"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

April 19, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Choosing to Be at Peace" 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 New International Version 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We need recon...

April 18, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Choose Life in Him" Deuteronomy 30:15-16 New International Version   15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you a...

April 17, 2024 Daily Devotion: "God Has in Store for You"   Luke 16:10-13 New Living Translation “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? And if you are not fai...

April 16, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Unseen Realm Is Eternal" 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 The Passion Translation We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of eternity. We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an eternal, weighty glory far beyond all comparison, because we don’t focus our attention on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary...

April 15, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Blessed Is the One Who Perseveres" James 1:12-13 New International Version 12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. 13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he temp...

April 14, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Promise Keeper" Genesis 46:2-4 New International Version 2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied. 3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back a...

April 13, 2024 Daily Devotion: "A Gift Opens the Way - Wisdom"   Proverbs 18:15-17 New International Version 15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out. 16 A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. 17 In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines. God ensured the sur...

April 12, 2024 Daily Devotion: "He Has Specific Plans and Specific Future" Psalm 139:16 New International Version 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Joseph received a double portion of blessing, as Jacob blessed Joseph’s sons as his own. The faithfulness of Joseph allowed him to be blessed abundantly by...

April 11, 2024 Daily Devotion: "God Is Sovereign" Genesis 50:19-20 New Living Translation 19 But Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people. In Joseph’s life, God used a great evil to bring about a great good. His brothers had...

April 10, 2024 Daily Devotion: "His Goodness Never Fails" Habakkuk 1:2-4 New International Version 2 How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is pa...

April 09, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Trust The Timing" Psalm 94:14-15 New International Version 14 For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance. 15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it. What we desire may be good, whether it be the demise of evil, peace in our nations, restoration of our relationships, o...

April 08, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Promises of God" Luke 1:76-79 The Passion Translation And to you I prophesy, my little son, you will be known as the prophet of the Most High. You will be a forerunner, going before the face of Lord YAHWEH, to prepare hearts to embrace his ways. You will preach to his people the revelation of salvation, the cancellation of all our sins, to bring us back to...

April 07, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The One Who Makes a Way" Isaiah 35:9-10 New International Version 9 No lion will be there, nor any ravenous beast; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there 10 and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and si...

April 06, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Praise Him Even More" Psalm 113 :1-2 New International Version 1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord. 2 Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. This psalm was recited by generations of Israelites, reminding and exhorting them to praise the Lord in all circumstances. He is worthy of praise,...

April 05, 2024 Daily Devotion: "From Generation to Generation" Luke 1:46-50 New International Version 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name. 50 His mercy ex...

April 04, 2024 Daily Devotion: “He Will Fulfill His Purposes" Luke 1:25 New International Version 25 “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.” We will see over and over again the deity and humanity of Christ and the way He fulfilled His purposes to bring eternal redemption to His people. And as we do, we will...

April 03, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Unwavering Faith" Luke 1:68-71 The Passion Translation “Praise be to the exalted Lord God of Israel, for he has seen us through eyes of grace, and he comes as our Hero-God to set us free! He appears to us as a mighty Savior, a trumpet of redemption from the house of David, his servant, just as he promised long ago by the words of his holy prophets. They pr...

April 02, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Our Salvation" Luke 4:18-19 New International Version 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a] The salvation we are given in Christ is...

April 01, 2024 Daily Devotion: "He sees; He knows; He cares" Luke 5:24 New International Version 24 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” We may often find ourselves asking God for something we deeply desire only to find Him giving us something we need. We may n...

March 31, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Great Compassion" Luke 7:16 (ESV) 16 Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” Jesus performed two miracles. These miracles were very different, involving almost opposite situations. But the circumstances did not matter. What mattered was who Jesus is and what He was willi...

March 30, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The New Covenants" Luke 10:27 The Passion Translation The religious scholar answered, “It states, ‘You must love the Lord God with all your heart, all your passion, all your energy, and your every thought. And you must love your neighbor as yourself.’ In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus described a man from Samaria who was willing to help a Jewish...

March 29, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Arise and Go" Luke 17:17-19 The Passion Translation “So where are the other nine?” Jesus asked. “Weren’t there ten who were healed? They all refused to return to give thanks and give glory to God except you, a foreigner from Samaria?” Then Jesus said to the healed man lying at his feet, “Arise and go. It was your faith that brought you salvation and made y...

March 28, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Seek and Save the Lost" Luke 19:10 New International Version 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Jesus came to seek and save the lost. His purpose was not to gain power or fame but to find those who were lost and needed a Savior. The religious leaders rejected Him, but those who seemed less likely to be considered righteous, like begg...

March 27, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Your Faith Has Healed You" Luke 18:38-42 New International Version 38 He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do...

March 26, 2024 Daily Devotion: "We Are Witnesses" Luke 24:42-45 The Passion Translation They handed him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb. And they watched him eat. Then he said to them, “Don’t you remember the words that I spoke to you when I was still with you? I told you that I would fulfill everything written about me, including all the prophecies from the law of Moses throu...