Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Luke 12:25

Posted on February 20, 2025

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? – Luke 12:25 (NIV)

I used to let worry run my life. I’d worry about what one friend thought of me. I’d worry that I said the wrong thing to someone. I would worry that I forgot my assignments for school.

Worry drove my life and I was so unhappy as a result. I could hardly function and lived in indecision not wanting to make a mistake.

I realized one day that worry was not helping me. Instead, it made me upset and not enjoy life.

Today’s Challenge: Give Up Worry

If you’ve been guilty of worry determine today to live differently. Choose to not let worry run your life. Instead, look to God. Ask Him for His help and wisdom to defeat the areas of worry in your life.

With a little perspective and help from God, you’ll find that you can give up worry and start to enjoy life more. And that’s what God wants for you. He wants you to have a good life.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Luke 12:24

Posted on February 19, 2025

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! – Luke 12:24 (NIV)

You are important to God. He cares about you. God wants to provide you with everything you need.

Many times, it’s easy to forget this. Instead, we focus on all the things we don’t have. The friends we don’t have or the phone we don’t have. And we let these things cause us to be unhappy.

Happiness is never found in things or people. It’s only found in Jesus. When we focus all our attention on things, we forget that it’s all about Jesus.

Jesus wants to provide for you because He loves you. He cares about every aspect of your life. He cares about the things that upset and worry you. So today challenge yourself to let Jesus have a place in your life.

Today’s Challenge: Remember You’re Important to God.

Let Jesus be your source of happiness. Choose to let Him fill you.

Know that you’re important to God.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Luke 12:23

Posted on February 18, 2025

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. – Luke 12:23 (NIV)

Do you love clothes? Maybe you like having the best shoes or having everyone compliment your new outfit.

There’s nothing wrong with having great clothes, or eating tasty food. In fact, God likes that we enjoy life.

But when we let our focus be only on wearing the right thing and eating great stuff, we’ve missed the point.

Today’s Challenge: Get to Know Jesus

God wants our life to be spent knowing Him. Trusting Him. When we make Him our pursuit we find the happiness and meaning that we want.

It can be easy to think that having the right clothes, friends or food will make us happy. And while it may for a time, in the end, true happiness is found only in knowing Jesus.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Matthew 11:28

Posted on February 17, 2025

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28

Are you facing some difficult situations in your life? Maybe your parents are divorcing. Perhaps your best friend isn’t treating you right. Life is full of difficult situations, and in the middle of them sometimes it’s hard to hold your head up and keep hope alive that things will get better.

Read: 3 Steps to Love Difficult People

In today’s Bible verse it tells us to come to God when you’re weary. When you’re tired and life is hard, go to God. Tell Him how you feel and ask His wisdom in dealing with other people. In those situations where you don’t feel like you can go on, take heart. God hasn’t left you alone or helpless. He’s given you the Holy Spirit to be your comforter. Just lean on His help and ability to help you through tough times.

God wants to give you rest. If things have been hard and more than you feel like you can handle, be encouraged. God wants to give you the peace and rest that you need. So lean on God. Let God’s peace flood into your heart. Know that God hasn’t left you to face difficulty alone. Go to Him and get the help you need.

Life can be tough but know you’re not alone. You’ve got heavenly wisdom and help to face any and every situation. You will make it through!

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – John 5:39

Posted on February 14, 2025

 We’ve been looking this week at the evidence that Jesus presented the Jewish leaders with that spoke to Him being God. One of these pieces of evidence would be difficult to come up with. When we have five of them, it’s very tough to imagine that Jesus is lying. Let’s take a look at today’s evidence.

You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, – John 5:39 (NIV)

In today’s verse we see that Jesus points to scripture testifying of Him. Now this is one of the hardest pieces of evidence to forge. Why? Because Jesus would have had to be able to fake where He was born. He would have had to fake things that would have been almost impossible to fake. Things that He had no control over, like His lineage or birthplace.

The scriptures speak to Jesus being the son of God. This is the final piece of evidence that Jesus presents to the Jewish leaders.

We like those Jewish leaders have a choice. We can hear all the evidence for Jesus and still choose to not believe. Or we can choose to accept the evidence, believe that it’s true and put our faith in Him. The choice, just like the one for those leaders is ours. However, if we examine the evidence, it leads us to the conclusion that Jesus was indeed God. It is the easiest explanation for the evidence we have regarding His life.

So what about you? Have you put your faith in Jesus? Have you decided to trust His saving work? If so, then you get to walk in the awesome limitless relationship He offers you. It knows no end to its goodness, and it will indeed bring you the peace your heart craves. Don’t delay making the decision for Jesus. Put your faith in Him today.

Today’s Truth: The scriptures testify that Jesus is God.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – John 5:37

Posted on February 13, 2025

 Over the last few days, we’ve been looking at evidence that Jesus presented as proof for being the son of God. Jesus knew that saying these things would have gotten Him eventually killed by the leaders of His time. So Him presenting this evidence would be very strange if it were not indeed the truth.

