Devotions

Full of the Holy Spirit: What God Requires of Leaders

Unlike the presidency, God's qualifications for serving His people have nothing to do with age, birthplace, or resume, only a heart full of the Spirit.

Counted Worthy: Rejoicing in the Name of Jesus

Just as the words dinner and supper shifted meaning over time, the name of Jesus has shifted in cultural regard, yet it remains just as powerful to save today.

Agreeing With Jesus: When Our Lives Must Match Our Words

The apostles agreed to suffer rather than stop preaching Jesus. This devotional challenges us to ask if our actions truly match the faith we profess with our mouths.

Discerning Truth From Lies: When the Work of Men Comes to Nothing

Even Scripture records lies told by sinful men - from Satan's deception in Eden to a Pharisee's flawed reasoning about the apostles. Learn to discern truth from counterfeit words today.

Jesus Rose Up: The Difference Between Halloween and Easter

On Halloween, costumes come off and life goes back to normal. But when Jesus rose from the grave, He proved once for all who He truly is, and the church still carries that news to the world today.

Be Careful to Truly Care for Others Today

What does it really mean to be careful? This devotional challenges believers to trade self-protection for a heart ready to serve others in Christ's name.

Redeeming the Time: Being the World to Someone

One father's wasted Sunday afternoon becomes a wake-up call: the people God has placed in your life are worth every minute you're given.

Breaking the Cycle: Letting Jesus End Your Groundhog Day

Like Bill Murray's Phil in Groundhog Day, we can get stuck repeating the same failures. Discover how surrendering to Jesus finally breaks the pattern and brings a truly new day.

The God of Our Fathers: Freedom Through the Risen Christ

John Jay, a lesser-known founding father, believed the gospel was the foundation of a free and orderly society. His faith points us back to the God who raises the dead and breaks every chain of sin.

The Real Change We Resist: Choosing Obedience to God

We resent every kind of change, but the hardest change of all is trading our own will for daily obedience to God, no matter the cost.

Confronting Domestic Abuse: When Silence Isn’t an Option

A devotional on double negatives, hidden abuse, and the call to act instead of staying silent, because Jesus is the Rescuer who meets us in every struggle.

The Job Description Jesus Already Gave You

When religious leaders tried to silence the apostles, God still made sure His work got done. This devotional asks what defines your daily focus.

Curious About Eternity, Certain in Christ

We chase lists of the world's greatest wonders, yet the one certainty worth having is the assurance of salvation found only in Jesus Christ.

Swimming Upstream: The Compulsion of a Redeemed Heart

Freed apostles rushed straight back to the temple to preach, echoing a compulsion built into every redeemed heart. This devotional asks what compels you today.

The Words of Life: Speaking with Eternal Weight

What if every word you spoke came with a preview of its impact? This devotional considers how the words of life shape both speaker and listener.

True Freedom from Spiritual Prison Today

Like the prisoner in Acts 5, we can be released from bars we never notice - habits, pride, and hidden sin - into the full freedom Christ offers.

The Third Ingredient: Guarding Against Righteous Indignation

A daily devotional exploring Acts 5:17 and the danger of blending anger with self-righteous judgment, urging believers to keep their focus on Christ alone.

What Needs to Die So You Can Truly Live for Jesus

Ananias and Sapphira's sudden deaths remind us that facing mortality can reshape how we live. This devotional asks what in your life needs to die so Christ can truly reign.

Faith Over Fear: Why Believers Kept Coming to the Lord

From 9/11 to the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, fear could have emptied the church. Instead, multitudes trusted Christ and were saved despite it all.

A Death That Brings Life: Being Changed by God’s Presence

From Sapphira's fatal test of the Spirit to the quiet death of self each Sunday, this devotional asks whether encountering God still leaves us undone.

When God Reveals the Secrets We Try to Hide

From a stolen fortune in an antique box to Ananias and Sapphira's lie, today's devotional asks what happens when God brings our secrets into the light.

Unchanging Mercy: What Ananias and Sapphira Reveal

Ananias and Sapphira's story reminds us that God hates being lied to, yet His unchanging grace still rescues sinners who deserve judgment instead.

The Right Ideas Corrupted: Lessons from Ananias and Sapphira

Ananias and Sapphira sold their possessions, supported each other, and made a promise to God, yet Satan twisted their good intentions into deceit and death.

Just the Christian: Letting Your Identity Bow to Christ

When Barnabas sold his property and gave the proceeds to the apostles, he traded a Levite's inheritance for a deeper identity found only in Christ.