"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

November 09, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Without God It Is Restless and in Secret Torment" Mark 8:36,37 The Living Bible Translation And how does a man benefit if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process? For is anything worth more than his soul? In the world in which we live, we give most attention to satisfying the appetites of the body and practically none to the soul. Consequently,...

November 08, 2022 Daily Devotion: "He Is Our Peace..." John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you . . . Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Where does peacemaking begin? How can we become peacemakers? Can peace be discovered within ourselves? Freud has told us that peace is but a mental attitude. Cast off our phobias, shed our n...

November 07, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Our Gratitude by Giving Back to Him" 1 John 3:17 The Living Bible Translation But if someone who is supposed to be a Christian has money enough to live well, and sees a brother in need, and won't help him - how can God's love be within him?" You know that the hardest thing for you to give up is your money. It represents your time, your energy, your talents, your...

November 06, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Make All You Can; Keep All You Can" Matthew 6:24 The Living Bible Translation You cannot serve two masters: God and money. Tell me what you think about money, and I will tell you what you think about God, for these two are closely related. A man’s heart is closer to his wallet than anything else. It is a staggering fact that for the past few years people have spe...

November 05, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Fullness of Him" Ephesians 1:23 New International Version 23 which is his body the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. First things first: The Lord needs nothing. Let that sink in. He’s all-powerful, already knows everything, and suffers zero lack. God is not merely some “higher being”—He is the ground of being itself, subject to no laws or dem...

November 04, 2022 Daily Devotion: "A Fork in The Road... " Hebrews 11:1 New International Version 11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Trusting God is easy when life’s good or we’re feeling competent. But is that genuine faith or a form of self-reliance? The apostle Paul said, “Our adequacy is from God”. If the Lord calls us to do something that se...

November 03, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Passive or Active..." Romans 5:10 New International Version 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! The word “reconcile” means literally “bring into a changed relationship.” It means to bring together two parties who should have been...

November 02, 2022 Daily Devotion: "A Heart that Trusts Him..." Exodus 4:1-5 New International Version 4 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” 2 Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. 3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran f...

Nov 01, 2022 Daily Devotion: "It Is Finished..." Hebrews 4:12 New International Version 12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. How do we overcome the devil in everyday life? First, we need to recognize that the devil is a defeated foe. Jesu...

October 31, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Listen, Consider, fix the Eyes" Hebrews 2:1 The New International Version 1 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Drifting is a deadly thing in the Christian life. And the remedy for it, according to Hebrews 2:1, is: Pay close attention to what you have heard. This is not a hard swimming stroke to l...

October 30, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Hold Unswervingly..." Hebrews 10:22-23 New International Version 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. You’ve g...

October 29, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Act in Humility” 1 Peter 5:6 New International Version “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” Specifically, Peter calls younger believers to clothe themselves with humility toward one another. Perhaps as Peter is writing these words, he is reminded of Jesus’ example at the Last Supper (John 13). Typically, it...

October 28, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Trust in God's Resurrection Power” Philippians 3:7-16 New International Version 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be foun...

October 27, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Freedom from Guilt" Mark 15:16-39 New International Version 33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, leman Saba chat Hani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). 35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, h...

October 26, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Prey…" 1 Peter 5:6-11 New International Version 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.8 Be alert and have a sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, be...

October 25, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The One Thing We Will Do Forever" Psalm 103:1 The New International Version (NIV) 1 Praise the Lord, my soul all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Worship God with your mind by filling it with thoughts about him from the Bible. Worship him with your heart by shouting for joy and bursting into song. Worship God with your body by clapping, dancing and making mu...

October 24, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Serving and Caring" JOHN 13:12-17 New International Version 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should...

October 22, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Faith Untested is not a Real Faith…" Mark 4:35-41 New International Version 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nea...

October 21,2022 Daily Devotion: "Living Water..." JOHN 4: 10 New International Version 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” God is like the sun, lighting up our lives. He's Also like a spring, able to satisfy our deepest thirst. Jesus met a woman at the well who had tried tor...

October 20, 2022 Daily Devotion: "To Gain What This World Offers but Losing Our Souls in The Process" LUKE 9:18-26 New International Version 18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” 19 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to lif...

October 19, 2022 Daily Devotion: "We Shall Overcome" Revelation 13:10 English Standard Version 10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. For all the mystery surrounding John's apocalypse, it is virtually impossible to miss its clarion call to faithful...

October 18, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Intensity of Faith” Revelation 3:15-16 New International Version 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Being lukewarm can be a good thing. Who wants to take a shower that is either scalding hot or freezing cold? A...

October 17, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Eyes Firmly Fixed…" Hebrews 12:2 New International Version 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. The enraptured shepherds who first fixed their eyes on Jesus in Bethlehem Could never have guessed the scene witnessed so...

October 16, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Spiritual Rebirth" 2 Peter 1:5-7 New International Version 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. Will your anchor hold in the storms...

October 15, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Are We Matured or Stagnant in Christ? " 2 Peter 1:5-7 New International Version 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. Quite likely yo...