Daily Devotional from 1 Peter 4--Verse 8Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.Does this verse mean we should just overlook or hide or avoid confronting bad behavior just because we love someone?The Bible guides us with life-giving principles. It doesn’t seem healthy to let someone continue down a destructive path just because we love them, so this vers...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Peter 3--Verse 15Honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.The Bible tells us to destroy arguments (2 Cor. 10:5) and to defend the faith (1 Pet. 3:15), but lest we get too zealous, keep reading verse 15. Peter says, “do it with gentleness and r...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Peter 2--Verse 9But you are a chosen race, a holy priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.When we put our faith in Christ, we are adopted into His family and become co-heirs with Him. We have access to God’s presence through the Holy Spirit and we get to ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Peter 1—Verse 8Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.Faith is such a beautiful thing. The Bible tells us faith in Jesus brings us salvation, freedom, joy and so much more. But in order to believe we have to trust someone we can’t see. And even after we be...  Read More

Daily Devotional from James 5--Verse 16aTherefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed.Confession of sin is an important part of walking with the Spirit. We don’t confess our sins to God only, it is equally important to confess to each other.When we confess our sins to each other, walls of tension, division, and strife melt away. Confession of sin h...  Read More

Daily Devotional from James 4--Verse 17So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.Christians know that God hates sin, and as believers we are to do our best to live a sinless life - to live in a manner worthy of our calling as children of God.Living a sin-free life seems like a monumental task, and it gets worse as we learn there are two types of sin, known as sin...  Read More

Daily Devotional from James 3--Verse 5How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!In the fall of 2017, a 15-year-old boy was lighting some firecrackers and accidentally sparked a wildfire that destroyed 50,000 acres along the Columbia River Gorge. It burned for more than 3 months before it was fully contained. And, more than 6 months later, the fires were still found to be smoldering. Su...  Read More

Daily Devotional from James 2--Verse 26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.Faith is empty if it doesn’t truly impact our actions. James was deeply concerned about believers having compassion for others because of their faith in Jesus Christ. This whole passage, he talks about treating the poor and the rich equally as well as caring for those in nee...  Read More

Daily Devotional from James 1--Verses 19-20Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.We should always endeavor to let grace precede our criticism. It is important that we listen to one another even if we have different opinions and that we respond in love and kindness to one anothe...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 13--Verse 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.It is so comforting that Jesus never changes. He isn’t loving one day and angry the next. He is faithful to remain gentle and lowly, loving and compassionate, a King of Kings.We can trust Jesus because he is the same yesterday, today and forever. We can count on him in peaceful times and turbulent tim...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 12--Verse 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…I used to think this was encouraging us to live a holy life because we were being watched by witnesses in heaven. Like children who behave best when their paren...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 11--Verse 10[Abraham] was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.Abraham is known as the father of our faith. He’s a pretty significant guy. However, if you think about it, what did the man do? He basically walked around looking for a city. Doesn’t seem all that striking. But we honor him today, not for his triumphs, but fo...  Read More