Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:6-7 Everyone wants peace. We chase it in different ways, hoping that if we could just have a little more success, a little more comfort, or a little mo...  Read More

“You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you.” – Isaiah 26:3 Every day, we are surrounded by noise, pressure, and uncertainty. The news is heavy, the future feels fragile, and even the smallest things can stir anxiety. We live in an imperfect world, and sometimes it feels impossible to find peace in the middle of it. But the truth of Scripture remind...  Read More

“In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today in the city of David a Savior was born for...  Read More

“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.” – John 14:27 Life has a way of reminding us that peace is fragile. One moment things seem steady, and the next, everything changes. The phone call you never expected. The bill you didn’t see coming. The diagnosis that shakes your confidence. It doesn’t take much f...  Read More

“For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” – Isaiah 9:6 When Isaiah spoke the words above found in Isaiah 9, the people of Israel were surrounded by fear and uncertainty. Enemies were closing in, and hope felt far away. In that moment, God’s response wa...  Read More

"Make the most of the time." – Colossians 4:5 Most people think influence starts with a platform. A stage. A microphone. A big audience. But in God’s Kingdom, it starts with awareness, and it starts with faithfulness. It’s your willingness to see everyday moments as divine opportunities. You may not be preaching to crowds, but you’re always preaching something. The way you speak to your coworkers....  Read More

"You do not have, because you do not ask." – James 4:2 It’s the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday. The world is sprinting through store doors and flooding websites, chasing the best deals on things we’ve convinced ourselves we need. New shoes. New gadgets. New upgrades. And while the carts fill and the wallets empty, it’s easy to overlook what really matters. But what if we paused for just a se...  Read More

"Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name." – Psalm 100:4 It’s Thanksgiving Day. For most, today revolves around food, family, and football. But before you pick up your plate or settle in for the game, don’t miss the deeper purpose of the day. At its core, Thanksgiving isn’t about the table; it’s about the One who fills it. Psalm 100 invites...  Read More

"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 The day before Thanksgiving can feel like a blur. There’s food to prep, people to host, and plans to finalize. In the middle of all the hustle, it’s easy to treat thankfulness like a side dish, something we serve up once a year before getting back to real life. But Scripture speaks diffe...  Read More

"We weren’t saved to show up, sit, or soak. We were saved to be sent." - Colossians 4:3 You were not saved to be stationary. God did not rescue you from sin just to keep you comfortable in a seat. He saved you with a purpose and planted you with a mission. The gospel was never meant to stop with you. It reached you so it could move through you.  Paul understood that clearly. That is why, in his le...  Read More

"Tell Archippus: ‘See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.’" - Colossians 4:17 It is easy to look at someone else's gifts and feel like yours do not matter. Maybe you are not a preacher. Maybe you are not the one leading the group or standing on a platform. But none of that disqualifies you from making a difference. Ministry is not about position. It is about obedience...  Read More

"Make the most of the time." - Colossians 4:5 Every day is filled with moments that pass quickly. You move from one task to the next, scroll through feeds, check your notifications, and suddenly the day is gone. But God didn’t just give you time to fill with noise and distraction. He gave you time to steward, and He calls you to use it wisely. Paul’s words in Colossians are not casual advice. They...  Read More

"Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person." - Colossians 4:6 Every conversation is a chance to represent Christ. Whether you're talking to a friend, a coworker, a stranger, or even someone who frustrates you, your words carry weight. They either build up or tear down. They either point to Jesus or pull attention away from Him....  Read More

"Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving." - Colossians 4:2A powerful life always begins with a prayerful heart. Not just the kind of prayers you throw up in passing or whisper out of routine, but focused, steady, persistent prayer that seeks the heart of God before stepping into the world. When Paul tells believers to continue steadfastly in prayer, he is inviting t...  Read More

"Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ." - Ephesians 5:21 Have you ever watched a rowing team glide across the water? Every movement is unified. Every stroke is perfectly timed. If just one person goes off rhythm, the whole boat slows down or veers off course. Success depends on mutual submission to the same rhythm and a shared goal. That’s how relationships were meant to work. In ...  Read More

"For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." - 1 Corinthians 3:11Picture building a treehouse with care and vision, one that looks incredible from the outside. But underneath, the tree holding it up is dead. At first, it might hold, but eventually the whole thing will fall. Not because the design was wrong, but because the foundation couldn’t support it. ...  Read More

"Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged." - Colossians 3:21 Whether you realize it or not, your words shape more than behavior. They shape belief. Over time, the way you speak to your kids becomes the way they think about themselves. And in many cases, how they imagine God speaks to them, too. That’s a heavy responsibility, but it’s also a holy opportunity. You are not...  Read More

"Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged." - Colossians 3:21 The way a father leads his home has a lasting impact. That doesn’t mean perfection is expected, but it does mean your approach matters. Paul calls fathers to something deeper than control. He calls them to discipline through grace. Not soft parenting. Not passivity. But leadership that refuses to crush the spi...  Read More

"Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord." - Colossians 3:20 Raising children isn’t about controlling every action in the moment. It’s about building a foundation that shapes who they become years from now. Obedience, at its core, is not just about following instructions today, but developing a heart that responds rightly to authority, especially God's. Paul doesn’t sa...  Read More

"Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them." - Colossians 3:19 Bitterness is not something that usually shows up loud. It starts small. A sharp word that goes unaddressed. A disappointment that gets stuffed down. A grudge that quietly takes root. But if it's not dealt with, it grows fast, like kudzu on a Georgia backroad. What starts as a vine can quickly take over the whole yard. P...  Read More

"Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them." - Colossians 3:19 When Paul wrote to husbands, he didn’t call them to dominance, control, or passivity. He called them to love. Not a surface-level love built on convenience or emotion, but a Christlike love that lays everything down. A love that sacrifices comfort, pride, and self-interest for the good of someone else. Jesus didn’t love ...  Read More

"Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord." - Colossians 3:18 Submission is one of the most misunderstood concepts in Scripture. Culture often paints it as weakness, oppression, or outdated tradition. But in God’s design, submission is not about losing value or voice. It’s about walking in trust, order, and strength. When Paul wrote to the Colossians and Peter spoke to scattered b...  Read More

"Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged." - Colossians 3:20-21 When most people think about spiritual growth, their minds go straight to reading the Bible, praying, or maybe attending church. Those things absolutely matter, but if you really want to know how closely someone walks with Jesus, look at ...  Read More

"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts... Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly... And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus" - Colossians 3:15-17 Jesus never meant to be a weekend guest in your life. He came to take up residence. And when He moves in, He wants to saturate everything. Your decisions. Your thoughts. Your relationships. Your att...  Read More

"Put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator" - Colossians 3:10 God does not just call you to put off the old life. He invites you to put on something better. You are not meant to walk around spiritually exposed, trying to live new while still wearing what belonged to the old you. He tells you what to strip off, but He also hands you a brand new wardrobe...  Read More

"Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry" - Colossians 3:5 You cannot be casual with sin. Paul does not say manage it or minimize it. He says kill it. Put it to death. If you have been raised to a new life in Christ, you cannot keep entertaining what once enslaved you. There is a story of a man who kept a...  Read More

"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth" - Colossians 3:1-2 There is an important truth I want you to understand today. That is: Your mind leads your life. Before your feet ever move, your focus decides where you are going. That is why this p...  Read More

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven" - Matthew 6:1 A changed heart will always produce a changed life. When Jesus saves you, He does not just give you a new seat at the table. He gives you a new way to walk through the world. That’s what this section of Matthew 6 is getting at. ...  Read More

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other" - Matthew 6:24 There is no such thing as spiritual neutrality. Jesus made it clear. You cannot live with one foot in the Kingdom and one foot in the world. You cannot claim to follow Him while holding onto your old ways. In the same way, you cannot sit in two cha...  Read More

"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me" - Psalm 51:5 You do not have to teach a baby how to be selfish. It just comes naturally. That is because we are all born into the same condition. David said it plainly in Psalm 51. From birth, sin was already part of our story. That is the old chair. Imagine two chairs in front of you. One is the old chair, the other i...  Read More

"All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit" - Proverbs 16:2 When Jesus changes your heart, He does not just adjust your behavior. He rewires your reason. Why do you go to church? Why do you pray or raise your hands in worship? Why do you give, serve, or join a small group? Those are not surface-level questions. They are spiritual ones. The truth is, most of us ...  Read More

"But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you" - Matthew 6:3-4 One of the greatest truths Jesus reveals in Matthew 6 is that God notices what others overlook. He sees what happens in private, and He weighs not only our actions but also our intentions. This means...  Read More

"But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret" - Matthew 6:3-4 When Jesus talks about giving, He’s not just talking about money. He’s talking about motive. He’s pointing to a deeper way of living where even our kindness is not for show. That’s what makes this command so different from what we’re used to. We live ...  Read More

"Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward." - Matthew 6:2 In the days of Jesus, giving at the temple was a public act. Inside the Court of Women stood thirteen offering boxes made of metal, each shaped like a trumpet. The tops wer...  Read More

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven." - Matthew 6:1 Jesus warns His followers about something that can quietly creep into our hearts. It is the temptation to do the right thing for the wrong reason. The Pharisees of His day were experts at this. They prayed, gave, and fasted in ways that were...  Read More

"But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." – Matthew 6:3-4 There is a quiet confidence that comes from doing the right thing for the right reason. Jesus never told us to stop giving, serving, or living with purpose. What He warned us about was doing all of t...  Read More

"But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret." – Matthew 6:3-4 Jesus did not suggest that generosity is optional. He expected it. What He corrected was not the action itself, but the heart behind it. He called His followers to a higher standard, one that refuses to make generosity about attention, approval, or a...  Read More

"So whenever you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward." – Matthew 6:2 In Matthew 6, Jesus was not just warning against prideful giving. He was exposing the hearts behind the performance. In His day, the temple had thirteen metal collect...  Read More

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven." – Matthew 6:1 Jesus does not just care about what you do. He cares deeply about why you do it. In His sermon, He warns us to be careful not to live out our faith for the sake of attention. The Pharisees were experts at looking holy. They pra...  Read More

“All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit” – Proverbs 16:2 It is easy to make our lives look polished on the outside. We check all the right boxes. Go to church. Say the prayers. Lift our hands during worship. Serve when the need arises. Give when prompted. From the outside, it all seems right. But Jesus doesn’t just see what we do. He sees why we do it. When ...  Read More