Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Luke 6:31

Posted on October 12, 2022

Do to others as you would like them to do to you. – Luke 6:31 (NLT)

How do you treat others? Are you a person who is known for kindness? Do you look for opportunities to bless people who are in your life? Or are you always looking internally, totally focused on what you can get out of your relationships?

It’s easy when you’ve been mistreated to not trust others. You let past hurts keep you from helping and loving others. However, God calls us to treat others well, regardless of how they’ve treated you in the past.

Today’s Truth: Find true fulfillment by helping others.

When people haven’t treated you well, it’s easy to become internally focused. When you do that, you begin to let your problems consume you and you forget that you’re called to be a blessing to others.

So today instead of focusing on how others mistreat us, choose instead to focus on others. Get into the mindset of treating others how you’d like to be treated. Choose to bless and help others. As you do, you’ll find freedom and happiness

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – 1 John 4:7

Posted on October 11, 2022

Youth Devotion - God is Love

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. – 1 John 4:7 (NLT)

When you think about God, what do you think? Do you think of Him as someone who is loving?

Today’s Bible verse tells us that God is love and that love comes from God. Without God showing us love, we wouldn’t know how to love. God’s love is perfect, and unlike human love, it doesn’t have any conditions or requirements other than us accepting it.

Today’s Key: God is Love

God is love. He shows us His love in so many ways. He shows it to us in creation, as we have food to eat, air to breathe. He shows us His love also through Jesus.

It was in Jesus, that God really demonstrated His love. God gave the best He had to have a relationship with us.

So let the knowledge of God’s love flow into every area of your life. As you begin to think about it, it makes it easier to love others. We realize that even though we didn’t deserve it, God loved us. And that knowledge helps us to love others who don’t deserve it!

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Hebrews 10:38

Posted on October 10, 2022

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
 – Hebrews 10:38

One summer, I was getting ready to go on a missions trip. My missions team spent a few days before the trip working on team building. One of the exercises we did was called a trust fall. What we did in this exercise was to stand on a ledge and fall backward into the arms of our team members. I remember standing on that ledge trying to work up the courage to fall back into what I couldn’t see, and trust my team members to catch me.

That’s a lot what living by faith feels like at times. It can feel like you’re standing on a ledge getting ready to fall, and you’re trusting God to catch you.

The good news about living by faith, however, is that God is not going to let you fall. When you read the Bible, you see that time after time God came through for those who loved Him. You can know that He will do the same for you.

Today’s Truth: God is not going to let you fall.

So even though you might be scared at times and feel like you don’t know what to do, remember that God will never let you fall. He’s there to catch you, look out for you, and love you. So choose today to trust in God. Choose to put your faith in Him. The Bible tells us in today’s verse that we are to live by faith. So choose to put your trust in God and watch Him come through for you!

God won't let you fall

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Philippians 4:8

Posted on October 7, 2022

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. – Philippians 4:8 (NLT)

We’ve been talking a lot about anxiety this week. Sometimes one of the best defenses against anxiety is learning to guard your thoughts. The battle against anxiety is often won in our thought life.

Any time you begin to feel anxious, you can begin to learn to guard your thoughts. When thoughts of anxiety come, we can begin to swap those thoughts for good ones.

Challenge yourself to think about things that are true, honorable, right, and pure. That might mean that you have to pay attention to what you watch. TV and other media can bring anxiety into your life if you’re not careful, so don’t be afraid to turn things off that aren’t causing you to be at peace.

Finally, be sure to take care of yourself. Get enough rest. Often anxiety can be heightened by lack of sleep or self-care. Don’t ignore basic self-care in times of stress and anxiety. Be sure to eat and sleep as much as you can to help yourself feel good.

Challenge: Guard Your Thoughts

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Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Philippians 4:7

Posted on October 6, 2022

Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. – Phil 4:7 (NLT)

With everything going on in the world, it’s easy to be anxious. In fact, it’s almost expected. Everywhere you go, you hear and see people dealing with anxiety. However, as Christians, we don’t have to live our lives in a state of anxiousness. Instead, we can exchange our anxiety for God’s peace.

As God’s children, we can expect to walk in peace. God has provided peace in His presence for us to enjoy.

Sometimes, there can be things that are stopping that peace in your life. For you, that might mean turning off the news, staying off some social media outlets, or switching some of the TV you’re watching. If there’s something in your life that you’re watching or hearing that brings you to fear, change it up. Starve the anxiety out. Then expect to walk in the peace of God in your life.

God’s best for your life is peace. So today, expect to walk in that peace. Know that Jesus provided you with peace. Let that peace guard your heart and mind each day.

