Posts with the category “daily-devotional”

Power for ServiceScripture:“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”— Acts 2:4Reflection:The baptism of the Holy Spirit was...  Read More

The Pentecost Experience ContinuesScripture:“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses.”— Acts 1:8Reflection:Pentecost was never meant to be a one...  Read More

Sitting With Jesus Changes UsScripture:“But one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”— Luke 10:42Reflection:It is possible to be around Jesus an...  Read More

When God Says WaitScripture:“So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.”— John 11:6Reflection:Waiting can feel like silence. When Mary and Martha sent...  Read More

God Uses Spiritual FamilyScripture:“He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.”— Acts 16:2Reflection:Nobody grows alone. One of the beautiful truths in Timothy’s story is that God di...  Read More

The Faith That Outlives YouScripture:“I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.”— 2 Timot...  Read More

Judge Him FaithfulScripture:“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.”—...  Read More

Faith has a Reason- What is yours?Scripture:“Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead.”— Hebrews 11:19Reflection:Faith has a logic. It is not random. It is not emotional excite...  Read More

Use What God Placed in YouScripture:“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”— 1 Peter 4:10Reflection:There is something in you that God inten...  Read More

One God, Many Cultures, One FamilyScripture:“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before ...  Read More

Just Say the WordScripture:“But only say the word, and my servant will be healed.”— Matthew 8:8Reflection:The centurion understood something that many believers still struggle to grasp. He understood ...  Read More

As You Have BelievedScripture:“And to the centurion Jesus said, ‘Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.’”— Matthew 8:13Reflection:God’s power is never lacking, but our experience of that pow...  Read More

The God Who Sees Ahead ProvidesScripture:“So Abraham called the name of that place, ‘The Lord will provide’; as it is said to this day, ‘On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.’”— Genesis 22:14...  Read More

God Is the Source, Not the ChannelScripture:“And he blessed him and said, ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth.’”— Genesis 14:19Reflection:One of the great lessons of fait...  Read More

Born Again to a Living HopeScripture:“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection ...  Read More

It Is Finished, But the Story Did Not EndScripture:“When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”— John 19:30Reflection:When Jesus sa...  Read More

Untied for PurposeScripture:“Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.”— Luke 19:30Reflection:Ther...  Read More

The Final Stretch Requires the ClimbScripture:“And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.”— Luke 19:28Reflection:There comes a point in every journey where the path ch...  Read More

Come With ExpectationScripture:“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”— Matthew 18:20Reflection:It is possible to be present in God’s house and yet carry no real expec...  Read More

Looking Unto JesusScripture:“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand ...  Read More

Oil for HypomonēScripture:“But the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.”— Matthew 25:4 Reflection:Many people begin their journey with excitement, clarity, and strong intention. At the start, the...  Read More

Faith and Patience Inherit the PromiseScripture:“So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”— Hebrews 6:12 (ESV)Reflection:In a world ...  Read More

Seeing the End from the BeginningScripture:“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”— Ecclesiastes 7:8 (KJV) Reflection:T...  Read More

Not by Might, But by My SpiritScripture:“Then he said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.’”— Zechariah 4:6 (ESV)Re...  Read More

He Who Began Will Complete ItScripture:“And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”— Philippians 1:6 (ESV)Reflection:When we th...  Read More

Count the Cost, Stay for the Long HaulScripture:“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?”— Luke 14:28 (ESV)Reflec...  Read More

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Led by the Spirit to Give, Speak, and PrayScripture“For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.”— Philippians 2:13 (ESV)ReflectionThe work of God’s kingdom does not...  Read More

Who Will Declare His Generation?Scripture“ By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the t...  Read More

Presence Before PerformanceScripture“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been...  Read More

Run With the VisionScripture“And the Lord answered me: ‘Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.’”Habakkuk 2:2 (ESV)ReflectionGod never gives vision for information. He ...  Read More

Grace for Movement | Inner MovementScripture:And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lor...  Read More

Grace for Movement | The Secret PlaceScripture:Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his compani...  Read More

Movement Begins on the InsideScripture“Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, take up your bed, and walk.’ And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.”John 5:8–9 (ESV)ReflectionEvery movem...  Read More

You Have the Capacity to MoveScripture“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and multipl...  Read More

Moving Forward When Faith Defies CultureScripture“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out… And he went out, not knowing where he was going.”Hebrews 11:8 (ESV)ReflectionEvery movement of G...  Read More

Grace to Leave the Past BehindScripture“Remember Lot’s wife.”Luke 17:32 (ESV)ReflectionMovement always confronts memory. When God releases grace for movement, the first resistance we often face is not...  Read More

Step Out and Trust God With the Next MoveScripture“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was g...  Read More

Get Out of the BoxScripture:“My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”2 Corinthians 12:9We often say that people put God in a box, but the truth is more subtle and mor...  Read More

Grace That Breaks the Fear of Financial AnxietyScripture:“And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 (ESV)ReflectionOne of the great...  Read More