"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

October 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Benefits of Waiting" 1 Samuel 25:32-34 New International Version 32 David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Isr...

October 10, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Rules Overall" 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 English Standard Version 11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In y...

October 09, 2023 Daily Devotion: "A Purpose for a Living” 1 Samuel 25:23–25 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed low before him. She fell at his feet and said, “I accept all blame in this matter, my lord. Please listen to what I have to say. I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don’t pay any attention to him. He is a fool, just as his name suggests...

October 08, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Blossom After Winter" James 1:2-8 New International Version 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, [a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you...

October 07, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Reset"  Isaiah 43:19 God says, “Behold, I am going to do a new thing.” And, in this season of divine reset, God is doing something we have never seen. The pandemic has caused us to rethink structures, rethink systems, rethink our personal walk and holiness, and double down on what is essential to our faith. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a...

October 06, 2023 Daily Devotion: "A True Confidant" 1 Samuel 23:14-18 New International Version 14 David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day, Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands. 15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[a] Saul had come out to take his life. 16 And Saul’s son Jo...

October 5, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Power of Obeying God's Word" Genesis 12:1-8 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,...

October 04, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Blessed is the One Who Trusts in the Lord" Jeremiah 17:7-8 New International Version 7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. 8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and...

October 03, 2023 Daily Devotion: "When You believe" John 1:12 New International Version 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. It’s easy to say that we believe in God, even at times, that our heart remains far from Him. That’s a factor of the human condition—not something to punish ourselves over. But it’s wise t...

October 02, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Hope of the Glory of God" Romans 5:1-2 New International Version 5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. God did not leave His saving work unfinished,...

September 30, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Trust Him for All Your Needs" Philippians 4:19-20 New International Version 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. God has promised to meet every need of His children—His riches are included in the price Christ paid for their salvation (Ephes...

September 29, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Do Not Be Double Minded" James 1:5-8 New International Version 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not e...

September 28, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Endurance" James 1:2-4 New International Version 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. It’s important to realize these verses are not...

September 27, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Unbridled Freedom" Hebrews 10:23-25 New International Version 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see...

September 26, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Liability" James 5:16 New International Version 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. The Bible, however, makes it clear that Christians are to support each other in this regard: “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray fo...

September 25, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Prayer of a Servant" Nehemiah 1:10 ( ESV) 10 They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. Talking to God doesn’t always come naturally, but we have examples in Scripture to help us. In today’s passage, Nehemiah strengthens His prayers by recalling God’s character. Bringing divine attrib...

September 24, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God's Delay" 2 Peter 3:8-9 New International Version 8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to r...

September 23, 2023 Daily Devotion: "In Due Time" Galatians 6:9-10 New International Version 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. There are at least two kinds of waiting. We wait passively at...

Daily Devotion September 22, 2023 "Patient & Trust" Luke 12:22 New International Version 22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. In Luke 12, Jesus’ assessment of His audience could have been written today. “Do not worry about your life,” He says. Specifically, He says not to b...

September 21, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God's Faithful Presence" Zephaniah 3:16-17 New International Version 16 On that day, they will say to Jerusalem, “Do not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. 17 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love, he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” I...

September 20, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Redeem All Things" Haggai 2: 6-9 New International Version 6 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. 8 ‘The silver is m...

September 19, 2023 Daily Devotion: "A Glimpse of Hope” Ruth 1:22 New International Version 22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning. God can redeem our emptiness just as he can accept our first steps toward him in faith. Though Naomi’s outlook is bleak at this point, God’s Word offers a glimp...

September 18, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Repentance - Open the block Line of Communication" 1 Timothy 1: 15-17 New International Version 15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense...

September 17, 2023 Daily Devotion: “God our Savior“ Psalms 27: 6-9 New International Version Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord.7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face“ Your face, Lord, I will seek. 9 Do not hi...

September 16, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Spiritual Mountaintops" Psalm 23:1-6 New International Version 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; yo...