Devotions for Teenagers and Youth

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Hebrews 13:7

Posted on October 16, 2018

Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. – Hebrews 13:7 (NLT)

Do you have someone you love to watch on social media? Maybe you watch what your favorite singer does, or favorite athlete. You know who they’re dating, what they eat and all of their friends. Maybe their clothing styles influence what you wear and how they talk influences what you say.

There’s nothing wrong with following celebrities on social media, but they shouldn’t be the only people that you’re looking up to. In this verse, it encourages us to look up to those who teach us the word of God. Whether it’s a youth pastor, pastor, teacher or someone else, we should be looking up to the people that teach us God’s word.

So if you don’t already, take some time to find someone you can look up to who is godly. Spend some time watching their habits and imitate what they do. Their faith can help challenge you in your walk with God.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – October 5

Posted on October 12, 2018

Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure. – Mal 3:10 (HSCB)

I remember when I met my best friend. There were things that he said that I didn’t get. He’d laugh at certain jokes and I just didn’t understand what made them funny. At first there were things about him that bugged me. I didn’t understand why he did things the way he did. But the funny thing is, the more I got to know him, the more I got why he did things the way he did. As I spent more time with him, I began to get his sense of humor better and I began to laugh at the same jokes he did.

When you get to know someone better, you start to understand why they do things the way they do them. You begin to understand how they think and why they feel they way they do about certain things.

This is true with God too. See as we get to know God better, we begin to understand how he thinks. We begin to understand why He asks us to do the things He does. And instead of sounding crazy, they begin to make sense. In today’s Bible verse we see that God challenges us to bring ten percent of what we earn to the storehouse, which is the church.

If we don’t know God well, we might think that God is crazy when he’s asking us to give up ten percent of our paycheck to Him. However, if we’ve taken the time to get to know God, we realize that God is just wanting to see us blessed. He wants us to look to Him as our source for the money we need, not to our job. He’s just trying to get us to trust Him and He sees that we’re blessed in return.

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Today’s Bible Verse and Devotion – Philippians 4:6

Posted on October 8, 2018

“Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 CEV

Bad things happen to all of us. Right now it probably feels like a lot of bad things are happening all over the world.

The answer from the Bible is always the same- don’t worry, pray. We pray because nothing is too big or too small to give to God in prayer. Often we try to work things out on our own and sometimes make things worse. That’s why we need to come to God about what to do.

To hear from God, however, we have to turn off the phone, turn off the music, get alone with God, and get quiet enough to hear Him speak.

“With thankful hearts offer up your prayer and requests to God” Philippians 4:6b.

Before the request- stop and thank Him for who He is, what He has done for you. As you do that, you will sense His presence. Then out of respect ask Him your request.

Too often we barge in right away with a request- instead of listening to this verse.

Thank Him and then ask Him for the request. Then be quiet and listen for His answer. When He speaks it won’t be loud either. Sometimes when you get quiet and get the problem out of your mind and just tell God you love Him and need his help then out of your heart will come a thought or a picture of what to do.

His answer might surprise you. It might be just praying for the person and don’t say a thing. Or it might be “just take them a cupcake”. Or it might be “just study”. Or it could be a scripture that comes to mind. Whatever it is act on it.

Choose today to do what this verse says. Spend time going to God for help when you need it, it will make a big difference in your life.

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Romans 8:26

Posted on October 3, 2018

Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. – Romans 8:26 (MSG)

Have you ever been really tired? I remember one time after a missions trip, I stayed awake for almost 30 hours because I wanted to spend every last minute with my friends from the trip. When I got home, I was exhausted.

When you get really tired, it’s hard to accomplish much. And prayer is no different. It’s easy to get tired of waiting for the answer that you prayed for. Or maybe you get tired just praying for much more than three minutes at a time.

The good news is that even if prayer seems hard, tiring or boring, you don’t have to be tired and do it alone. You have the Holy Spirit to help us pray. The Holy Spirit will help you pray for things you don’t know how to pray for. He’ll bring things to your memory so that you pray for them. You aren’t doing it alone. The holy spirit is there to help you, lead you and guide you.

It’s so awesome knowing we can depend on the Holy Spirit! He’s there to help us, encourage us when we’re tired or weak and even help us when we don’t know what or how to pray. We don’t have to do it on our own! The Holy Spirit is there to help.

Take some time today to thank God for giving us the Holy Spirit. He helps us in our time need!

Daily Bible Verse and Daily Devotion – October 2

Posted on October 2, 2018

This morning I was riding my bike, and while I was riding I saw a dog. As I rode past the yard where the dog lived he began growling, barking, and snarling at me. He was putting all his effort into scaring me. The funny thing was the dog was really tiny. I could easily take that dog down and not even break a sweat. The dog was growling, but he didn’t have any power to hurt me because he was so small.

