"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

November 24, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Worship and Idolatry" Daniel 5:23 New Living Translation 23 For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anythin...

November 23, 2024 Daily Devotion: "A Lifelong Promise: God's Faithfulness from Birth to Old Age" Isaiah 46:4 New Living Translation 4 I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you. Daniel had been in Babylon for over sixty years at this point. King Nebuchadnezzar had died, and King Belshazzar...

November 22, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Humility in The Face of Divine Justice" Daniel 4:37 New International Version 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble. In the eyes of the world, King Nebuchadnezzar had been a successful king. He built the Hanging Gard...

November 21, 2024 Daily Devotion: "A Declaration of Divine Majesty" Daniel 4:2-3 New Living Translation 2 “I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me. 3 How great are his signs, how powerful his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, his rule through all generations. Chapter 4 brought a change in tone from King Nebuchadnezzar. He was delig...

November 20, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Unyielding Faith” Daniel 3:28-30 New Living Translation 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king’s command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore, I make this decree: If any peopl...

November 19, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Faith That Stands Firm in the Fire" Daniel 3:17-18 New Living Translation 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. 18 But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”...

November 18, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Eternal Kingdom" Daniel 2:44 New International Version 44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. To most readers, the dream King Nebuchadnezzar had doesn’t seem that sc...

November 17, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The God Who Reveals Understanding His Secrets for Our Lives"   Daniel 2:28 New Living Translation 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed. Daniel could have easily taken credit for being so wise to learn t...

November 16, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Source of Wisdom" Daniel 2:20-22 New Living Translation 20 He said, “Praise the name of God forever and ever, for he has all wisdom and power. 21 He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars. 22 He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in dar...

November 15, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Seeking Divine Revelation" Daniel 2:17-19 New Living Translation 17 Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened. 18 He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon. 19 That night the secret was revealed t...

November 14, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Courageous Convictions" Daniel 1:1-8 New Living Translation 1 During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah,[a] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the la...

November 13, 2024 Daily Devotion: "A Legacy of Faith" Deuteronomy 6:6-7 New International Version 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. The people of Judah were exiled because they failed to keep their promises to God and star...

November 12, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Finding Purpose in Adversity" Jeremiah 29:7 New International Version 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29 is a letter of hope God prompts Jeremiah to write to the exiles. God reminded His people who He is. He has Heavenly armie...

November 10, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Invitation to Follow" John 1:40-42 New Living Translation 40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus. 41 Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”. 42 Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your n...

November 09, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Promise of Divine Presence" John 14:22-23 New Living Translation 22 Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, “Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?” 23 Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each o...

November 07, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Living as a Reflection of Christ" Titus 2:14 New International Version 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. We were created to be zealous for God. He is worthy of our praise, our communication, our acknowledgment, and all of our love. The appropriate respons...

November 05, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Call of Compassion and Care" John 19:25-26 New International Version 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, [a] here is your son,” John is known as the ‘disciple whom Jesus loved’. Jesu...

November 4, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Focus On Your Mission" Luke 9:53-55 New International Version 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them[a]?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them John and James, nicknamed the sons of thunder becaus...

November 03, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Leaving All to Follow Him" Mark 1:20 New Living Translation 20 He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men. Jesus called the brothers John and James, sons of Zebedee, to follow Him. The brothers left their family fishing business and their father without hesitation in order to follow Jesus. Who...

November 02, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Faith Under Fire" Acts 4:13 New International Version 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. Peter was the first disciple to make the confession of Jesus Christ as the Messiah, the Son of God. This initial confession of faith m...

November 01, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Danger of Self Confidence” Matthew 26:34-35 New International Version 34 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” 35 But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same. When Jesus predicts Peter’s denial of Him, Peter i...

October 31, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Faith Testing Experience" Matthew 14:28-33 New Life Version 28 Peter said to Jesus, “If it is You, Lord, tell me to come to You on the water.” 29 Jesus said, “Come!” Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the strong wind, he was afraid. He began to go down in the water. He cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 At once Jesus put out...

October 30, 2024 Daily Devotion: "We Are Called for A Purpose" Luke 5:10-11 New Living Translation 10 His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. Jesus replied to Simon, “Don’t be afraid! From now on you’ll be fishing for people!” 11 And as soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus. Jesus pursues and calls the fishermen Peter, James, and John to leave th...

October 29, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Perfectly Imperfect" John 13:5-9 New Living Translation 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him. 6 When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.” 8 “No,” Peter...

October 28, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Done Well" Philippians 4:14-23 New Living Translation 14 Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.15 As you know, you Philippians were the only ones who gave me financial help when I first brought you the Good News and then traveled on from Macedonia. No other church did this. 16 Even when I was in Thessalonica you sent help more than...