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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. Visit this page to find a scripture for every day of the year, complete with practical advice for applying the principles to your everyday life. It is possible to enjoy reading the Bible. Simply set time aside each day, and soon daily Bible reading will become a lifestyle!
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11, NK JV).
It’s important to discover God’s master plan for our lives. He only wants good things for us, and envisions the best for His children.
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
When we got born again, we became God’s children and were moved out of the enemy’s kingdom of darkness into His kingdom of light. We’re now free to live as such in an environment where we no longer fit in.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… In him was life; and the life was the light of men… That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world” (John 1:1, 4, 9).
God offers us the light of His Word to guide us through life. However, most people won’t be able to recognize this light because they’re spiritually blind; they therefore continue to stumble along in the dark.
“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5).
We live in a spiritually dark world. This is why so many people reject Christ and His message of love and grace; those who choose to continue living in darkness will simply be overcome by His brilliant light.
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Corinthians 5:1).
We are not our bodies; we’re spirits possessing souls and living in physical bodies. Our earthly house, or tabernacle, is our physical body; when we leave it, a tabernacle that God made awaits us.
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away” (Revelation 21:4).
Earthly life as we know it is not all there is. What God has planned for us when our physical bodies die is not only immortal bodies, but heavenly life filled with infinite peace and joy beyond anything we could ever imagine.
“What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever. But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!... For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever…” (1 Corinthians 15:50-52, NLT).
When our lives here on earth are done, we’re destined to enter into an eternal kingdom. Jesus has conquered death and the grave; believers can look forward to living in heaven with Him.
“Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death” (Hebrews 2:14, NLT).
God loves us so much that He became human and came to earth to defeat the enemy and strip him of his power. This was so that we could live with Him forever in heaven.
“May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ” (2 Thessalonians 3:5, NLT).
God loves expressing Himself through us, His people. He gave us the Holy Spirit, who brings us progressive revelation of His love and teaches the godly trait of patience.
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7).
Believers live in a fearful world, but we don’t share the same spirit as others. What we’ve received from God makes us stand out as different.
“He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:14, NLT).
Sin-consciousness forces us to constantly look at our sins and shortcomings, which causes guilt and shame that God never wanted us to carry. Jesus went to the cross to clear our record and dismiss all charges against us; this allows us to stand before God as if we’d never sinned.
“So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, ‘Abba, Father’” (Romans 8:15, NLT).
Religion has taught us to fear God’s wrath when we sin or make a mistake. However, under the covenant of grace that we’re living under now, He picks us up when we fall, loves on us, and encourages us like an earthly father does with his children.
“Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved” (Matthew 9:17).
“So, as the Holy Spirit says: ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…’” (Hebrews 3:7, 8, NIV).
God is always speaking His love and grace over us, but not everyone hears Him. A hardened heart and a seared conscience are the eventual result of sin-consciousness, and it causes spiritual deafness.
“I am writing to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning…I have written to you who are God’s children because you know the Father…” (1 John 2:13, 14, NLT).
God is all about relationships. Accepting Jesus and becoming born again allows us to enter a relationship that elevates us to being members of God’s family; this is no small thing.
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people” (Ephesians 1:18, NIV).
As believers, we’ve received spiritual vision that goes beyond seeing with our physical eyes. This kind of insight and wisdom comes from God and springs from our hearts.
“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15).
Grace has radically changed our relationship with God. In the Old Testament, He was a judge who punished people for their sins and wrongdoing; in the New Testament, He is no longer a judge but a loving Father who wants to be part of our everyday lives.
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).
Under the law, God was distant and unapproachable. Under grace, it’s the exact opposite; God invites us into His presence so He can show us mercy and help us when we’re struggling.
“By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh” (Hebrews 10:20).
Doing the same old things that religious traditions teach us gives us sub-par results in life and prevents us from enjoying God’s best. There’s no reason to get stuck living according to the old way when the new and living way through Christ is now available to us.
“In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22, NLT).
We all make mistakes, but religion has taught us to beat ourselves up over them and condemn ourselves. The beauty of living under grace instead of under the law is that Jesus shed His blood to make God’s forgiveness available to us; we can therefore forgive ourselves.
“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26:28).
Genuine belief in Jesus’ death and resurrection, which He did specifically for us, gives us the ability to break free from struggling unsuccessfully through life like so many others do. Faith in this shifts our focus from our sins to our righteousness in Him.
“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!” (Psalm 139:17).
Often, the way we see ourselves is shaped by the warped way the world views us—negatively. Thankfully, God loves us so much that He wants us as His children; this changes our self-image.
“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1, NLT).
We live surrounded by guilt-ridden people ready to condemn others. The world has plenty of self-help “solutions” for the negative emotions associated with condemnation, but trusting in and relying on Jesus is the only permanent one.
