Devotionals Easter, A Time to Remember and Celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they
Devotionals The “Good” in Good Friday “It was about noon, and the whole land became dark until three o’clock in the afternoon, because the sun did not shine. The curtain in the Temple was torn in two. Jesus cried out in a loud voice ‘Father, I give You, my life.’ After Jesus said this, He
Devotionals How Should Children Treat Their Parents? Children, obey your parents as the Lord wants, because this is the right thing to do. The command says, “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first command that has a promise with it— “Then everything will be well with you, and you will have a long life on
Devotionals The Biblical Way Parents Should Treat Their Children “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” - Proverbs 22:6 Being a parent is hard work. When we have children, they do not come with a training manual. God provides the Bible for parents to
Devotionals Our Right to be Children of God “But to all who did accept Him and believe in Him He gave the right to become children of God.” - John 1:12 What gives us the right to be a child of God? Jesus is the answer. Jesus is the only way to be right with God and
Devotionals What is the Gospel? “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of
Devotionals Seeing People as God Does “But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look at how handsome Eliab is or how tall he is, because I have not chosen him. God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the LORD looks at the heart.” -1
Devotionals Jesus is the Way Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” -John 14:6 Jesus said that He is the only way to God. He does not just show us the way, but He is the way. It is all
Devotionals Power in Prayer “Pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayers, asking for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready and never give up. Always pray for all God’s people.”-Ephesians 6:18 There is power in prayer. When we pray, God promises to
Devotionals The Divine Election “That is, in Christ, He chose us before the world was made so that we would be His holy people, people without blame before Him. Because of His love, God had already decided to make us His own children through Jesus Christ. That was what He wanted and what pleased
Devotionals Our Warning of Wars “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.” -Matthew 24:6-7
Devotionals The Importance of Community Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together. If one falls down, the other can help him up. But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls because no one is there to help. If two lie down together, they will
Devotionals The Great Commission The eleven followers went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. On the mountain they saw Jesus and worshiped him, but some of them did not believe it was really Jesus. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All power in heaven and on earth
Devotionals Are You Ready for Jesus’ Return? “No one knows when that day or time will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son. Only the Father knows. When the Son of Man comes, it will be like what happened during Noah’s time. In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,
Devotionals Do Not Make Promises that You Cannot Keep It is better not to promise anything than to promise something and not do it. -Ecclesiastes 5:5 Have you ever made a promise that you could not keep? If so, there is a reason why the Bible recommends us not to make promises. Sometimes, it is impossible for us
Devotionals The Power to Control Sin “So, do not let sin control your life here on earth so that you do what your sinful self wants to do. Do not offer the parts of your body to serve sin, as things to be used in doing evil. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have
Devotionals What Can’t God Do? “I am the LORD, the God of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for me.”-Jeremiah 32:27 There are many stories in the Bible that describe God’s amazing power. He did many miracles by using sinful people, angels, prophets, and a donkey. The miracles He did
Devotionals God’s Discipline is for Our Good “It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had
Devotionals Stressful Times Call for Spiritual Measures “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Accept my teachings and learn from me because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. The burden that I ask you to accept
Devotionals Is there Really a Battle Against Good and Evil? “Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world.” - Ephesians 6:12 There is a spiritual battle going on in the world that we cannot see.
Devotionals Are Our Actions Out of Love or Obligation? “Each of you should give as you have decided in your heart to give. You should not be sad when you give, and you should not give because you feel forced to give. God loves the person who gives happily.”- 2 Corinthians 9:7 Should we do things out
Devotionals What will Heaven be Like? No one really knows what heaven is like. But there is information said about heaven in the Bible that gives us a glimpse of what it is like. Jesus told one of the criminals who was being crucified next to Him that he would be with Him in “paradise” after
Devotionals Can People See a Change in You? In Acts 9, a man named Saul was threatening God’s people by saying that he was going to kill them. If he found followers of Jesus, he would have them arrested, brought back to Jerusalem, and put in jail. In Acts 9:3-4 Saul’s life changed as God
Devotionals The Reason for Rainbows Why are rainbows important? It is not because there is gold at the end of a rainbow or what they are used to symbolize in the world today. They are important because God originally created the rainbow as a symbol of His promise to all living things not to flood
Devotionals Can You Relate to Jonah? Jonah was called by God to go to the city of Nineveh to tell the people to repent of their sins. The people were doing evil things that God disapproved of (Jonah 1:1). Jonah ran away from God because he did not want to go. He did not want