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These daily Bible verses are packed with great content. As teens read them they will grow in their walk with God. Also included are devotions which will help teens know God’s love in a deeper way.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Hebrews 1:2

Posted on November 26, 2024

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. – Hebrews 1:2 (NIV)

How do you like to talk to your friends? The way you communicate tells about you.

God communicates to us too. He decided to speak to us through His son, Jesus. So when we see what Jesus did in the Bible, we can learn about the character of God.

One of the things that Jesus communicated so well was love. We see time and time again in the gospels that He was moved with compassion. He always had compassion on the crowd and met their needs. So why do we doubt that He is any different today?

God communicates His love for us through the person of Jesus. He shows us that He is for us. God wants to love you and help you live out your life here on this earth. So if you’ve ever doubted God’s love for you, be encouraged. God loves you, and He is for you. He wants the best for you. Ask Him to show you His love for you.

As we get closer to celebrating Thanksgiving this week, be sure to thank God for His love for you and for being willing to communicate with us through Jesus.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Hebrews 1:1

Posted on November 25, 2024

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways – Hebrews 1:1 (NIV)

At school, I always spoke to my friends. I went out of my way to find them in the halls between classes. It was fun to update them on what was going on in my life, what I was thinking about, and in return, hear about them. Talking to friends is really fun.

I like talking to friends. However, I don’t usually speak to people I don’t know that much. Of course I can, if the situation calls for it. I can ask the worker in a store for help finding something, or ask someone I don’t know how to get somewhere at a new place.

However, the majority of my communication is with friends. When I talk, it’s with the people I know and I love. I don’t think God is all that different from us. God communicates with people because He loves them. God began communicating with people in the Garden of Eden. Then throughout history, He has continued to speak to people. Even when we hadn’t deserved it, God still continued to speak and to make Himself known.

God spoke in the Old Testament in so many different ways. He spoke through prophets, through the law, through a burning bush, through a still small voice, and many other ways. In the first chapter of Hebrews we see that God still speaks to us today. We’ll discuss that more in another devotion. However, we can realize that God still speaks to people.

God speaking to people shows His love for them. He isn’t a god that is far off and can’t be known. Instead, He is the God that speaks and reveals himself to us. What a wonderful gift we have to be able to know the creator God. Take some time today to thank God for the fact that He is speaking to us still today.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Colossians 2:7

Posted on November 22, 2024

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. – Colossians 2:7 (NLT)

Being thankful right now is probably the last thing on your mind. It feels like there’s so many things going on that can make us feel unthankful.

However, even in the middle of trouble, we can remind ourselves of our roots. Our roots are in Jesus. And if we’ve built our lives on him, then we have something to be thankful for.

Even if things seem hard right now, you can be thankful that you know Jesus. You have salvation in Him. Forgiveness is found in Him. No matter what you’re going through, you have a savior who is there by your side.

That is something to be thankful for. So even when you feel alone. Even when you feel mistreated, know that you’ve got roots in Jesus.

Jesus is there for you, leading you, keeping you. He’s guiding you through whatever you’re facing. No matter what, you can be thankful for your roots in Jesus!

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Psalm 106:1

Posted on November 21, 2024

Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. – Psalm 106:1 (NLT)

Regardless of the difficulty facing you right now, you can give thanks to the Lord. You might think, yeah, but you don’t understand. I’m going through something really tough. I don’t even know if I can make it to tomorrow, let alone give thanks to God.

And it’s true, there are some seasons of life that are really tough. However, even in those rough seasons, we can get help, strength and encouragement simply by praising God.

This morning, I woke up in such a bad mood. I wanted to scream at my entire family. Everything they did made me so mad. So after breakfast, I began to sing. I sang praise songs at the top of my lungs. My family probably thought I was nuts. However, it did something for me.

The stress I was facing didn’t seem as bad. The anger I had didn’t seem nearly as important. Simply because I had taken some time to sing and thank God.

There is power in practicing praise and thankfulness. So even if you don’t feel like it, determine to be thankful and praise God today. It will help strengthen and encourage you to get through the difficulty you’re facing.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – 1 John 3:8

Posted on November 20, 2024

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. – 1 John 3:18 (NIV)

It can be really easy to say the “right” things. If someone asked you the question, ‘should you lie?’, you know what the “right” answer is. However, when you’re in a pinch and lying will help you look better, or get out of trouble, what do you do?

Today’s Bible verse is talking about this very thing. It’s telling us that not only saying something matters, it’s also about what you do.

