"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

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...

April 29, 2023 Daily Devotion: "GREAT HONOR TO THOSE WHO ENDURE UNDER SUFFERING" James 5:11 We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy. The nation to whom the prophet Isaiah wrote was going through the empty motions of...

April 28,2023 Daily Devotion: "A Lifetime Journey" 2 Corinthians 11:12 New Living Translation 12 But I will continue doing what I have always done. This will undercut those who are looking for an opportunity to boast that their work is just like ours. The Christian life isn't an eleven-day race. It's a lifetime journey full of more dangers and pitfalls than a hundred Iditarod. So...

April 27, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Be an Effectuator" Deuteronomy 31:6 New International Version 6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Leaders must go beyond analysis to action. One cannot lead without energy, motion, risk. Leaders are pathfinders, road makers, action takers....

April 26, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Can Still Shine into The Darkest Part of Your Life"  Titus 2:13 New International Version 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, One of the best ways to get rid of discouragement is to remember that Christ is coming again. The most thrilling, glorious truth in all the world is the Sec...

April 25, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Someone's Pursuit" Colossians 1:3-8 English Standard Version   3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gos...

April 24, 2023 Daily Devotion: "SET FREE…" Ephesians 4:32 New International Version   32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Do you need to be set free? Honestly now, is your next step the need to forgive? Do it. Don't let anything or anyone talk you out of it. After all the misery you have had to endure, why should you h...

April 23, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise” Matthew 6:25 (NIV) Do not worry about your life. . . Some people ask, “Do you think God has time for me? You don’t know how mixed up my life is, how confused it is; the pressures, the tension at home, the business problems, so many things I couldn’t possibly tell you about, including the sins in my life that I somehow cann...

April 22, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Without God It Is Restless" Mark 8:36,37 (TLB) And how does a man benefit if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process? For is anything worth more than his soul? In the world in which we live, we give most attention to satisfying the appetites of the body and practically none to the soul. Consequently, we are one-sided. We become fat physi...

April 21, 2023 Daily Devotion: “For Those Who Have Known God" Jeremiah 4:22 For my people [are] foolish, they have not known me . . .   No man is more pathetic than he who is in great need and is not aware of it. Remember Samson? Standing there in the valley of Sorek, surrounded by the lords of the Philistines, ” … he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.” It has been truly said, “No...

April 20,2023 Daily Devotion: “Forgiven" Mark 1:4 And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins John announced this great word: that repentance is the way people come to God, and the result is the forgiveness of sins. The greatest blessing people can experience is to have their sins forgiven. This is what the people who stre...

April 19,2023 Daily Devotion: "Make It Happen" Mark 6:33-34 New International Version 33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. Feeling a little overwhelmed? St...

April 18, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Omniscience” (Isaiah 29:13–16) The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught. You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed i...

April 15, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Stand Steady" 2 Timothy 4:5 (TLB) Stand steady, and don't be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Bring others to Christ . . .  All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is one filled not only with sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty. The greatest musicians, as a rule, are those who know how t...

April 14, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Stop and Think" (Luke 10:30–37) A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went off leaving him half dead . . . . But a certain Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, and came to him, and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and...

April 13, 2023   Daily Devotion: "God Has a Plan for Us" Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. The longer we walk with the Lord, the more we realize that we really don't know what each new day may bring. God alone knows our future. And there's no safer, no better, no more rewarding place to be than in the n...