"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

January 13, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Lean On Me…" Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, making people happy and healthy. Did you know that friendship fights stress? An Author says about women, “We're more inclined to seek out friends and reach out to family. Social support brings down our blood pressure, signals our adrenal glands to stop pumping out corticosteroids, and voila! We feel...

January 12, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Be a Good Cheer" PSALM 32:11 Good people, rejoice and be happy in the Lord. Sing all you who sent hearts are right. There are so many ways to experience God's joy in your life. How many ways are you celebrating right now? ·The Joy of God's presence. In Psalm 16:8-9, David exalts: “7keep the Lord before me always. Because he is close by my side, I will not be hurt....

January 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Hear the Voice of Your Father" Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayers, asking for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready and never give up. Always pray for All God's people. If you read through the four Gospels you can't help but notice how people and crowds were drawn to Jesus. If He Went up a hill to pray alone...

January 10, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Be a Witness..." Mark 12:31 Love your neighbor as you love yourself. The last recorded words of Jesus before His ascension into heaven were: “But when the Holy Spirit comes to you, you will receive power. You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world” (Acts 1:8). One of the lessons Jesus wanted His disciples to...

January 9, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Give Freely" Malachi 3:10 “Bring to the storehouse a full tenth of what you earn so there will be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord All-Powerful. "I will open the windows of heaven for you and pour out all the blessings you need.” One of the true tests of our character is what we do with our money. Of course, God calls us to give a portion of our in...

January 08, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Perfect Plan" JEREMIAH 29:11 “I know what I am planning for you," says the Lord.“ I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future." Jeremiah is known as the “weeping prophet.” Imagine losing absolutely everything you hold dear-your family, home, country, church, and maybe even your faith. Jeremiah Anguished over what ha...

January 07, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Servanthood" John 13:14-15 If l, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash each other's feet. I did this as an example so that you should do as I have done for you. One of the issues that most mattered to Jesus' disciples was who of them was the most favored and important to Him. In fact, two of the disciples, James and John, asked their m...

January 06, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Secret to Happiness" Matthew 6:34 The Living Bible Translation So don't be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time. The secret of happiness is not to do what you like to do, but to learn to like what you have to do.” Too many think of happiness as some sort of will-o’-the-wisp thing that is discovered by constant...

January 05, 2023 Daily Devotion: "With All Our Heart" Romans 10:9 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. The heart is the blood-pump of the body. It is also used metaphorically when we speak of affections and feelings. Since it is the central organ of the body and one of the most vital, the...

January 04, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Food for the Soul" Psalm 119:9 (TLB) How can a young man stay pure? By reading your Word and following its rules. Many of the difficulties we experience as Christians can be traced to a lack of Bible study and reading. We should not be content to skim through a chapter merely to satisfy our conscience. Hide the Word of God in your heart! A little portion well dige...

January 03, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Whom Shall I Fear" Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Today many people are living in the bondage of fear. In a recent study a psychiatrist said that the greatest problem facing his patients was fear. Fear of going insane, committing suicide, being alone, or fear of heart disease, cancer, disaster, or death. We are becoming a nati...

January 02, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Through the Thick Cloud of Suffering ... " 1 Timothy 4:9,10 The Living Bible Translation We work hard and suffer much in order that people will believe it, for our hope is in the living God who died for all. Our life has its beginning in suffering. Life’s span is marked by pain and tragedy, and our lives terminate with the enemy called death. The person who expect...

January 01, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Pray and Believe" Mark 11:24 What things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe . . . We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become...

December 31, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Peace of Heart" Proverbs 28:14 The Living Bible Translation Blessed is the man who reveres God, but the man who doesn't care is headed for serious trouble.” All Christians believe in God, but many Christians have little time for God. They are too busy with everyday affairs to be taken up with Bible reading, prayer, and being thoughtful to their fellowmen. Many of...

December 30, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Use Your Time Wisely” James 4:14 For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Nothing takes God by surprise. Everything is moving according to a plan, and God wants you in that plan. The devil also has a plan for the world. God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you...

December 29, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Peace may Come" 1 John 5:14 If we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. God has said, “If my people . . . pray . . . then will I hear from heaven.” Before three thousand people were brought into the Church on the day of Pentecost, the disciples had spent ten days in prayer, fasting, and spiritual travail. God desires that Christians be concerned and...

December 28, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Escapism" 2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations . . . and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Thousands of people have made plans to escape from the realities of life. A new word has come into common usage the last few years. That word is “escapism.” The dictionary defines it as “a retreat from reality into an imaginary world....

December 27, 2022 Daily Devotion: “Who and What God Really Is... " Psalm 119:18 The Living Bible Translation Open my eyes to see wonderful things in your Word. Some, who doubt that the Bible is the true Word of God, doubt it because they are unwilling to ascribe to God anything they cannot themselves achieve. If you have any uncertainty about the inspiration of the Bible, go back and look at it ag...

December 26, 2022 Daily Devotion: “His Plans Are Already Formed" Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man who trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. The Scriptures predict that a new day is coming. There will be a golden age of prosperity when all perplexing problems-religious, social, or political-will find their complete solution. It will be a marvelous time for this mixed-up world. However,...

December 25, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Way to Deliverance" Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Man has always been beset by worry, and the pressures of modern life have aggravated the problem. To men of all time Jesus said, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow . . . but seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things...

December 24, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Saving Faith” Romans 10:9 if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. The heart is the blood-pump of the body. It is also used metaphorically when we speak of affections and feelings. Since it is the central organ of the body and one of the most vital, the Bible...

December 23, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The God of Breakthrough" Hebrews 13:20,21 The Living Bible Translation may the God of peace . . . produce in you through the power of Christ all that is pleasing to him . . . In the revelation that God established between Himself and us, we can find a new life and a new dimension of living, but we must “tune in.” There are higher levels of living to which we have...

December 22, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Christian Hour of Decision" Psalm 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee . . . Nothing can take the place of a daily devotional life with Christ. Your quiet time, your prayer time, the time you spend in the Word, is absolutely essential for a happy Christian life. You cannot possibly be a happy, dynamic, and powerful C...

December 21, 2022 Daily Devotion: "With All Sincerity" Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Certain relationships in life require from the parties involved only moderate degrees of devotion. A certain degree of reserve and distance seems to be suitable in such relations as these. But there are other relationships in life where all this is changed when...

December 20, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Manifestation" 1 John 3:21 The Living Bible Translation we can come to the Lord with perfect assurance and trust . . . The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with God and the fellowship of the church. It will manifest itself in...