If you say you love other people, but aren’t friendly to the new student, or help encourage the student being bullied, you’re loving people with words, but not with action. Loving someone with action and truth takes guts. It asks you to step beyond what seems comfortable to do what is right. That is what today’s Bible verse challenges us to do.

Today’s Challenge: Will you step beyond what is comfortable, to do what is right?

Daily Devotion with Bible Verse – Philippians 3:10

Posted on November 19, 2024

My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, – Philippians 3:10 (Holman)

What are some of your goals? Do you want to get married one day? Have a successful job or business? What are some of the goals that are driving your life?

In today’s Bible verse, we see that Paul’s goal was to know Jesus and His power. He didn’t want to just fake having a relationship with God. Paul. Paul studied the Bible and knew God in a real way.

He truly accomplished this goal of knowing Jesus because not only did he know the truth, but he applied it to his everyday life. And grew in his knowledge of God and the Bible.

Today will you also make it your goal to know Him and His power? Get into what the Bible has to say about Jesus. Primarily, get to know what happened to Jesus and what that sacrifice has done for us. As you do, you’ll begin to know Him more and the power of His resurrection.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Proverbs 17:17

Posted on November 18, 2024

I have always been competitive. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be the best and strived to do better. Give me a game and I’ll try to win it. Give me a challenge and I’ll try to figure it out. That’s just the way God has wired me. And so when it came to friends, my challenge was always to find a more popular friend.

If a friend liked me and wanted to hang out, I was excited. However, I was always very cautious about not hanging around the people who might make me not look as good. In hindsight, I realized that in my need to be more popular, I missed out on a lot of great friends.

Today’s Truth – Choose Friends That Choose You

My whole life, I’ve constantly tried to pursue friends that didn’t really care about me. I wanted to have a more popular friend so I’d try to hang out with people that were more popular than I was. What I didn’t realize I was doing was turning my back on some great friendships in the process.

Often, I’d try to be friends with people that didn’t really care about me. Yeah, they were nice and fun people, but deep down they didn’t really care about me.

I’ve come to realize that instead of pursuing popularity, I should be pursuing relationships with people who care about me.

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. – Proverbs 17:17 (NLT)

God wants us to have good relationships with others. But if you’re constantly pursuing relationships that aren’t healthy or with others who don’t really care about you, you’re always going to be disappointed. Instead, decide to pursue relationships with people who like you for you.

You’ll be much happier and you’ll find relationships that fulfill you and truly last!

Teen Devotion on FriendshipsIf you’d like more devotions on friendship, you can purchase “Every Teenager’s Guide to Successful Friendships” here.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Ephesians 4:29

Posted on November 15, 2024

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. – Ephesians 4:29

Do you struggle with speaking life-giving words? Do you find yourself always speaking poorly of yourself? Maybe you feel like you’ll never understand algebra and so you say, I’m never going to get this…I’m so dumb.

It’s so easy to fall into negative speech patterns. We let words fly out of our mouths without giving them any attention. However, when we do that, it can bring some negative effects.

Instead, we should be speaking life-giving words over ourselves and others. When we speak words of encouragement and life it’s when we really see good things happen. Decide today to put a priority on speaking words that build yourself and others up. You’ll be encouraged at the good things that follow.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Romans 8:26

Posted on November 14, 2024

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. – Romans 8:26 (NLT)

Let’s talk about anger. Have you noticed how it can often feel overwhelming when you think about trying to defeat anger in your life? It’s especially true when you have lots of good reasons to be angry.

Regardless of what’s been done to you or how you’ve been treated, Jesus wants you to live a life of freedom and hope. When anger is left to rule in your life, it controls you. It traps you and it leaves you without freedom.

That’s why the Bible talks a lot about anger. Because God wants the best for you and His best is freedom from the trap of anger.

If you’ve struggled with anger, there is hope in Jesus. The Holy Spirit is there to help you. He wants to guide you and help you walk in freedom from anger.

So go to Him. Pray, ask for help defeating anger in your life. Jesus wants you walking in freedom from anger.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Isaiah 43:1

Posted on November 13, 2024

The last part of today’s verse says, “you are mine”. Aren’t those words encouraging? To know that you’re God’s? You’re not an accident, regardless of what others say. You are God’s. That gives you dignity.

So no matter what people have said about you, you can hold your head high. You know that God loves you and calls you His. He will be with you and help you in every trouble that you face. He’s there to comfort you, protect you, provide for you, and meet any physical or emotional need you have.

But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. – Isaiah 43:1

So go out today to your world on purpose. Know that you’ve been created for this time and on purpose. Let the world see how good God is through you. God wants to do big things through you!

Today’s Truth: I am God’s.