The One Minute Devotion

One Minute Devotion - September 27th, 2026 27.09.2026 1:13 ↓

Elisha’s father was a wealthy farmer, and he was in line to inherit all that his father had. His encounter…

One Minute Devotion - September 26th, 2026 26.09.2026 1:13 ↓

In 1976 my brother Don and his wife, and their four-year-old daughter went to Argentina as Assemblies of God missionaries.…

One Minute Devotion - September 25th, 2026 25.09.2026 1:13 ↓

My brother Don was praying one Sunday morning when he felt “called” to be a missionary. He didn’t fully trust…

One Minute Devotion - September 24th, 2026 24.09.2026 1:13 ↓

David was just a humble shepherd when the Lord directed Samuel to anoint him king (1 Samuel 16:1-13). Elisha was…

One Minute Devotion - September 23rd, 2026 23.09.2026 1:13 ↓

What makes the danger of money and power so difficult to address is because God promises to bless and empower…

One Minute Devotion - September 22nd, 2026 22.09.2026 1:13 ↓

Inbred in fallen humanity are two burning desires—a love of money and a quest for power. At one time Christianity…

One Minute Devotion - September 21st, 2026 21.09.2026 1:13 ↓

One of the subtlest temptations we will ever face is the desire to do more for the Lord than He…

One Minute Devotion - September 20th, 2026 20.09.2026 1:13 ↓

No one can be absolutely certain that he serves God truly for God’s sake. Nonetheless, there are some questions we…

One Minute Devotion - September 19th, 2026 19.09.2026 1:13 ↓

I don’t suppose any of us will ever be completely free of the personal ambition that taints our holiest desire…

One Minute Devotion - September 18th, 2026 18.09.2026 1:13 ↓

During his early years Jacob was not the kind of person any of us would want to emulate. He was…

One Minute Devotion - September 17th, 2026 17.09.2026 1:13 ↓

Although David did some unspeakably evil things we do not remember him as an adulterer or a murderer. Unlike so…

One Minute Devotion - September 16th, 2026 16.09.2026 1:13 ↓

It’s a terrible thing to realize you are not the godly person others think you are. Even worse to realize…

One Minute Devotion - September 15th, 2026 15.09.2026 1:13 ↓

David’s adulterous affair with Bathsheba is a painful study in how a godly man can succumb to temptation (2 Samuel…

One Minute Devotion - September 14th, 2026 14.09.2026 1:13 ↓

Given David’s giftedness—he was a musician, a poet, a fearless warrior and an inspiring leader—it is hard to imagine that…

One Minute Devotion - September 13th, 2026 13.09.2026 1:13 ↓

While writing “East of Eden,” John Steinbeck began each day’s work with a letter to Pascal Covici, his friend and…

One Minute Devotion - September 12th, 2026 12.09.2026 1:23 ↓

Behind Albrecht Durer’s famous etching, “Praying Hands,” is the story of two friends. They were very poor and had to…

One Minute Devotion - September 11th, 2026 11.09.2026 1:13 ↓

The measure of Jonathan’s commitment to David was his willingness to give up the throne that was rightfully his. The…

One Minute Devotion - September 10th, 2026 10.09.2026 1:13 ↓

When Jonathan gave David his royal robe (1 Samuel 18:4), it was a symbolic gesture depicting his willingness to give…

One Minute Devotion - September 9th, 2026 09.09.2026 1:13 ↓

When Jonathan gave David his weapons—his sword, his bow, and his belt—he made himself vulnerable. He was at David’s mercy.…

One Minute Devotion - September 8th, 2026 08.09.2026 1:13 ↓

When Jonathan disrobed, he made himself transparent to David. It was his way of saying that he had nothing to…

One Minute Devotion - September 7th, 2026 07.09.2026 1:13 ↓

Jonathan understood that if his friendship with David was to survive it had to be a covenant relationship. Better than…

One Minute Devotion - September 6th, 2026 06.09.2026 1:13 ↓

1 Samuel 18:1 says, “Jonathan became one in spirit with David…” That oneness of spirit might well be called chemistry,…

One Minute Devotion - September 5th, 2026 05.09.2026 1:13 ↓

When I think of friendship Jonathan and David immediately come to mind. There are several things we can learn from…

One Minute Devotion - September 4th, 2026 04.09.2026 1:13 ↓

While it is important to learn from others we must never try to be someone we are not. If David…

One Minute Devotion - September 3rd, 2026 03.09.2026 1:13 ↓

Once David convinced King Saul that he was willing to fight the giant Goliath, Saul dressed him in a suit…