That’s a lot like the devil. The devil often will growl at you, bring thoughts to you that make you think its hopeless, and make you want to give up. However, the truth is the devil is powerless against Christ in you. The devil is a lot like that little dog on my bike ride. He is noisy and tries to scare you, but in reality, there’s nothing he can do to hurt you. He’s a powerless little thing.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. – James 4:7

That’s what today’s Bible verse is talking about. It tells us to resist the devil, and when we do, the devil will flee from us. The devil has no power over our lives. He’s been defeated by Jesus. So the next time the devil begins growling at you, making you feel like you’re worthless, or that you can’t make it, realize that he’s nothing more than a little dog making a lot of noise. He has no real power in your life!

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – September 18

Posted on September 18, 2018

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” – Romans 8:1 (NIV)

When you receive Jesus, spiritually you are placed into Him. Everyday God now sees you through Jesus’ sacrifice. Because of that, there is nothing left for God to condemn you over. Yes, you might mess up and sin. And yes, you should want to live in a way that is pleasing to God. However, despite your short comings, you do not lose this wonderful position that only God could provide. You have been placed in Jesus.

So don’t give into the thoughts that tell you that you’re not enough or don’t measure up. Regardless of what others may say about you, the truth is that in Jesus you are not condemned. You’ve been made righteous and you are equipped to do what God has called you to do.

Today you can relax in the fact that you’re not condemned if you’ve trusted in Christ Jesus. You’re free and loved and God wants to use you to help others know this great truth.

Today’s Bible Verse – Mark 9:23

Posted on August 23, 2018

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. – Mark 9:23 (KJV)

It can be really easy when you’re facing a difficult situation to want to give up. You might think that its impossible, or that there is no hope. However, Jesus said if we can believe that all things are possible.

What this means for us is this, if we find a promise in the Word of God about the situation we’re facing, we can stand on that promise and believe it. When we do this, we find that all things are possible for us. Most of us are wired to be impossibility thinkers. We always think that things are impossible. However, we need to train our thinking to line up with God’s word. When we get our thinking in line with God’s word we find that all things are possible for us.

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No matter what situation you’re facing, it can turn around. It’s up to you to train your thinking in line with God’s word. When you do this and believe all things are possible for you!

Daily Devotion and Bible Verse – August 22

Posted on August 22, 2018

Money wrongly gained will disappear bit by bit; money earned little by little will grow and grow. (Proverbs 13:11 CEV)

This Bible verse has so much truth in it. Its easy to think that taking the easy route is the way to go in life. If you just cut corners and cheat that you will get ahead quicker. However, you never win in the long run by cutting corners financially. Its always better to be honest and do things the right way.

If you trust God and that His way is better for you, you’ll come out ahead in your finances. Choose to start making good decisions when it comes to money today. Always be honest and work hard and you’ll see that as you do what you have will grow and grow!

Daily Devotion and Bible Verse – August 10

Posted on August 10, 2018

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. – John 1:12 (NLT)

In many countries, citizens of that country have rights. In America if you’re arrested you’re read your rights. You’re told you have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney among other things. These rights mean that as a citizen of the country you’re entitled to certain things.

This Bible verse tells us that if we believe Jesus and accept Him we have the right to be children of God. That is a great right. Its awesome to know that we can be called God’s children. We don’t have to know God from a far. We can know Him personally because we are His children.

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All we have to do to receive that right is to believe in Jesus and accept Him as our Lord. This verse really shows us how easy it is to become a child of God.

So as you go through today, take some time to be thankful that you have the right to be God’s child. It is great to know that we’ve been given that awesome right!

Daily Devotion with Bible Verse – Aug 9

Posted on August 9, 2018

So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another – Romans 12:5 (BBE)

Sometimes we can feel like the people at church don’t get us. Maybe it’s the age difference or just that they seem so much different than us. However, if it’s a Bible believing church, the people there are significant and can play a special role in your life. This verse explains that when we come to Christ we are made part of a family. This family is now the “Body of Christ”. We are Jesus’ hands and feet.

When you are part of a body, you’re all dependent on another. When one member is hurting, the whole body is hurting. God created us to care for each other and be dependent on one another.

Even if you are much younger or feel different than those around you at your church. Just like you would take care of your own body by taking a shower, brushing your teeth and eating, volunteer at an upcoming outreach event or attend a small group. Meet others in your church and find out more how you can minister to them.

God often places you into your local church and He can use you to encourage and strengthen His body which is members of the Church.

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