1. The thing that is stopping me from not doing my dreams are not doing the little things.
2. I like the saying “Give up the idea of someday” by success for teens
1. I think taking small steps helps you get to your goals and dreams then taking one big step.
2. I want to learn how to play the guitar but i have to get a guitar before I can learn how to play the guitar
3. i liked how you said that brad pit had to dress up like a chicken before he became big
1. Small steps are better that large steps.
2. I want to be a veterinarian but life science is really hard for me.
3. Where brad pit had to be in a commercial before he became an actor.
I learned that it’s ok to fail, as long as you pick yourself back up and try again.
I’ve learned that it takes more than just talent to get anywhere, you have to put in the effort and you will eventually get what you want.
A positive way to look at a failure would be to look at it as a learning experience.
That its ok to fail as long as you pick yourself back up and learn from it.
I’ve learned that it takes more than talent to get somewhere. It also takes working and persistence to succeed.
To look at it as a learning experience and not something to dread and be ashamed of.
That through God’s help, I can change the bad habits in my life and become a better person.
Changing the bad habits in the way that I speak.
I have the habit to study and to do my homework every night.
1) Write it down in a place that you’ll be able to read it everyday.
2) Trust in God that it will come to pass in good time. Make small goals that will lead you to your dream.
3) Pray about your dream. Ask for wisdom in how to grow towards your dream.
1. Habbits can be a big deal.
2. Where you were talking about getting up in front of the class and getting nervous.
3. Doing the little thing to help my dream to become a teacher.
1. I wirte them on my mirror or and a peace of notebook paper.
2. Pray to God that he will help you more and more everyday.
3. Pray to God about what you want to do.
1) Reading books or finding resourses online on topics and issuses I care about.
2) Yes
3) Spending time in God’s word and just praying and talking to Him and find out what he has planned for my life.
Every time I tell one of my friends about trusting and believing in The Lord they stop talking to me and then they won’t hang out with me. What should I do?
Wow, Kinsey! I know exactly what you mean! That same thing happened to me! I then began praying that God would give me friends who understood what it meant to be a Christian. I kept being kind and friendly to the ones who kind of dissed me. And it happened, I got some new friends that I could really be myself around and share my feelings about Jesus with. Some of the others then would come to me when they had something dramatic going on in their lives, and then I got to share more with them. Hope the same happens to you!
Although your friends may not want to listen at first, you have planted seeds. Pray to God that He will, in His grace water those seeds. Also pray for your friends before you talk to them about your faith. Pray that God will open their hearts. Know no matter what others think God knows the intentions of your heart and will reward you.
Sandy’s thoughts are really great! Its better to stand up for what you believe in and tell others about Jesus, even if some friends ditch you. I had a similar thing happen to me when I was a freshmen. I found out later that my friends really respected me for standing up for what I believed even though it seemed like they were leaving me out. Keep doing what you know is right, it will pay off in the end. I’ll be praying for you!
thanks amber and sandy for those tips. I have some friends that are Mormon and every time I say something about the lord they say it is not true. I have thought to be friends and class mates that have kissed, dated, and they swear all the time. I don’t do that so then they forget about me. Through these struggles of mine it doesn’t seem like something in the end is going to be good
Hey Kinsey! Those are some tough things to deal with. I know I went through a time where I felt exactly like you did. I felt like my friends were doing bad stuff and I was the only one who was doing the ‘right’ thing.
Here’s a scripture that encouraged me a lot: “So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” (Galatians 6:9 NLT)
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Great write, very good point and essential point to prayer as well. You may want to do a little editing because the verse referred to is actually Luke 11.. and not Luke 1, the completely changes the meaning if someone were to look up your reference verse on there on especially if its not of the msg bible
Thanks Daph, for pointing out our references were wrong in Luke! We got them updated to the right ones. We’re glad you enjoyed reading the devo. God bless and thanks for the feedback!
Hi:) I love reading the articles but I was wondering, about this one on who we should pray to, I’ve pretty much always started off my prayers with dear Jesus… Is this wrong?
Hey Rhiannon – We think you’re doing awesome praying, “Dear Jesus” if that’s what you feel comfortable with. The devo was meant to emphasize the fact that you should be praying using the name of Jesus, not using the name of Mary or praying to a saint. It sounds like you’re right on track by praying to Jesus! Keep up the good work and thanks for checking out the devo!
Superman would have just flown really fast around the world and made time go backwards, then he would have zapped the tree of knowledge with his heat vision and thus remove the chance of a fall in the first place, rewriting history and save millions and billions of people who died due to god’s wrath.
Whyd god put the tree there in the first place anyways?
If Jesus knew everything and was a teacher why didn’t he teach anything useful? Like how to make a car? Or where illness comes from (its germs not demons)? Or why we should respect women? Or why its wrong to own slaves?
God did create the world and everything in it and he is ruler of everything when superman is a fictional character who “saves” people.
the real way to save someone is through God’s love.
I can’t download the growth questions. It says the page doesn’t exist. I am a youth pastor and like this study for my group. We started with lesson 1 last night and it went really well but the questions were very helpful. Is there another way I can get them for next week? Thanks
Hey Randall – We’re really sorry that the questions weren’t available for you. We’ve got the link fixed, so you should be set for this week’s lesson. Glad to hear that the study is working well for your youth group. God bless you and your work with young people!
