"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

September 15, 2023 Daily Devotion: "After God's Own Heart" 1 Samuel 17:34-35 New International Version 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it...

September 14, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Perfect Conversation" Psalm 95:6-8 New International Version 6 Come, let us bow down in worship let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, 8 “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,[a] as you did that day at Massah[b] i...

September 13, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Like David's Heart" 1 Samuel 16:10-11 New International Version 10 Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.” Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit dow...

September 12, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Total Surrender" Romans 12:1-2 New International Version 12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then, you will be able...

September 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Enough" 1 Samuel 15:15-19 New International Version 15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.” 16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied. 17 Sam...

September 10, 2023 Daily Devotion  "A Heart of God" 1 Samuel 13:13–14 “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you. Had you kept it, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom must end, for the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart. The LORD has already appointed him to be the leader of his...

September 09, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Will Never Fall Short" Psalm 63:8 New International Version 8 I cling to you; your right hand upholds me. Perhaps you struggle to feel near to the Lord. It could be pride that’s preventing you from admitting your need for Him. Maybe you feel life’s too hectic to sit in His presence. Or it’s possible you’re afraid to be transparent. That’s understan...

September 08, 2023 Daily Devotion: "An Intrinsic Part of Life" Proverbs 3:3-4 New International Version 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.4 Then you will win favour and a good name in the sight of God and man. Jesus taught the same principle. He said one man built his house on a rock while another was built on...

September 07, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God's Being Almost Sovereign" Numbers 27:21-23 New International Version 21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the Lord. At his command, he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command, they will come in.” 22 Moses did as the Lord commanded him. H...

September 06, 2023 Daily Devotion: "We Cannot Turn Back Time" Numbers 20:11-12 New International Version 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. 12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring...

September 05, 2023 Daily Devotion: "His Word Is Truth" John 17:17 New International Version 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. In the Garden of Gethsemane, hours before His arrest, Jesus prayed for the disciples: “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth” A little later, when questioned by Pilate, Jesus replied that He’d come into the world to testify to the truth....

September 04, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Time of Waiting" Psalm 27:14 New International Version 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. What the world tells us is often in direct conflict with Scripture. Throughout the Bible, the concept of waiting is expressed in many different ways. We read about how long the Israelites had to wait to enter the Promised Land, b...

September 03, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Only God is Imperative" Numbers 11:26-29 New International Version 26 However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. 27 A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in...

September 02, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Written Instructions" Exodus 20:20 New International Version 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning. Isn't it great that God gave His people written instructions to obey? This is the first time in all of history that God wrote down His Word. Unti...

September 01, 2023 Daily Devotion: "In Silence He Waits for Us" Isaiah 44:6 New International Version 6 “This is what the Lord says— Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first, and I am the last; apart from me, there is no God. God is holy. Exalted. He is the only wise God, the Creator, the Maker, the sovereign Lord. He is the Master. He tells me what to do, and I have...

August 31, 2023 Daily Devotion: “The Provider and Deliverer" 1 Kings 17: 12-14 New International Version 12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” 13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be af...

August 30, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Uses Ordinary Means to Move Us in a New Direction" 1 Kings 17:2-7 New International Version 2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” 5 So he did what the Lord had told him. H...

August 29, 2023  Daily Devotion:  "The Learning from the Past"  Zechariah 1:4 “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or give heed to Me,” declares the Lord. Each of us has his or her own wilderness cycle. Some struggle with a quiver full...

August 28, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Our Comforter" 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory Over the long haul, God is honing us through such tests. Stretching us. Breaking us. Crushing us. Reducing us to an absolut...

August 27, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Lamp to Our Feet" Psalm 119:105 New International Version  105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. God’s Word is a “lamp to our feet.” A lamp illuminates the area around it. Likewise, the Bible is essential for seeing and interpreting our emotions, relationships, and circumstances. Our own perceptions may be incomplete or unreliable, but...

August 26, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Perfect Law" James 1:23-25 New International Version 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forg...

August 25, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Living and Enduring Word of God" 1 Peter 1:22-23 New International Version 22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. [a] 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. As...

August 24, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Food for the Soul" Jeremiah describes as spiritual food. Just as we need physical food to stay alive, we need spiritual food to sustain us. And just as we need a variety of foods, we need to read and listen to the whole counsel of Scripture. Jeremiah prophesied to a rebellious Israel, and he found strength and sustenance in God’s words. But the fact t...

August 23, 2023 Daily Devotion: "GET UP and DON’T BE AFRAID" Matthew 17:5-7 New International Version 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,...

August 22, 2023 Daily Devotion: “The Power of Obedience" Exodus 11:2-3 New International Version 2 Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.” 3 (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.) The main point, the central ingredi...