"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

May 25, 2023 Daily Devotion:  "Restless and Save"  Romans 5:6-8 New International Version 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ die...

May 24, 2023 Daily Devotion:  "Upon the Cross of Calvary"  Romans 5:6-8 New International Version 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person, someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,...

May 23, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Believe and Receive" Mark 11:24 New International Version 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. There are many who live under such a pressure of worry that they taste but little of the sweetness of God’s love. They do not know the meaning of the words, “That My joy might remain in yo...

May 22, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Pride Goes Before Destruction” Proverbs 16:18 (TLB) Pride goes before destruction and haughtiness before a fall. David, king of ancient Israel, found himself in the midst of a confused national situation. His kingdom was torn by internal strife. Slave hated master; master hated slave. People blamed the government, and the government blamed the people. David looke...

May 21,2023 Daily Devotion: "God's Prescription..." 2 Kings 20:1 Set thy house in order . . . Man condemns himself by his refusal of God’s way of salvation. In love and mercy, God is offering to men and women a way of escape, a way of salvation, a hope, and anticipation of better things. Man, in his blindness, stupidity, stubbornness, egotism, and love of sinful pleasure, refuses God...

May 20, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God is Doing His Job..." John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. Some may be asking: Doesn't liberty have its limits? Shouldn't folks restrain their freedom and occasionally hold themselves in check? Yes, without question. Grace can be and sometimes is—abused. By that exercising one's liberty without wisdom, having...

May 19, 2023 Daily Devotion: "He Lives in Me, and I Live in Him" Romans 6:11 New International Version 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. In order for us to live free from sin's control, free from the old master, with the power to walk a new kind of life, we have to know something, we have to consider something, and we have to present s...

MAY 18, 2023 DAILY DEVOTION: "Stop Seeking the Favor of Everybody" Galatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery." Stand your ground. Ask the Lord to give you courage. Stop seeking the favor of everyone. This may be a stubborn habit to break, but it is really worth all the effort you can muster...

May 16, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Brings a Freedom" (Romans 7:24-25) Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin. Grace brings a freedom to do something else—a fre...

May 15, 2023 Daily Devotion: "LIBERTY " Romans 7:24-25 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin. Liberty is freedom from slavery or bondage. It is initially fre...

May 14,2023 Daily Devotion: "Freeing Others from Bondage" 1 Corinthians 15:10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace. God does what He does by His grace. Paul's first claim for being allowed to live...

May 13, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "The Universal Good News of Salvation" Romans 14:22 You may believe there’s nothing wrong with what you are doing, but keep it between yourself and God. Blessed are those who don’t feel guilty for doing something they have decided is right. Grace is God's universal good news of salvation. The tragedy is that some continue to live lives in a deathlike bo...

May 12, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "Free from Slavery" 1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Because of grace we have been freed from sin, from its slavery, its bondage in our attitude, in our urges, and in our actions. But having been freed and now living by grace, we can actually go too far, set...

May 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: “FREE" John 8:30–32 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him. So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, 'If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free" He spoke of the liberating power of the truth. Even though the official grace killers rejected H...

May 10,2023  Daily Devotion:  "Unfaithfulness Would Bring Judgment"  Jeremiah 7:23 Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.   Living in a day when judging is a bad word, how do we reconcile the love of God and the justice of God? Isn’t God being harsh, overbearing, and tyrannical? How can we love a go...

May 09, 2023   Daily Devotion:  "Justified and Redeemed" Romans 5:1  "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." In order for anyone to stand securely and be at peace before a holy and just God, that person must be righteous. Hence, our need for justification. Remember the definition of justification? It is the sovereign ac...

May 08, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "Made Us Alive Together" Ephesians 2:1–9 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of th...

May 07, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Gift" 2 Timothy 1:9 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. With God the economy is altogether different. There is no wage relationship with God. Spiritually speaking, you and I haven't earned...

May 06, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Step Toward Maturity" Proverbs 3:34 NKJV Surely He scorns the scornful, but gives grace to the humble. We should not limit grace to Christ. We, too, can learn to be just as gracious as He. And since we can, we must, not only in our words and in great acts of compassion and understanding but in small ways as well. Let me describe four practical expectations y...

May 05, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Only One On Earth Who Had Unlimited Power, Jesus Christ... " Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. When Jesus told stories, grace was a favorite theme. He employed a gracious style in handling children. He spoke of the prodigal son in grac...

May 04, 2023 Daily Devotion "Redemption Through His Blood” Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. Candidly, know of nothing that has the power to change us from within like the freedom that comes through grace. It's so amazing it will change not only our hearts but also our faces. And goodness knows...

May 03, 2023 Daily Devotion: "GRACE" Galatians 6:1 Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. This day—this very moment—millions are living their lives in shame, fear, and intimidation who should be free, producti...

May 02, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Has PreparedEverything"  Hebrews 11:16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them" Like silent shadows, the heroes of the faith pass beside us, pointing us toward the upward way, whispering words of courage. The memory of all those mode...

May 01, 2023 Daily Devotion: “In Times for Difficulties” Job 42:1–6 Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me. You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you mus...

April 30,2023 Daily Devotion: "All of Us Are Sinners" Romans 3:23–24 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. If you question your depravity, check your attitude toward intrusions. Having a French origin, "intrude&q...