Challenge: Expect Peace

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Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Isaiah 61:3

Posted on October 5, 2022

and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. – Isaiah 61:3

Anxiety can be challenging to shake. Sometimes the problem that is making you anxious seems more real than God’s word. What do you do in those times? How do you help shake the anxiety that just won’t seem to leave?

One way is to begin to praise. You can easily find a praise playlist on YouTube or your favorite music platform. Begin to sing and listen to those songs. They will help remind you of the goodness of God. As you praise, it does something wonderful for you. It begins to help anxiety and despair go from your life.

That’s what today’s Bible verse is saying. That as you praise, it helps you feel better. There’s something powerful about singing to God. So if anxiety has you feeling down, begin to praise. Know that God has your answer and praise knowing that it helps anxiety leave.

Challenge: Praise when you feel anxious.

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Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Matthew 6:30

Posted on October 4, 2022

Don’t you hate being anxious? Especially when you’re feeling that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach that just won’t seem to go away. Anxiety is something we all seem to deal with from time to time. Let’s look today at some truths about how God wants us to handle anxiety.

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?… – Matthew 6:30 (BSB)

In today’s verse, we see that God really shows us that He will take care of our day-to-day needs. It’s so easy to begin to worry if you’ll be able to stand in front of your class and give a presentation, but if you’ll focus on God and His help for you each day, you begin to see that you can make it.

The truth is, when we’re anxious, we’re really not trusting God. God’s best for our lives is to trust Him and rest in His goodness. That’s often really hard to do. We’d rather carry our worries and concerns. It takes faith to trust, rest and believe that God’s really got the solution to the things that make us anxious.

Challenge: Practice Resting Knowing God’s Got It!

Pray: God, I thank you that you have the answer to the things that make me anxious. Today I choose to rest and trust that you’ve got the answer to my anxiety. Amen.

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Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Philippians 4:6

Posted on October 3, 2022

Have you ever felt anxious about something? Maybe you had a test in History class that just seemed too overwhelming, or maybe it was whether you’d be asked to the Homecoming Dance by your crush. Whatever the case, anxiety can affect us all.

Sometimes anxiety is so bad in your life that it’s all you can think about. When that happens, anxiety can just feel overwhelming.

As Christians, we should be challenging ourselves to do what today’s Bible verse says, be anxious for nothing.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. – Philippians 4:6 (NIV)

The idea of not being anxious can really seem almost impossible. What about if you don’t get asked to the dance? Isn’t that going to be bad for your social life? How about that History test? If you fail won’t that mean that you don’t pass the class? How do you really go about life not being anxious?

The answer lies in today’s verse. We should be going to God with our concerns. Instead of being anxious, we are to present our requests to Him. We should be letting God do the carrying of the things that overwhelm and consume us.

So today, challenge yourself to not be anxious. Instead of anxiety, choose to focus your attention on Jesus.

Challenge: Change the focus from the problem to the answer, Jesus.

Pray: Jesus, today I choose to not be anxious. I’ll take my problems to you in prayer. Help me to see that you’re the solution to the challenges I face, in your name I pray, Amen.

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Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Romans 12:9

Posted on September 30, 2022

Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
 – Romans 12:9

How often do you really love other people? This verse talks about not pretending to love others but really love them. What does real love look like?

Real love looks out for what is best for the other person. It doesn’t just say and do what makes other people happy. Real love stays the same. It doesn’t change based on how someone treats you or how you feel. When you love someone with God’s love, it doesn’t matter how that person responds, rather what matters is how you respond.

Real love, the God kind of love isn’t always easy to live out. It takes guts. It takes putting aside what feels right at the moment and responding to that person in love. When you choose to love, it makes a difference, especially to those who don’t know Christ. Choose to demonstrate crazy love today to someone who might be hurting. You never know who you might win for Christ by choosing to love!

Daily Bible Verse and Devotion – Philippians 4:7

Posted on September 29, 2022

Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. – Phil 4:7 (NLT)

How many times in life do we get stressed out about something going on? It might be an upcoming test, a relationship with a friend, or some peer pressure you face. It’s easy to internalize those stresses and let them build until they almost feel overwhelming.

However, there’s a better way. That’s what today’s Bible verse talks about. It tells us that we can experience God’s peace. In the midst of the chaos, drama, and things going on around us, we can be at peace. We don’t have to take on the cares and concerns of the world, rather we can hand our concerns to God because we know He cares for us. Once we’ve given God our concerns, we can live in peace.

Choose today to not take on lots of cares and worries. Decide instead to live in God’s peace. Let His peace fill your heart and mind. You can live in peace knowing that God will always take care of you.