Pass It On God comforts us so we can comfort others. Learn how to pass on God’s comfort through the Holy Spirit and His fruit of kindness and gentleness. Good morning, friend. Have you ever noticed that the people who comfort us best are often the ones who have hurt the most? That is no […]
Tag: Grace
Jesus Picks Us Up: Rising Again When Life Knocks You Down
When we stumble through loss and hardship, Jesus picks us up. See how Proverbs 24:16 and Christ’s promises give us strength to rise again. Good morning, friend. Here is a simple truth worth holding onto today. The real character of a person is revealed in how they handle adversity. After all, it is easy to be gracious when things are going our way. But what happens when life knocks us flat? That is exactly where God’s Word meets us this morning.
Power of God’s Love: Faith, Hope, and Freedom from Fear
Discover the power of God’s love to cast out fear, renew your heart, and shape every part of your life as you walk with Jesus today. The apostle Paul tells us that faith, hope, and love remain. Yet he also says one of them stands taller than the rest. Love is the greatest, because God Himself is love.So today, let’s sit together for a few quiet minutes. Pour a cup of coffee, open your heart, and let His love do what only His love can do.
Lost Sheep: The Good Shepherd Never Stops Searching
Every one of us has been the lost sheep. Discover how Jesus, the Good Shepherd, keeps searching until He finds you and then rejoices. In Luke 15, Jesus paints a simple picture. A shepherd counts his flock and comes up one short. Rather than shrug off the loss, he feels the full weight of that one missing sheep. As a result, he sets out to find it. That shepherd’s burden is really a portrait of God’s heart. Today, let’s discover what it means for you.
Accountability Partner: Why Everyone Needs a Nathan
An accountability partner loves you enough to tell you the truth. Learn from Nathan and David why every believer needs a faithful friend. Most of us enjoy friends who cheer us on. However, the friend who changes our lives is often the one brave enough to say what we don’t want to hear. King David had that kind of friend. His name was Nathan, and one conversation between them changed David’s life forever.
God’s Unconditional Love: You Are Fully Known and Loved
Discover the freedom of God’s unconditional love and rest in the truth that you are fully known, forgiven, and cherished by Him today. That truth is not a feeling that comes and goes. It is a settled fact, decided by God before the world began. Many of us live as though love from God must be earned through good behavior, quiet time, or ministry success. Yet Scripture tells a different story from the very first page of the New Testament letters. You are not loved because you performed well today. You are loved because God chose to love you, and nothing can undo that choice.
Standing on God’s Promises in Every Storm of Life
Discover how standing on God’s promises brings peace and strength when life’s waters rise, because Christ is present in every trial. Some mornings life feels calm and steady. Other mornings it feels like the waters are rising fast, and you’re not sure you can keep your footing. If that’s where you are today, take heart. God never promised us a life free of trouble, but He did promise something better: His presence in the middle of it. Today’s devotion is about learning to stand on that promise, even when the ground beneath you feels unsteady.
Saved by Grace Through Faith: Understanding Grace
Saving faith is never inherited — it is a personal conviction that comes only through God’s grace, and this truth still changes everything for us today. Good morning, friend. Have you ever wondered why some people who grew up surrounded by faithful family and sound teaching still walk away from Jesus, while others come to Him from the most unlikely backgrounds? Today’s Scripture answers that question, and the answer is grace.
Sacrificial Love of Christ: Lessons From September 11th
Twenty-five years after September 11th, discover how the sacrificial love of Christ turns ordinary courage into lasting, eternal hope. That truth has not faded with time. A young man in a red bandana carried strangers down seventeen flights of stairs, again and again, until the building could no longer stand. A handful of passengers on a hijacked plane chose, in their final minutes, to storm a cockpit rather than let others die in their place. These were not extraordinary people before that day. They were ordinary men and women who, in a moment of crisis, discovered what they were made for. Their stories still move us because they echo something we already know in our bones — love, at its highest, costs everything.
Being Taught by God
God’s love surrounds us every single day. It shows up in the food on our table, the roof over our head, the ground beneath our feet, and the rivers and lakes that refresh us. Yet even surrounded by such abundant provision, we do not naturally understand how to receive it, appreciate it, or walk rightly with the God who gives it. We have to be taught.In 1969, the U.S. Army assigned me to a twenty-one-month tour of duty in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was there, far from home, that I saw creation with new eyes for the first time. I realized the earth itself was God’s handiwork, and I began to understand that His love reaches into every detail of our lives. But seeing His provision was not the same as understanding it. That understanding had to be taught. Today’s devotion is about that lesson — the lesson every believer must learn from the Teacher Himself.