Daily Devotional from Revelation 5—Verse 9And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying, “Worthy and deserving are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” AMPHow does it feel to know that we are purchased by the sacrifice of a perfect life? We a...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 4--Verses 10b-11They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”I love the picture Revelation 4 paints for us. This image of heaven is far beyond what our minds can imagine. In verse 10, it says that the 24 elders ca...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 3--Verse 2Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.Sometimes we run out of energy, sometimes we forget, sometimes it’s just easier to let a dream die.But when the dream or job is from the Lord, it is our responsibility to constantly remind ourselves, provide it with focused energy and ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 2--Verse 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Have you ever tried to give away some furniture, and can’t seem to get anybody to take it? But once you put a price on it, it’s gone by the end of the day! Same principle applies to the things of God. If the Lord made his will painfully clear, nobody would seem to value it. But if he wer...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 1--Verses 17-18When I saw him [Jesus], I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”Do you know what’s different between our God and every other “god” of every other religion? Ours is the only...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Jude--Verses 22-23Have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.Hate the sin love the sinner. It’s important that we are gentle with one another. We have brothers and sisters that often doubt, some maybe more than others. We aren’t to be irritated and just tell people ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 3 John--Verse 4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.To learn that the people John had taught were still walking in the truth of Jesus Christ brought him great joy. But imagine the joy in Heaven.1 John 1:7 tells us: “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cl...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 2 John--Verse 6And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.John defines love as living a life of obedience to God’s commandments. Jesus summarized God’s greatest commandments in Matthew 22:37-39 as loving God and loving your neighbor. These are old commandments ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 John 5--Verse 21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.John Calvin famously said, “the human heart is an idol factory.” There’s just no way around it. We are hard-wired for worship. If Jesus is not the object of your devotion and affection, you will manufacture little deities. Causes and careers will be your idols and icons. Hobbies and pursuits will be your gods and g...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 John 4--Verse 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.I’m so thankful for the Body of Believers. We are all around the world, diverse, have different worldviews—yet God has called us together as His children. That’s amazing! Any Christian you meet is your brother and your sister.Jesus, in love, sacrificed Himself so that we could be free from death ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 John 3—Verses 19-21No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.This doesn’t mean that once we are saved, we don’t sin ever again. This means we don’t embrace a lifestyle of sin, our hearts shift toward the righteousness of God, toward Jesus. We now desire to be free from sin and...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 John 2--Verse 2b (CSB)But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one.If this were a court room, we would be the defendant and Jesus would be our defense attorney. The enemy would be prosecuting, naming all of our sin, all of the reasons we deserve eternal punishment. Jesus is defending us, proving that our sins were already covere...  Read More