What Happens to Believers When They Die?

Before we begin today’s devotion . . .Facing Pain, Finding Power In Through the Eyes of a Lion, by Levi Lusko, you’ll see that grief and loss are tools that God can use to not only make us stronger, but…

A Portrait of God

Friday, July 31, 2015 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.”—Luke…

God’s Friends

Thursday, July 30, 2015 “I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.”—John 15:15 We may look at the life of…

Bible Verse July 30, 2015

Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been…

The Ultimate Objective of Prayer

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”—Exodus 33:18 When I was a new Christian, I always prayed for things for myself. Lord, bless me. Give this to me. Provide this for me. But as A.…

Bible Verse July 29, 2015

I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears. My eye has wasted away with grief. — Psalm 6:6-7

A Part of Everything

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.—John 6:66 When Jesus laid out for His disciples what it really meant to follow Him, many of His so-called disciples left. Then Jesus turned…

Bible Verse July 28, 2015

Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long? Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of…