"Prayer Changes Everything" Devotion for Today

Aug 02, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Beneath The Gravestones…" Isaiah 14:10-11 New International Version 10 They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.” 11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you. When we think of a cemetery, our mind's eye...

August 01, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Unclean Lips, Hearts and Minds" Isaiah 6:5 New International Version 5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” Sounds like the apostle Paul, doesn't it – that "chief of sinners" so unworthy to be chosen. And what about that petulant hothead Pet...

July 31, 2022 Daily Devotion: "A Tremendous Responsibility We Assume in The Name that We Wear" Hosea 2:23 New International Version 23 I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one. I will say to those called ‘Not my people, ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.’” The names divinely chosen for Hosea's children bore a stinging...

July 30, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Screaming to Obedience... " Jonah 2:10 New International Version 10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. Virtually every child knows the story of Jonah and "the whale." Because whales aren't actually fish, maybe it wasn't the gray, blue, or killer whale we see spouting off in all the drawings. But it's still the biggest fish tale ever...

July 29, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Take Up Your Positions... Do Not Be Discouraged... " 2 Chronicles 20:12 New International Version 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” We've all been there. Somewhere along the line everybody experiences those desperate moments when we have run out o...

July 28, 2022 Daily Devotion: "God Who Brings Victory in the Valleys… " 1 Kings 20:28 New International Version 28 The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord.’” Even for us today, it's hard...

July 27, 2022 Daily Devotion: “Every Season Is Important… " Ecclesiastes 3:1 New International Version 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: As with nature itself, all the many seasons of life also play a role. From the joyous season of birth to the culminating season of death, each season has its place. If perhaps the season of Jesus' birth was more...

July 26, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Speak the Truth in Love... " Proverbs 29:12 New International Version 12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked. Today's proverb concisely states how evil is introduced when a king, CEO, politician, president, or church leader surrounds himself with "yes-men." When a leader prefers a glowing image over dubious reality, those who wish his favor mu...

July 25, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Enlightening Green Arrows... " Proverbs 18:17 New International Version 17 In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines. Without cross-examination, even an honest witness might be telling the truth as he knows it, but perhaps not the whole truth-because he doesn't know it. The search for truth in any arena demands carefu...

July 24, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Complex Motives" Proverbs 16:2 New International Version 2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord. When it comes to moral and spiritual actions, motives are equally complex. One can act from the purest of motives, yet violate God's commands. As Samuel reminded Saul, where there is outright disobedience, an act of sacrifice is worth...

July 23, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Important Role of Discipline… " Proverbs 23:13-14 New International Version 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.14 Punish them with the rod and save them from death. Spare the rod, and spoil the child" goes the adage drawn from biblical proverbs like the one above. By now the degree to which that adage ha...

July 22, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Hang onto God's every Word!" Proverbs 1:7 New International Version 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. No wonder there are so many fools around. If to be wise we must be afraid of God and sit in the corner all day for being naughty, not many are going to choose that option! Nor is the connection between fea...

July 21, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Dreaming Big Dreams for the Lord… " 2 Chronicles 6:8-9 Easy-to-Read Version 8 But the Lord said to my father, ‘David, it is good that you want to build a temple for my name, 9 but you cannot build the Temple. Your son will build the Temple for my name. Have you ever had a wonderful, exciting dream that never came true? Some grand idea that seemed so perfect, but came...

July 20, 2022 Daily Devotion: "A Solomon like Decision... " 1 Kings 3:9 New International Version 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” Anyone can tell the difference between black and white. It's gray that confuses us. Is it dark gray or light gray? If black and white were...

July 19, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Answered Our Every Need... " Psalm 22:1 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me so far from my cries of anguish? By quoting the psalm's opening words, it is as if Jesus were saying, "If ever you think God has forsaken you, read Psalm 22!" Why? Because it begins with the obvious question countless sufferers have asked, yet ends on...

July 18, 2022 Daily Devotion: "When Can I Go and Meet with God?... " Psalm 42:1-2 New International Version 1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? Twice the psalmist speaks of his soul being downcast, and twice he refers to his enemies asking where his God is. The picture being pain...

July 17, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Our Inmost Being... " Psalm 139:13-16 New International Version 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful I know that full well.15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the...

July 16, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Praise The Lord…” Psalm 134:1-2 New International Version “1 Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord.” If you have ever walked around at night, you know that it is like being in a shadowy, far-away universe. Few experiences are more suited to deep, contempl...

July 15, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Wisdom from Above..." Psalm 119:98-100 New International Version 98 Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts. The writer of this lengthy psalm is a person "in the know." He knows that God's law...

July 14, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Story of a Lifetime..." Psalm 71:17-18 New International Version 17 Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. Between the bookends of our human existence is a lifetime o...

July 13, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Blameworthy from the Blameless" Psalm 26:1 New International Version 1 Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered. It's possible, of course, that David might have written this particular song prior to the events surrounding Bathsheba and long before the offensive census. Even so, is it not the height of presu...

July 12, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Chosen for Service…" 1 Chronicles 25:8 New International Version 8 Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties. To be chosen by lot is simply to be chosen for service. In the big picture, it hardly matters what service. You have your responsibility, I have mine. I have my duties to fulfill, you have yours. And all to the glory of God!...

July 11, 2022 Daily Devotion: "Turning Tragedy into Triumph" 2 Samuel 12:22-23 New International Version 22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ 23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” Callous? Calcu...

July 10, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Ark of the Covenant... " 1 Chronicles 17:1 New International Version 17 After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” What in the world would the sovereign Creator of the universe need with an earthly dwelling? How, possibly, could an uneart...

July 09, 2022 Daily Devotion: "The Forbearing Faith…" 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 New International Version 13 Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, 14 and did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. Ever wonder why God chose not to answer Saul? Could...