"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

August 10, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Timeless, Infallible, Trustworthy - Word of God" 2 Timothy 3:16-17 New International Version 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. We often come up empty because those sources lack ultimate, eternal kn...

August 09, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "The Fruits of the Spirit" Galatians 5:22-25 New International Version  22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the...

July 26, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Same God" Colossians 1:25-27 New International Version 25 I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— 26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches o...

July 25, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Key to Success" Colossians 1:15-17 New International Version (The Supremacy of the Son of God) 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 throug...

July 24, 2023 Daily Devotional: "Live in Freedom" Colossians 1:13-14 New International Version 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. The Colossians had heard the Gospel and the “hope reserved for [them] in heaven.” But Paul urged them to realize that a change alre...

July 23, 2023 Daily Devotion: "To Be Filled with The Knowledge of His Will" Colossians 1:9-10 (New American Standard Bible) “We also…have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will…so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects.” Paul began his letter to the Christians in Colossae with a reminder of his...

July 22, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Redeemer" John 12:46-48 New American Standard Bible 46 I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears My teachings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects Me and does not accept My teachings has one...

July 21, 2023 Daily Devotional: "Our Provisioner" Philippians 4:19 “My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” God will supply all our needs. But to receive the fulfilment of this promise, we need to trust Him, look to Him, obey His Word, and live by faith. Call on God to meet your needs. He is faithful. Remember to invest in His Kingdom. Trust H...

July 20, 2023 Daily Devotion: “Deposits" Philippians 4:16-17 English Standard7 Version 16 Even in Thessalonica, you sent me help for my needs once and again. 17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. You may not realize it, but you have an account in Heaven. You are not saved by your financial gifts or the things you have done. There is nothing you can d...

July 19, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Serve Without Ceasing" Philippians 4:16 New International Version 16 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. Today, some Christians give grudgingly to support the work of God. Others feel content to give once or occasionally. But some realize that the work of ministry can never stop. These people find joy in g...

July 18, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Seek to Develop" Philippians 4:8 New International Version 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. All of us have choices. As Paul wrote, we can decide what to “dwell on” or “think abo...

July 17, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Seek Him..." Philippians 4:6 New International Version 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. As the Bible promises, we can turn to Him, knowing He will supply every need and satisfy the longing of our souls. “Oh, the mercy He will show, Oh, the grace He will besto...

July 15, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Rejoice" Philippians 4:4 (New American Standard Bible) 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, rejoice! Don’t allow anything to keep you from experiencing the joy of the Lord. We can rejoice in Him in every situation! No matter what others say, Jesus is Lord. He rules over the nations. He will accomplish His purposes. He loved you so much that He d...

July 14, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Joy from The Lord" Psalm 51:12-13, “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You.” Joy is important in winning people to Jesus Christ. Did you know we have nothing more winsome and attractive in bringing people to Jesus Christ than the joy...

July 13, 2023 Daily Devotion: “Seek to Live for Christ" Philippians 3:17 NASB Brothers and sisters, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in. Paul stressed that we need to be careful about how we live. We should follow the right patterns and always be aware that others are watching us and developing impressions from their observations. What...

July 12, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Full Growth Process" Philippians 4:13-15 New International Version 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. 14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. 15 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and re...

July 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Parameter" Galatians 5:16-18 New International Version 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever [a] you want. 18 But if you are led by t...

July 10, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Team Spirit" Amos 2:4 Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.” Team Spirit is the other term for loyalty, which means the quality of being...

July 09, 2023 Daily Devotion: "In Awe of You" Isaiah 6:5 New International Version 5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” In a time when God's name is so readily taken in vain, this passage has a refreshing bite and warning: God is vastly superior and far more...

July 8, 2023 Daily Devotion: "In All Things God Works" Romans 8: 28 And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” If we are honest, some of us Christians are embarrassed about suffering and hardship because we feel we ought to be free from all that. There is, however, nothing in Scripture that indicates this....

July 07, 2023 Daily Devotion:   “The Process”  Ephesians 4:15-16, ESV Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Like a child on the way to adulthood,...

June 23, 2023 Daily Devotion:  "The True Victim"  Genesis 42:21-24 New International Version  21 They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.” 22 Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would...

June 22, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "Step Up to The Plate"  Genesis 42:21  "Then they said to one another, 'Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore, this distress has come upon us'"   In the original language, the "we" in their conversation is emphatic! "We...

June 21, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "Character Mixed with Wisdom"  Genesis 41:53-57 New International Version   53 The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, 54 and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt, there was food. 55 When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh...

June 20, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "God Has Made Me Fruitful..." Genesis 41:47–52 As predicted, for seven years, the land produced bumper crops. During those years, Joseph gathered all the crops grown in Egypt and stored the grain from the surrounding fields in the cities. He piled up huge amounts of grain like sand on the seashore. Finally, he stopped keeping records because there was too...