd. It's to please your Creator. That does not mean perfection. It means pursuit. A life...  Read More

"If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned. If you abide in me and my words abide in you ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples." - John 15:6-8 At first glance, the disciple Judas looked like the rest. He...  Read More

"And as Jesus reclined at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples." - Matthew 9:10 Sometimes we believe the lie that we need more before we can make an impact. More time, more money, more experience, more influence. But when Jesus called Matthew, one of the first things Matthew did was open his home. He used what he alrea...  Read More

"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men." - Colossians 3:23 It is easy to assume that purpose only applies to certain people. The ones on a stage. The ones with a title. The ones who seem like they were born for ministry. But what if you have been called, too? What if the very place you wake up to each day is part of God’s plan to reach others? Colossians 3:23 isn’t just a...  Read More

"I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." – John 15:5 There is a kind of pressure that sneaks into your life when you believe everything depends on you. Maybe you’ve felt it. That need to perform, to achieve, to prove yourself to others or even to God. But this kind of pressure doesn’t produce fru...  Read More

"…He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." – Colossians 1:13-14 Some people spend their whole lives trying to earn what God has already given. Others keep living like prisoners even after the cell has been unlocked. If you’ve ever carried guilt like a chain around your soul or tried t...  Read More

"When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem." - Luke 9:51 Jesus didn’t drift. He didn’t meander from place to place, hoping life would eventually make sense. He lived with clarity, conviction, and purpose. And as His follower, you’re called to do the same. Luke 9:51 marks a turning point in Jesus’ ministry. Up until that moment, He had traveled through towns...  Read More

"Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he rose and followed him." - Matthew 9:9 You don’t have to clean yourself up before God can use you. He isn’t waiting on you to become impressive. He’s just waiting for you to follow. That might sound simple, but for a lot of us, it's hard to believe. Especially when you’ve been ...  Read More

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” – Romans 8:37 There are days when you don’t feel victorious. Days when you wake up already tired, weighed down by the things that didn’t change overnight. Maybe your prayers still seem unanswered. Maybe your strength feels spent before the day begins. And in moments like that, it’s easy to wonder how you could possibly...  Read More

"Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’" – Genesis 1:26 Far too often, we shrink our lives down to a series of tasks, problems, and moments that feel disconnected from any greater mean...  Read More

"For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son." – Romans 8:29 Sometimes the weight of your worst moments makes you feel like you’ve fallen off the path for good. Like you had your chance, but you blew it. Maybe it was a decision you regret, a season of rebellion, or just a string of small compromises that added up to a quiet kind of distance from God. And ...  Read More

"Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son." – Colossians 1:12-13 If you have ever wondered whether your life actually matters, if the things you do carry any real weight, you are not alone. Most people at some point feel like they are ju...  Read More

"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." – Romans 8:38-39 Some days it can be hard to feel like God still loves you. You mess up again. You lose your temper again. You let fear take over, or...  Read More

"He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?" – Romans 8:32 When life starts to wear on you and doubt begins to creep in, it’s easy to wonder if God is still in your corner. The silence can feel loud. The delays can feel like rejection. And the disappointments can leave you questioning where He is and whether He still ca...  Read More

"I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." – John 15:5 If you’ve been feeling drained, like you’re barely keeping up with the weight of everything life is asking of you, you’re not alone. Somewhere along the way, many of us start to believe that God saved us and then left us to figure everything el...  Read More

“Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.” – 1 Peter 2:12 You don’t have to be loud to be seen. Some of the most powerful testimonies don’t come through a microphone but through a quiet, consistent life that reflects something different. Peter was writing to believers liv...  Read More

“In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” – Colossians 1:14 Some people walk around wondering if they are truly saved. They replay mistakes in their mind, listen to the whispers of doubt, and hope that one day they’ll be “good enough” to feel secure in their faith. But if your salvation is based on your performance, you’ll never have peace. That’s not how it works. Colossians 1:14 is ...  Read More

"Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies." – Romans 8:33 Sometimes, there can be a voice we hear in our heads that never seems to shut up. It creeps into your thoughts when you fail, when you remember your past, or when you try to step into something new. It tells you you're not good enough, that you're a hypocrite, that you’ve messed up too many times to be used by...  Read More

"So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." – James 2:17 You don’t earn your salvation. That’s settled. No amount of rule-following, church-attending, or box-checking could ever make you right with God. The only way to be saved is by grace through faith. Period. But once you’ve been saved, something shifts. That same grace that rescued you now starts reshaping you. Real faith do...  Read More

"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son." – Colossians 1:13 Every single person lives under a kingdom. Whether we realize it or not, our thoughts, habits, decisions, and priorities all come from somewhere. For most of us, before Jesus, we lived under the rule of darkness. That kingdom was driven by fear, pride, shame, insecurity, and a ...  Read More