Also, it would be very difficult to get all this evidence to agree, if Jesus were not sent by God. So the most likely explanation for all the evidence that Jesus presents in this passage is that Jesus is indeed the son of God.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form – John 5:37 (NIV)

Here we see Jesus presenting the next evidence for who He is. He says that the Father testifies concerning Jesus. Now Jesus might be able to say He’s the son of God, He might be able to convince His cousin that He was the son of God, maybe He could fake some miracles, but as He presents more and more proof, it continually becomes harder to doubt Jesus’ divinity.

When Jesus was baptized, God himself spoke and said that He was God’s son. So God Himself spoke to the fact that Jesus was the son of God. God said that Jesus was His son. So we have to believe this testimony as well.

Today’s Truth: God Himself testified that Jesus was God.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – John 5:36

Posted on February 12, 2025

In yesterday’s devotion, we talked about how Jesus was addressing the Jewish leaders and showing them the evidences that He is indeed God. We saw how John testified to who He was. It would be difficult to get someone to say you were God if you weren’t. And John said He was. Let’s look at what Jesus presented to them next.

“I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me. – John 5:36 (NIV)

Next Jesus talked about the works He did. Of course Jesus could have gotten John to lie somehow and say that He was God. But the works and the miracles that Jesus did would be hard to forge. How could He heal the sick, raise the dead, forgive sins, and do all the works that He did without being God?

The most likely explanation for both the miracles Jesus did and the testimony of John, would be that He was indeed the Christ.

But the good thing is, Jesus didn’t just give us two pieces of evidence for who He is, He gave us even more. Let’s look tomorrow at the next piece of evidence He brings us in John 5.

Today’s Truth: The miracles of Jesus testify that He is God.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – John 5:33-34

Posted on February 11, 2025

Today’s passage is an interesting one. We know that it would be hard to convince people that you were God if you weren’t. Let’s assume that I decided to start telling people that I was God. If I did, it would take about two minutes, probably less for someone to find a bunch of reasons why that wasn’t true. And I certainly wouldn’t be able to convince others that knew me that I was God.

Yet, we see Jesus doing a really amazing thing in this portion of scripture. He was giving the Jewish leaders proof of His being the son of God. His first piece of proof was the testimony of John. John was his cousin, and John would have known Him pretty well. If Jesus wasn’t God, John could have easily told them. Yet, Jesus points to John as one of the proofs that He was indeed the son of God. Let’s read it.

“You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. – John 5:33-34

Why is this important to our faith? Because who you believe Jesus is matters a lot. All of Christianity hinges on this truth. This is what Jesus was trying to tell the Jewish leaders of His day. He was brining different testimonies of who He was to them to say, you can’t deny this. I am the son of God. I am the Messiah.

Let’s take the next couple of days to examine these different testimonies that Jesus presented. As we study them, we can begin to see that Jesus is God and help our own faith be strengthened knowing that Jesus is indeed God.

Today’s Truth: John testified that Jesus was God.

John 5:30-31

Posted on February 10, 2025

In today’s passage of scripture we begin to see Jesus presenting the case to the Jewish leaders that He was the son of God. In any good defense, there has to be evidence. What Jesus is doing here is presenting proof of who He is.

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. – John 5:30

The first evidence Jesus presents is His own testimony. Obviously, we can’t only rely on the word of one person, so we will look at the other evidences He presents over the next few days. However, it’s important to note that Jesus doesn’t back down from calling Himself the son of God.

I know that if I was pressed by powerful leaders like the ones He was talking to, I would probably back down. If I knew that the things that I was saying would cause me to possibly get in trouble, or get killed, I’d think twice about what I was saying.

Yet Jesus, didn’t seem to think twice. Jesus knew what would happen to Him if He claimed to be God. And yet He did make that claim. So why would He do that? I think the most logical explanation of the facts is that Jesus indeed was God. Why would you say something that could get you killed unless it was the truth?

What Jesus did was give testimony of Himself, and He did it knowing the consequences of His words. So Jesus was most likely telling the truth. Yes, we have to believe it by faith that what Jesus said was the truth, but it is the best explanation of why He would say it. There would be no other motive He would have for claiming He was God unless He was God.

Today’s Truth: Jesus testified that He was God.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Proverbs 13:20

Posted on February 7, 2025

Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.– Proverbs 13:20

Who you hang out with makes a difference in what you do and where you go in life. The people you spend the most time with will steer you goals, thinking, and actions. That’s why it’s so important to spend time with wise people.

This isn’t to say that you aren’t to be friendly to everyone. You shouldn’t ignore someone or be mean to them just because they aren’t a good influence. Instead, you’re to love that person. However, you should limit your time with people who aren’t influencing you in good ways.

Take a look at your friends today. What sort of influences are they in your life? Are they challenging you in your walk with God? Are they encouraging you to do smart things with your money? Do they call you out on a bad person to avoid dating? These types of people are the ones to spend your time with. The people that challenge you to be better.

Today, choose to make wise decisions when it comes to your friends. Limit exposure to those who drag you father from God and good decisions. Spend more time with those who draw you closer to God and to making good decisions.