Daily Devotionals
Would you like to read the Word daily, but don’t know how to begin? Reading our Daily Devotionals is a good way to develop the habit of studying the scriptures.
September 27
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer” (Psalm 19:14).
There’s a connection between what we believe in our hearts and what we verbalize. If our hearts are turned toward God and our motives are pure, our speech will reflect that.
September 26
“A brother offended is harder to be won over than a strong city, and [their] contentions separate them like the bars of a castle” (Proverbs 18:19, AMPC).
God gives us close-knit families as one way of expressing His love for us. The devil hates the family put together by God, and therefore tries to destroy it from within. We defeat the enemy by refusing to let family disagreements separate us from our loved ones.
September 25
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” (1 John 5:11).
Jesus’ birth brought God to us in human form, so that we might be reconnected to Him and inherit eternal life. All who accept the Son receive this life.
September 24
“Glory to God in the heavenly heights, peace to all men and women on earth who please him” (Luke 2:14, MSG).
Jesus lived according to the Spirit, not according to the flesh, which was pleasing to the Father. Everything He said and did was to glorify God. Christ in us empowers us also to be pleasing to God.
September 23
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48).
We can’t begin to approach perfection by our own actions; this is possible only through Jesus. Letting Him live inside us makes us holy, blameless, and worthy to stand in God’s presence.
September 22
“Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17).
Jesus is the perfect image of the Father’s love, and we’re perfected through Him. When we realize that, we won’t have to wait until we get to heaven to experience God’s best—the manifestations of what Jesus is can begin in us right now.