"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

February 18, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Associated with Christ" 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree ... All life is a struggle—that is the nature of things. Even within our physical bodies, doctors tell us, a conflict for supremacy is going on. The bacteria in our bloodstream are waging a constant war against alien germs. The red corpuscles fight the white corpuscles...

February 17, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Ordinary People Did Extraordinary Feats." 2 Corinthians 3:4-6 Easy-to-Read Version 4 We can say this, because through Christ we feel sure before God. 5 I don’t mean that we are able to do anything good ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do. 6 He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. It is not an agreement...

February 16, 2023 Daily Devotion: "A Perfect Heart" Genesis 1:31 New International Version 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. God had written every day of our lives in His book before even one of them existed (Psalm 139:16). This means that He not only saw the good we would do, but He also saw every sin and mistake we...

February 15, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God's Voice" Isaiah 30:21 New International Version 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” How do we hear God's voice? It is not usually an audible voice, but a still, small voice in our spirit that causes us to know what to do. Elijah made many attempts to hear from God in a...

February 14, 2023 Daily Devotion: "He Will Bring It to Completion... " Isaiah 46:10 New International Version 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ God knows His will for you, and if you agree and cooperate with Him, it will come to pass. God's purposes always stand. He has begun a goo...

February 13, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Trust Requires Unanswered Questions... " Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord Directs his steps and makes them sure” (AMPC). We used to have a plan for everything and sometimes grew frustrated if every aspect of it didn't go accordingly. In other words, you wanted the Lord to do things your way! However, God is smarter than we are, and He...

February 12, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Have Peace... " 1 Peter 3:11 New International Version 11 They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. 1 Peter 3:11 is one of my favorite scriptures: “Let him search for peace...and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!]” (AMPC). Pursue is...

February 11, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Love Who God Has Made Us to Be" Matthew 22:39 New International Version And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Learning to accept and love ourselves is the pathway to authenticity, because if we reject ourselves and refuse God's love for us, we will not be free to be ourselves. Instead, we will live a life of pretense, choosing to do what we...

February 10, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Same Faith and Obedience Will Bless Your Life Today" Luke 1:17 Mary said, "I am the servant of the Lord. Let this happen to me as you say!” Mary, the mother of Jesus, is perhaps the best known of all the women of the Bible-people across the world know who she was and honor her. It was to Mary that God first Revealed His specific plan to “save his people from...

February 09, 2023 Daily Devotion: "He Will Lifted You Out of the Pit of Destruction..." Psalm 23:4 (New King James Version) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. The word "depression" connotes a full range of meanings in our culture, from a quick, temporary feeling of hurt or disappointment,...

February 08, 2023   Daily Devotion:  "Setting Appropriate Boundaries"   EPHESIANS 4:32  Be kind and loving to each other, and forgive each other just as God forgave you in Christ.  Just because you're an adult doesn't mean your parent or parents aren't still your parents! For some blessed individuals, the transition to an adult relationship with parents is smooth, with nat...

February 07, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Focusing" Colossians 4:2 Continue praying, keeping alert, and always Thanking God. One of the lost arts of civility and friendship is the hand-written note. It seemingly takes forever to write out a note of gratitude in a technologically advanced world where we can tap out a few letters-not necessarily spelled correctly on our cell phone or laptop and send an ins...

February 06, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Gift of Listening Ear" Philippians 2:3 When you do things, do not let selfishness or pride be your guide. Instead, be humble and give more honor to others than to yourselves. We are admonished throughout all of Scripture to watch our words: We are to offer God praise and thanksgiving (Psalm100:4); we are to treat the name of God with utmost respect (Exodus 20...

February 05, 2023 Daily Devotion: "A New Steps of Confidence" Matthew 14:29 Jesus said, "Come" And Peter left the boat and walked on the water to Jesus. Nothing can rob you of joy, confidence, optimism, and opportunities more quickly than a spirit of fear. Behavioral scientists have long debated whether the first emotion a baby experiences is love or fear. Because of the “startle reflex,” many res...

February 04, 2023 Daily Devotion: "What Really Matters... " Matthew 6:33 The thing you should want most is God's kingdom and doing what God wants. Then all these other things you need will be given to you. There are a number of steps that go into simplifying life but you must always begin by believing that you can live more richly having less-and then making a commitment to that belief. Then, you...

February 03, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Nothing Else Comes First" Luke 10:40 But Martha was busy with all the work to be done. She went in and said, “Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me alone to do all the work? Tell her to help me.” Have you ever found yourself in a situation of being so responsible, so dutiful, so correct in your religious practice that you lost your joy of knowing God? I...

February 02, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Perspective with Kindness" Zechariah 7:9 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other." Some religious leaders challenged Jesus with a question about who we should consider as a neighbor. In other words, who was acceptable and who was unacceptable in their highly segregated society? Jesus gave them an ans...

February 01, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Live each Day Gracefully" 1 Timothy 6:17 God richly gives us everything to enjoy. Walk into any bookstore, pick up any popular cultural magazine off a news rack, and you will quickly be reminded of how significant an issue aging is to millions of people. Questions abound: Am I making enough money to secure a comfortable future? What will do after I retire? Am I i...

January 31, 2023 Daily Devotion: “Conference of Doing Well" 1 Thessalonians 2:7 But we were very gentle with you, like a mother caring for her little children. Some relationships come so easily and are so healthy and affirming, while with others, we struggle to connect. Maybe we aren't in a state of open hostility, but affection and love are hard to give or receive. What causes difficult relations...

January 30, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God's Mercy" Psalm 91:1-2 God, be merciful to me because you are loving. Because You are always ready to be merciful, wipe out all my wrongs. Wash away all my guilt and make me clean again. Even the great heroes of the Bible had serious character flaws and were in need of God's mercy. Jacob, the son of Isaac and one of the fathers of our faith, tricked his twin br...

January 29, 2023 Daily Devotion: "God Is On the Way Right Now" Genesis 50:20 You meant to hurt me, but God turned your evil into good to save the lives of many people, which is being done. God promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation, with descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky (Genesis 15:5). Despite his great faith, can you blame him for questioning when this was going to h...

January 28, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Self Improvement" Philippians 1:6 God began doing good work in you, and I am sure he will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ Comes again. What's wrong with accepting myself as I am? Why do we put so much emphasis on being better and "the best" in our society? Is that any way to live? No question, we can love ourselves for who we are because God doe...

January 27, 2023 Daily Devotion: "The Spirit of Love" Ephesians 5:21 Yield to obey each other because you respect Christ. One of the most hotly debated Bible verses in modern history is where Paul instructs wives to "submit to your husband's as to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22 NKJV). However, all you have to do is look back at one verse and any argument That Paul was unfair to women and must somehow b...

January 26, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Fully and Freely" Ephesians 1:7-8 In Christ we are set free by the blood of his death, and so we have forgiveness of sins. How rich is God's grace, which he has given to us so fully and freely. Why do we find it so hard to share our true self with others? One of the great fears of the human race is that if someone were to truly know us-really get to know us at the...

January 25, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Use Our Time and Resources Wisely" Isaiah 40:29-31 He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak. Even children become tired and need to rest, and young people trip and fall. But the people who trust the Lord will become strong again. They Will rise up as an eagle in the sky; they will run and not need rest; they will walk and not b...