"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

January 25, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Lost and is Found" Luke 15:31-32 New International Version   31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”   Jesus’ parable about the prodigal son never mentions the word love directl...

January 24, 2024 Daily Devotion:   "Our Comfort Abounds Through Christ"   2 Corinthians 1:5 New International Version   5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.   When life gets difficult, how do you respond? Do you begin to doubt God, wondering why He’d let adversity happen? Or do you turn to Him, seeking to better unders...

January 23, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "The Lord Is Our Helper"  Hebrews 13:5-8 New International Version   5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”[a] 6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”[b]7 Remember your...

January 22, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Divine and Perfect Love"  1 John 4:18 New International Version   18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.   Divine love compels us. God—who created this world, who took on flesh to walk among us and redeem us, who died to save us—has given us...

January 21, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Sympathy and Comfort" Job 2:12-13 New International Version   12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw how great his su...

January 20, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Seventy-Seven Times" Matthew 18:15-22 New International Version   15 “If your brother or sister[a] sins,[b] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three wit...

January 19, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Gain Through Loss" Matthew 18:10-14 New International Version   10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. [11] 12 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go...

January 18, 2023   Daily Devotion:   "God We Serve Has a Game Plan"   Jeremiah 29:11 New International Version   11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.   We serve a God who has the right to do whatever He does and is never obligated to explain it or ask permission. Stop and consider—shoul...

January 17, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Keep Waiting"   Philippians 3:13-14 New Living Translation   No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.   Waiting involves a l...

January 16, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Trust in The Lord with All Your Heart"   Proverbs 3:5-12 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] 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. 8 This will bring health to your body and nouri...

January 15, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Love and Faithfulness" Proverbs 3:1-4 New International Version   Wisdom Bestows Well-Being My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many year and bring you peace and prosperity. 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your hea...

January 14, 2024   Daily Devotion:   " A Testimony of Faithfulness"  Genesis 21:6-7 New International Version   6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” 7 And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”   Isaac’s name means “one who laughs.” Sarah’s earlie...

January 13, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "I Can Do Everything Through Christ"   Philippians 4:13 New Living Translation   13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.   There IS greatness in you. God designed you to reach your full potential, to be powerful beyond measure, to have success and joy and abundance in your life. Don’t let fear make you quit. Don’t let the ter...

January 12, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Full Obedience"   Genesis 12:1-4 New International Version   12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people, and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever c...

January 11, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "God Works for the Good"  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.   There is a plan that we explore, which we will not understand, but it is best. Though each segment of it may not seem fair or pleasant, it works together f...

January 10, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "God's Knows Best"   2 Corinthians 5:7 New King James Version   7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.   We never know what a day will bring, whether good or ill. Our heavenly Father's plan unfolds apart from our awareness. Ours is a walk of faith, not sight. Trust, not touch. Leaning long and hard, not running away. No one knows ahead of time...

January 09, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Unchanging Faith"   Job 23:13-14 New International Version   13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases. 14 He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store. At times when we’re experiencing hardship, we too may find ourselves on the receiving end of judgmental “consolation.” Early in t...

January 08, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Yes and Amen"   Deuteronomy 10:12 New International Version   12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul When you encounter opportunities to serve the Lord, how do you respond? God wants us to...

January 07, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "The Fullness of God" Ephesians 3:19-21 New International Version   19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in C...

January 05, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Speaking The Truth in Love"   Ephesians 4:15 New International Version   15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.   Paul is saying that the more the Spirit empowers people’s lives, the more they will “grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that i...

January 04, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Our God Can Change the Heart"   Esther 8:1-2 New International Version   8 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. 2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to M...

January 03, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "The Riches of His Glory Inheritance"   Ephesians 1:18-19 New International Version   18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the m...

January 02, 2024   Daily Devotion:   "Pray Continually"   1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 New International Version   16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually,   The best way to do in starting the year is to pray! Make your life a life of prayer. Tell Him, in anguish if necessary, the pain of waiting. Express your panic. Tell God you're trapped. You don't know how you can stay afloat much...

December 28, 2023   Daily Devotion:   "The Grace and Goodness of God is New Every Morning"   Lamentations 3:21-23 New International Version   21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.   We face desolation, uncertainty, and brokenn...

December 27, 2023   Daily Devotion:   "Diligent Hands Will Rule"   Proverbs 10:4 New International Version   4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.   Through prayer and obedience, we align ourselves with God’s plans instead of our own. This is how we cultivate habits grounded in His Word. This kind of diligence goes hand in hand with stewardship of our time, tale...