Desiring God

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Religion EN ↓ 365 episodes

A short and substantive daily devotional to feed your joy in Jesus every day of the year.

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Desiring God

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God’s Wise Mercy 09.10.2025 2:53

The good news is that God himself has decreed a way to satisfy the demands of his justice without condemning the whole human race.

Our Good Is God’s Delight 08.10.2025 2:43

All the omnipotent energy that drives the heart of God to pursue his own glory also drives him to satisfy the hearts of those who seek their joy in him.

We Wait, He Works 07.10.2025 3:53

Be freed from the burden of bearing your own load. Let God do that work. God loves to show his God-ness by working for us.

The Happy God 06.10.2025 3:25

When we share in the happiness of God, we share in the very pleasure that the Father has in the Son.

Justice Will Be Done 05.10.2025 4:04

When you lay down the burden of vengeance, God will pick it up.

Joy Unbound 04.10.2025 3:15

Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. One day, God’s delight in his Son will be in us.

Absolute, Sovereign, Almighty Love 03.10.2025 3:08

God does not need us. Instead, his infinite self-sufficiency spills over in love to us who need him.

God Isn’t Gloomy 02.10.2025 3:48

If none of God’s purposes can be frustrated, then he must be the happiest of all beings.

The All-Satisfying Object 01.10.2025 2:58

The quest for joy is not optional, but commanded.

The Most Liberating Discovery 30.09.2025 3:42

Joy is not a mere option alongside worship. It is an essential component of worship.

Make War with Unbelief 29.09.2025 3:17

Take up the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit for help, lay the promises up in your heart, and fight the good fight — to live by faith in future grace.

Our Good Is His Glory 28.09.2025 4:16

God’s greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of his grace by making sinners happy in him.

The Power of a Superior Promise 27.09.2025 3:29

The truth of Christ frees us from the slavery of sin, for the freedom of holiness.

Live Confident in God’s Sovereign Power 26.09.2025 2:24

Confidence in God’s absolute control is the source and power of radical obedience to the call of God.

Life Hangs on the Word of God 25.09.2025 3:15

The Bible is no empty word. It is your very life — the foundation and kindling of your joy!

Jesus’s Pursuit of Joy 24.09.2025 3:01

What sustained Christ in the dark hours of Gethsemane was the hope of joy beyond the cross.

Hope for the Worst of Sinners 23.09.2025 3:04

When it comes to being a candidate for grace, your background has nothing to do with God’s choice. That’s good news.

Let Goods and Kindred Go 22.09.2025 3:28

You have a possession in heaven that is better, and lasts longer, than anything this world can offer.

Ammunition Against Anxiety 21.09.2025 3:53

God intends for particular promises to help you fight against particular anxieties.

Not Nearly Hedonistic Enough 20.09.2025 2:34

The Lord has spoken: It is more blessed to love than to live in luxury! More blessed now, and forever.

Our Unspeakable Privilege 19.09.2025 2:55

In Jesus Christ we who are born of God have the unspeakable privilege of knowing Yahweh as our Father.

The Only True Freedom 18.09.2025 2:44

Only Jesus, the Son of God who died and rose for us, can make us truly free.

Worship in a Lightning Storm 17.09.2025 2:42

Sit down to the feast of joy in Christ and worship the King of Glory. The banquet hall is very large.

The Soul’s Final Feast 16.09.2025 3:10

To see God, and know him, and be in his presence is the soul’s final feast.

The Only Enduring Happiness 15.09.2025 2:59

Two things have to be true if your joy is never to be taken from you. One is that the source of your joy lasts forever and the other is that you last forever.