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." – Romans 8:37 Sometimes we assume that if we are walking in God’s will, life should get easier. We expect the road to smooth out, the setbacks to fade, and the confusion to lift. But the reality is that even the path of destiny comes with pressure. Even those in the center of God’s plan feel pain. That doesn’t mean you...  Read More

"For the body does not consist of one member but of many." – 1 Corinthians 12:14 It’s easy to compare. To look around and feel either prideful or insecure, depending on how your gifts stack up next to someone else’s. But the Church was never meant to be a competition. God didn’t create us to be the same. He created us to be one. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul describes the Church as a body. Not a machi...  Read More

"That you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." – 1 Peter 2:9 Some people live their whole lives trying to find their purpose. They chase influence, build platforms, or shrink into silence, hoping someone else will take the lead. But if you belong to Jesus, your purpose is not a mystery. God didn’t save you to sit quietly in the background. ...  Read More

"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son." – Colossians 1:13 Rescue stories usually end with relief. Someone trapped gets pulled out, someone injured gets carried to safety, and that’s where the credits roll. But when it comes to your life, God didn’t save you just to leave you on the sidelines. His rescue always comes with a reason. Col...  Read More

"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?… No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." – Romans 8:31, 37 It’s easy to drift through life assuming everything will somehow work out in the end. That we’ll all arrive at the same place. That as long as we mean well or live decently, God will handle the rest. But the Bible doesn’...  Read More

"I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." – John 15:5There is a deep hunger in all of us to feel significant. To know we matter. To believe that our lives are making a difference. But that hunger can easily twist into a dangerous pressure. We try to prove our worth. We chase approval. We run ourse...  Read More

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession." – 1 Peter 2:9 Most people spend their lives trying to earn a name for themselves. They chase identity through achievement, relationships, or recognition. But when you belong to Jesus, your identity is not something you earn. It is something you receive. God has already told you who you are. You are not...  Read More

"Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light." – Colossians 1:12 Every child born into a family receives something from their parents. It may be a name, a legacy, or even a material inheritance. But when you were born again into the family of God, you received something no earthly family could ever offer. That is, an eternal inheritance tha...  Read More

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?" – Romans 8:35 You never asked for the storm you're in. You didn’t plan for the pain, the confusion, or the pressure. But here it is. Life has a way of dropping you into places you would have never chosen for yourself, and when that happens, it’s easy to fee...  Read More

"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." – Ephesians 2:10 It can be easy to fall into survival mode. You wake up, hit your routines, handle responsibilities, maybe try to squeeze in a little progress somewhere, and then crash. Life starts feeling like a checklist of things you just have to get through. It beco...  Read More

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession." – 1 Peter 2:9 Most people today are taught to live like they are their own. Their dreams, their choices, their life. It sounds empowering on the surface, but it leads to a burden we were never meant to carry. When you try to be your own master, you become your own source of identity, direction, and str...  Read More

"May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy." – Colossians 1:11 Life doesn’t always hit you all at once. Sometimes it drains you slowly. It wears on you day by day, conversation by conversation, decision by decision. And eventually you find yourself exhausted, not because of one major moment, but because of the weight of everyth...  Read More

"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" - Romans 8:31 Some of your deepest wounds probably didn’t come from life circumstances, but from people. Maybe someone walked away when they promised they wouldn’t. Maybe you were betrayed by someone you trusted. Maybe you were overlooked, misunderstood, or even blamed for something you didn’t do. When people hurt u...  Read More

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." - Ephesians 2:10 When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Most people see flaws. They see the weight they wish they could lose, the mistakes they wish they hadn’t made, or the potential they’re scared they’ll never live up to. In a world where worth is constantly m...  Read More

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." - 1 Peter 2:9 There is nothing random about your life. If you belong to Jesus, you have been chosen. That means you were not overlooked. You were not a backup plan. You were not a last-minute addition...  Read More

"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord." - Colossians 1:9-10 You are not expected to figure this life out on your own. The moment you gave your life to Jesus, you were not only rescued, you were resourced. God did not just...  Read More

"If God is for us, who can be against us?" - Romans 8:31 Some days it feels like you’re just trying to make it to tomorrow. Life can shrink down into schedules, struggles, and survival. You might look around and wonder if your story matters at all. Maybe you’ve started to believe the lie that you’re just another face in the crowd, not especially gifted or chosen, not someone God would use in any m...  Read More

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” - Ephesians 2:10 Have you ever caught yourself wondering if your life is really going anywhere? Like maybe you were just thrown into the world without a clear path or purpose? That kind of thinking is more common than most people admit, but it couldn’t be further from t...  Read More

"When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him." - Matthew 1:24 Every plan God gives comes with a choice. Joseph understood that. He stood at a crossroads when God revealed a path that looked nothing like the one he had imagined. His future shifted in a single moment. His expectations ran into God’s will. And before anything in his life changed on the outside, he had t...  Read More