"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

June 19, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "The Waiting Period" Genesis 41:41-46 New International Version 41 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 He had him ride in a chariot as his second-i...

June 18, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "The Promise of Morning Light"  Genesis 41:41–42 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothing and hung a gold chain around his neck.     When the reward comes, thank God without pride. Only God can...

June 17, 2023 Daily Devotion: "If God Was In It, God Would Do It” Genesis 41:37–40 Joseph’s suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials. So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent o...

June 16, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Benefits of Enduring Affliction"  Genesis 41:15–16 "Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it.' Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, 'It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favourable answer'" Talk about humil...

June 15, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Shaped for a Significant Future"   Genesis 37:18-20 New International Version 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. 19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what...

June 14, 2023 Daily Devotion:  "God May Be silent, But He Has Not Forgotten You" Genesis 40:23–41:1 Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought. Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River. When Joseph saw the cupbearer taken from the prison, he must have thought, Now's my chance! This guy...

June 13, 2023 Daily Devotion: "From Goodness to Greatness" Genesis 40:20-23 New International Version 20 Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials: 21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s...

June 12, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Sunshine Days" Genesis 40:6-8 When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset. “Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them. And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.” “Interpreting dreams is God’s business,” Joseph replied. “Go ahead and tell me" When your heart is right...

June 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Cupbearer" Genesis 40:1–3 Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master. Pharaoh became angry with these two officials, and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard. Isn't it remarkable how often God brings alongside us people who are going through like Joseph or...

June 10, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "Stand Firm"  Genesis 39:21–23 But the LORD was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the LORD made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden. Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison. The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everythin...

June 09, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "Fullness of God's Promises"  “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 Living by faith is the key that unlocks the door to the fullness of God’s promises. There is no doubt that God will always be faithful to his promises. Scripture is clear in 2 Timothy 2:13 that “if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.” Fai...

June 08, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God's Ranks"  Genesis 39:19-23 New International Version 19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. 20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21 the Lord was with him; he sho...

June 07, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "Sudden and Fierce" Genesis 39:10–12 She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible. One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work. She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left h...

June 06, 2023 Daily Devotion: “A Message of Hope ..." Genesis 37:18–20 When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him. “Here comes the dreamer!” they said. “Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!...

June 05, 2023 Daily Devotion: "It Keeps Us Alive"  Job 33:4 (NASB) The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me.   Breathing is a miracle we don’t stop to think about very much. We just do it. It keeps us alive. In the same amazing way God has given us as Christians a way to “breathe spiritually” for our spiritual well-being. Spiritual breathing, like physical b...

June 04, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Great Awakening" Romans 6:14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.   There is a "grace awakening" loose in the land. Will you become a part of it? While you take your turn with the sledgehammer and pound away, a host of us are standing near, a...

June 03, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Magnetic Effects of Giving"  1 Corinthians 9:7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully."   Try to consider the magnetic effects of gracious giving, four qualities immediately emerge. First, grace is so attractive: Grace individualizes th...

June 02, 2023 Daily Devotion:  "Accept and Go..."  Genesis 12:1 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.   Perhaps you have heard the living God of glory say to you, You must no longer depend upon what you have been depending on—the opinions, the attitudes, the philosophy in whic...

June 01, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Redeemed" Psalm 103:12 New International Version 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. You may be surprised to know that the apostle Paul had every reason to feel ashamed. He was one whose past was dreadful: "formerly a blasphemer . . . persecutor . . . violent aggressor." Then how could the...

May 31, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God is Working" Philippians 1:6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.   Want a boost of encouragement? Our God is working toward that end in all of His children. It is His constant pursuit, His daily agenda, as He points us toward our final dest...

May 30, 2023 Daily Devotion: "When Faith is Exercised" 1 John 5:10 New International Version 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son Is not God more dependable than people? If you will take the word of a stranger and act on it, can you...

May 29, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Issues and Various Viewpoints" 1 Corinthians 12:12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. In every disagreement, there are the same two ingredients: an issue and various viewpoints. The issue is usually objective and involves principles. The viewpoints are subjective and involve personaliti...

May 28, 2023 Daily Devotion: “When God Forgives … He Forgets" 1 Corinthians 12:12 New International Version 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. When God forgives, He forgets the transgression and removes it as far as east is from west. Perhaps you have heard of the man who loved the Lord, but he couldn't seem to conque...

May 27, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Truth Will Set Us Free..." John 14:6 New International Version 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Did you know there is a difference between knowledge and truth? For example, knowledge will double and triple, but genuine truth does not. In school, there is a lot of study of the facts,...

May 26,2023 Daily Devotion: "All for God's Glory..." Colossians 3:17 New International Version 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Refusing to dictate to others allows the Lord freedom to direct their lives. I especially appreciate the statement at the end of verse 5: "Let each man...