"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

September 07, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Salvation to Everyone" Micah 3:8 New International Version 8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin. We see the rebuke to the false prophets. These false prophets didn´t talk God´s words, but their own. They said what the people wanted to h...

September 6, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Promised" Micah 2:12 New International Version 12 “I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasturen the place will throng with people. The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. This familiar verse in Psalm 23 expresses in a beauti...

September 05, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The God of Justice" 2 Chronicles 36:15 New International Version 15 The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. Micah speaks today to those with “power on their hand”. These richer citizens coveted the land of the poorer farmers and they spe...

September 04, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Time to Do Things Right" 2 Kings 17:18-20 New International Version 18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced. 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel;...

September 03, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Our Merciful God" Micah 1:2-3 New International Version 2 Hear, you peoples, all of you listen, earth and all who live in it, that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness against you the Lord from his holy temple. As if Israel was in a trial and the attorney remembered all their faults, the verses in 2 Kings 17 give us the reasons why Israel went into exil...

September 02, 2024 Daily Devotion:   "The Types of Believers" 2 Chronicles 29:2 New International Version 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. We meet prophet Micah in today´s verses. He was from Moresheth, near Gath, about twenty-five miles southwest of Jerusalem. Micah prophesized social justice in a time when the rich people were buying s...

September 01, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Renewed Hope" Isaiah 40:31 New International Version 31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. When we are weary from the struggles of life and finding it hard to keep going, we can turn to God and ask Him to renew our strength. Our...

August 31, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Mender" Psalm 34:18 New International Version 18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. When life breaks our heart, we can hold on to this promise: God is a mender of broken hearts. He steps toward those who are in pain with His healing and help. The crushing blows of life cannot fully destroy because God alw...

August 30, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Say No to Sin" 1 Corinthians 10:13 New International Version 13 No temptation[a] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[b] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. We fight temptation every day in this sin saturated world,...

August 29, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Beautiful Masterpiece" Colossians 1:15-16 New International Version 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. God holds t...

August 28, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Spectacular Ending" Romans 8:28 New International Version 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. Today you may be wondering why God has allowed you to experience tragedy. You want to trust the Master Storyteller with all the plot twists of your life, but this cliffh...

August 27, 2024 Daily Devotion:  "Heart of Repentance" 1 John 1:9 New International Version 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. No sin is too dirty. God wipes the slate clean whenever we turn to Him with a heart of repentance. If we truly admit we are sinners and ask God to forgive us, He will always recei...

August 25, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Sword of the Spirit" Isaiah 40:8 New International Version 8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” Your most valuable possession is the eternal Word of God. No enemy can invade your heart and rob you of the powerful work of God’s Word in you. You may lose your health and your profit share, but the incorrupti...

August 24, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Ask and Receive" James 1:5 New International Version 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. During trying times, we must turn to God and ask Him for wisdom. Our friends, parents, boss, and noisy neighbors may have advice, but only God knows and sees all. He alone ca...

August 23, 2024 Daily Devotion: "God’s Will" Proverbs 3:5-6 New International Version 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. [a] The wisest man on earth is telling us to not trust our own thinking, but to surrender to God’s will. When we fully rely on God to direct our lives a...

August 22, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Hope of Heaven" 1 Corinthians 15:58 New International Version 58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. Paul is encouraging the early church believers in Corinth to stand firm in the faith because somet...

August 21, 2024 Daily Devotion: "True Worship"   Isaiah 58:11 New International Version 11 The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. In Isaiah 58, the Prophet Isaiah explains how God desires our true worship —- He longs for us to fully yie...

August 20, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Go Forth" Matthew 28:20 New International Version 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Jesus appointed His disciples to go and share the Good News, but He assured them His presence, power, and protection would providentially provide everything they needed for the journe...

August 19, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Step in God’s Direction" James 4:8 NLT Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. If we step in God’s direction, He never rejects us. He always embraces the truly repentant who cry out to Him for cleansing. Here God is inviting us to choose Him...

August 18, 2024 Daily Devotion: "He Knows the Way" Psalm 1:6 New International Version 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. Our good God “knows the way” before us – not one detail escapes His notice. He has paved each step of our lives with His providential protection. He surrounds His children with His tender care and is f...

August 17, 2024 Daily Devotion: "God Sized Assignment" Joshua 1:9 New International Version 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua has received a God-sized assignment. Moses is dead, and now Joshua will lead the people into the Promised Land. The fruit of the land is ri...

August 16, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Defender" Isaiah 41:10 New International Version 10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. When we are paralyzed by fear and unable to stand, our ever-present Protector has promised to uphold us and strengthen us. He is our all-powerf...

August 15, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Chosen by God" 1 Peter 1:15-16 New International Version 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy. Holiness is hard for one to comprehend. It seems unattainable, lofty, and pure. Once, however, I heard a teacher say that the word “holy” means to be separate. That I can understand...

August 14, 2024 Daily Devotion: "God Is the Strength" Psalm 73:26 New International Version 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. When God remains the strength of our heart, His power is made perfect in our weakness. When we don’t have the strength to stand, physically or spiritually, God’s strength holds us up. It’s a holy gravity...

August 13, 2024 Daily Devotion: “Act of Bravery” Philippians 2:3-5 New International Version 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Putting others before us is an act of bravery. It might not seem like it, but putting others first means laying down o...