"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

July 17, 2024 Daily Devotion: "God’s Grace and Mercy" Isaiah 59:2 New International Version 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Sin separates us from our Almighty God. His justice and holiness move Him to be actively righteous, always acting in a perfect, fair, and righteous way. Because of mankind’s in...

July 16, 2024 Daily Devotion: "The Fear of God" Proverbs 24:3-4 New International Version 3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; 4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. The fear of God is foundational to true wisdom. Wisdom is seeing life from God’s perspective and striving to live like Him. While there are many type...

July 15, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Great Value" Proverbs 8:11 New International Version 11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. There is great value available through wisdom. Wisdom is better than all of the riches and all that one could possibly desire, because through the study of wisdom we are obtaining God’s perspective on life. Understand...

July 14, 2024 Daily Devotion: "In God’s Eyes" Proverbs 31:30 New International Version 30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. The virtuous man or woman is successful in many areas. The root of her/his success in the home and with her/his family begins with her fear of the Lord. This is the characteristic that is most important and...

July 13, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Walking in Wisdom" Proverbs 2:7 New International Version 7 He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, There are many benefits to walking in wisdom. Those who diligently seek wisdom are shielded with God’s protection, receive great discernment for living, and are able to avoid the consequences of evil. In wha...

July 12, 2024 Daily Devotion: "Obey and Follow" Proverbs 3:3-4 NIV Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. The rewards for obeying God’s wisdom and showing God’s love are peaceful living, favor, and good success. God’s desire is that He would lead Hi...

July 11, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "The Ultimate Investment" Proverbs 3:9-10 New International Version   9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. We honor the Lord when we invest our wealth and the first of our income into eternal godly endeavors. Our giving is...

July 10, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Honest and Honorable" Proverbs 11:18 New International Version   18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. Believers should seek to be honest and honorable in business. Our priority should be seeking righteousness, not seeking riches. We should work in such a way that no shame will be brought on th...

July 09, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Be Diligent and Hardworking"   Proverbs 13:4 New International Version   4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.   God expects us to have good conduct in our work and business dealings. He calls His people to be diligent and hardworking. We are to represent God with our actions. Laziness opposes God’...

July 08, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "A Believer’s Love" Proverbs 25:21-22 New International Version   21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you. God has much to say about our relationship with our enemies. Believers are not simply called to forgive thos...

May 23, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "God Will Bring You Out" Ruth 1:20-21 New International Version   20 “Don’t call me Naomi,[a]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[b] because the Almighty[c] has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[d] me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.” In what circumstanc...

May 22, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Keep Moving Forward" 2 Corinthians 4:15-18 New International Version   15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and...

May 21, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "A New Heart"   2 Corinthians 5:17 New International Version   17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: [a] The old has gone, the new is here!   The old you, the one who loved sin and hated God is no longer there. You have been given a new heart: a heart that is frustrated with sin, a heart that loves God, and a heart that desires...

May 20, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "The Lord is with You”   Judges 6:12 New International Version   12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”   God promised to be with Gideon, and He promises the same for us. He is with us to give us strength when we feel weary, to give us wisdom when we do not know what we should do. He is close so we ca...

May 19, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Shame Breaker"   Ephesians 1:7-8 New International Version   7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, There is no one who is righteous. Some of our sins may be more hidden, like lust, covetousness, evil thoughts, or a d...

May 18, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "God Is Always at Work" Jeremiah 31:3-4 New International Version   3 The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. 4 I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrel and go out to dance with the joyful. Naomi had...

May 17, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "In Jesus We Are More Than Enough"   Psalm 103:7-9 New International Version   7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;   Who knows our limitations? Who knows our strengths and our weakn...

May 16, 2024   Daily Devotion:   “Fear Not"   Isaiah 54:4 New Living Translation   Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood.   It is okay to cry for that which you longed to have but have not yet received. For some it may be the life you planned, or maybe it is a longing for a home full of children or...

May 15, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Trust His Character" Genesis 16:1-2 New International Version   16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”   When we are overwhelmed by shame, it can cause us to los...

May 14, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Our Debt was Paid" Psalm 103:12-13 New International Version   12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. Do you ever struggle with believing that God has truly forgiven you? Perhaps you struggle to believe that...

May 13, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Way Back Through Jesus" John 10:10 New International Version   10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.   With sin comes shame. Shame makes us feel bad about ourselves. It makes us want to cover our mistakes, which often leads to us engaging in more sin. The worst part is that th...

May 12, 2024   Daily Devotion:   “Praise His Holy Name Forever”    Psalm 145:2-3 New International Version   2 Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise his greatness no one can fathom.   What has God done for you? In what specific ways have you seen His faithfulness? Praise Him for these things. Believe He will continue to sho...

May 11, 2024 Daily Devotion:   "Nothing Can Separate Us" Romans 8:38-39 New International Version   38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Seasons of...

May 10, 2024   Daily Devotion:   “More Than Conquerors”   Romans 8:31 New International Version   31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?   In seasons of darkness, pain, loss, grief, oppression, and sickness it can be easy to lose our hope. It can be easy to choose not to trust God but to trust instead in ourselves or in earthly comforts. B...

May 09, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Spiritual Battle"   Lamentations 2:11 New International Version   11 My eyes fail from weeping I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. We are in a spiritual battle every single day. By God’s grace, those who are in Jesus Christ get to figh...