"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

December 17, 2023   Daily Devotion:   "Respond with Faith" 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, [c] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.   When you are going through a trial, what...

December 16, 2023 Daily Devotion:   "Just A Little While" 1 Peter 1:6-9 New International Version   6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and ho...

December 15, 2023 Daily Devotion:   "Don't Let Fear Make You Quit"   Isaiah 41:8-10 New International Version   8 “But you, Israel, my servant Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham, my friend, 9 I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners, I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. 10 So do not fear, f...

December 14, 2023 Daily Devotion: "When It Is Time"   2 Corinthians 5:8 New International Version   8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. It’s wise to be prepared. The first step is to make sure you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Next, live a surrendered life and strive to walk according to His will. Since it’s an inescapable...

December 13, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Obedience Is Our Protection"   John 14:15 New International Version   15 “If you love me, keep my commands.   If you are a child of God, He will not cast you out of His family. But if you are stubbornly refusing to obey Him, continuing to walk your own way, He will bring severe discipline upon you. He loves you too much to ignore your actions. God is go...

December 12, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Watch Your Tongue" Proverbs 21:23-31 New Living Translation Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble. Mockers are proud and haughty; they act with boundless arrogance. Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin, for their hands refuse to work. We live in a day of hearsay when few people pass along information t...

December 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: "We Are God Special Person" Esther 2:17-18 New International Version 17 Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 And the king gave a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all h...

December 10, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Lord Has Full of Compassion and Mercy" James 5:7-11 New International Version 7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. 9 Don’t grumble...

December 09, 2023 Daily Devotion: "His Omnipotent Hands" Ephesians 1:19 New International Version 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength. This is the wonder of God's sovereignty. Working behind the scenes, He is moving and pushing and rearranging events and changing minds until He brings out of even the most carnal and se...

December 08, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Forever Be with Him" Revelation 17:14 New International Version   14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.” Jesus will be with us to the end of time (Matthew 28:20). And Revelation reminds us that He will not o...

December 07, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Remain Teachable" Esther 2:20 New International Version 20 But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up. Education is going from an unconscious to conscious awareness of one's ignorance." I agr...

December 06, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Perfect Assurance and Trust" 1 John 3:21 (TLB) We can come to the Lord with perfect assurance and trust . . . The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with God and the fellowship of the church. It will manifest itself in mor...

December 05, 2023 Daily Devotion: "From Ordinary to Extraordinary" Esther 2:1-7 New International Version 2 Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her. 2 Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. 3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every pro...

December 04, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Wise in Heart" Proverbs 16:21-24 New International Version 21 The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools. 23 The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction.24 Gracious words are a honeycomb, sw...

December 03, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Follow Him Everywhere" Acts 9:1-4 New International Version 9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusal...

December 02, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Places in Our Lives" 2 Kings 2:11–14 New Living Translation 11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of...

December 01, 2023 Daily Devotion: "A House of Prayer" Acts 1:11-14 New International Version 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath da...

November 30, 2023 Daily Devotion: "We Belong to Jesus" Colossians 1:9-14 New International Version 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[a] 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in...

November 29, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Sweet Fellowship" Psalms 55:14 New International Version   14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. God has not designed us to live like hermits in a cave. He has designed us to live in friendship, fellowship, and community with others. That's why the church, the body of Christ, is so...

November 28, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Lord Your God Will Be With You"  Joshua 1:7-9 New International Version   7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you m...

November 27, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Serenity" Psalm 131:1-2 New International Version 1 My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted myself I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. To enjoy this continuous inner peace, we must periodica...

November 26, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Inheritance" 2 Timothy 1:5 New International Version 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. Like Timothy, those of us with godly parents enjoy the fruit of their faithfulness. But if you’re the first believer in your family, then you’re c...

November 25, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Too Powerful to be Defeated" 1 Kings 18:40 New International Version 40 Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there. Nothing makes us more uncertain and insecure than not being sure we are in the will of God. And nothing...

November 24, 2023 Daily Devotion: "High Hopes" 1 Kings 18:44 New International Version 44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’” Do you live expectantly? Do the little things excite you? Do you imagine the improbable and expect the...

November 23, 2023 Daily Devotion: "New Life … New Hope ..." John 12:24 New International Version 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. We embrace the faith and hope Jesus provided. This happens in a powerful way every time we gather with other believers, confessing our sin an...