I learned a very important lesson that God is not responsible for the bad things that happens to me. I’m suppose to trust him and have faith in his Word, not let the devil deceive me into doing things that might seem good at first but at a point in time everything goes wrong. God has a devine plan for me and for everybody, but for him to achieve it I have a part to play to get there no matter what because I have faith that it will surely come to pass. This faith could be destroyed by the devil, because he has no love for us he uses us because he only comes to steal kill and destroy(John 10:10) I learned a very important lesson that God is not responsible for the bad things that happens to me. I’m suppose to trust him and have faith in his Word, not let the devil deceive me into doing things that might seem good at first but at a point in time everything goes wrong.
I agree Rashmi. Bad things are all satans doings. like when parents get divorces, its because satan tempted one parent into doing something until finally the other parent has had enough.
It’s a method used by the devil to make things we are not supposed to do seem fun, after awhile all the parts that seemed to be enjoyable comes crashing down. 🙂
I know bad things happen to good people, but God isn’t the one who makes it happen. I think it’s free will. God doesn’t look down on us and say, “I think I want you to get in a car accident.” Just like God doesn’t make us love him, because it wouldn’t be true love. But the bad things that do happen to us are tests.
hi!! good evening! thank you for these words of encouragement.. it truly inspired me a lot and help reminding that WE SHOULD LIVE LIKE CHRIST FROM THE INSIDE OUT.. ! ,may GOD continue to bless you!!
I know I messed up really big and hurt a lot of people unintentionally in the process. I have always had a rather rebellious attitude and I have done some pretty bad things that I regret. I’ve never really accepted the notion of a God, and because of that, I didn’t care to restrict my actions. My behaviors lead me into some dark stuff, inlcuding four years of self harm and about two years with an eating disorder.
It wasn’t until someone came into my life and introduced me to God and tried to help me turn my life around that I began to accept God. Before, I couldn’t believe a God would let me live the way I did and have me raised the way I was. This person invited me to church and would tell me everything he preacher said that might help me.
I started to finally get better…that is until I slipped up. I got in trouble and dragged my friend down with me, and to this day, he still won’t even look at me. I miss him so much, but I believe with God and time, things will eventually work out.
By the way, I am 148 consecutive and successful days into recovery.
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Hi! I suggest you buy a devotional book that will help you in studying the best love letter ever written, the Bible. 🙂
I bought one and enjoys reading the Bible with it 🙂
I have bad days all of the time, and always want to know what to do and be in a better attitude. Thank you for posting this devotion and I will definitely remember it.
I work with middle school aged kids and I was browsing through some things on the internet about faith devotions. I came across this site and I couldn’t be happier with what I have found. I wrote down the idea on how duct tape and faith are similar. Used the examples from here and am very impressed. Thank you so much for these great ideas! Super awesome!
Lately I have been having a lot it’s as if nothing in my life is going right. But the lord lead me here and it’s given me a whole new look at my situations.
I understand what you’re trying to say here, on how to not grow resentful towards the idea of sexual purity but sexual purity isn’t an option, God tells us to remain sexually pure until we are married. Being a Christian isn’t about doing what feels comfortable and always makes sense in your head, he wants us to die to our flesh daily and abide by his word.
Thanks for bringing that point up. We were trying to address a problem we’ve seen where a teenager takes a purity pledge because of peer pressure and later resents it or feels like they are going to hell because they broke the pledge. The point here was to make the decision to be pure out of a love for and a relationship with God, not because someone was pressuring them into it.
God does tell us in His word to be pure, and that’s His best for our lives! Thanks for your thoughts!
This is exactly what I needed to hear. One of my best friends from kindergarden is being bullied at school and even at church because she has a disorder. It makes me so mad and I want to hurt them like they hurt her.
Guilt has been something I’ve been struggling with recently very much. This was a very uplifting devotion and hopefully it will help improve my mindset on things. After praying about my guilt a lot, I stumbled across this website. I feel it is no coincidence and Gods way of saying that he is much more easy going than I probably think. Thank you for posting this 🙂
Hey Pat – Great question. We didn’t have the email option available, but realized it was a great idea. We’ve updated the site to now allow you to email posts to yourself. You can do this by hovering over the blue plus button below the heading “Similar Teen Devotions” and then selecting the email option. Thanks for the feedback and hope you’re enjoying the devotions!
Lately its like nobody cares for me. My boyfriend just broke up with me and I want more friends and I want your help. Mrs. Sharar told me about this site she’s my art teacher.
My advice is to think long term about all this. 3 years from now, you will probably be in a new area with new friends and will not hardly remember this guys name. Also, think outside of yourself and reach out to people around you. If you want friends, be friendly. Not doing it to look cool or impress. Just be a friend. Look out to others who might be lonely and often are not popular and start being a friend to them. Several years after high school you’ll not care if you were cool or accepted. You’ll think about times where you were a true friend to the unpopular and those who needed a true friend. Hope you get something out of this. God bless, Amber
I have been a converted christian since I was 10. I never really looked at it the way I did this year. My parents were divorcing and that put me through really hard times. I need hope! I was looking for devotions, and I found this website. 🙂
This happened to me in the last two months. I was hurt, broken, and confused to which parent I was really at home with. It didn’t take me long to find out my mom was a wonderful place to run to. Don’t be afraid to do that! Run to whoever you need to to cry with them or tell them your feelings.
I have a friend that is named alexis. I want to hurt her bullies so bad. They stressed her out and now she is a cutter. she was abused. I want to help her but I don’t know how.
I think this would be great if a little shorter. I wanted a devo like this to do but a short and sweet one. But, it did seem like a great devo and maybe sometime when I find enough spare time to do this I will. Thanks anyway! ps. The parts I had time to do were great!
I think this is wonderful, never feel that you have to change yourself to be attractive to the other person.. God made you wonderfully, and the way he wanted you, your fearfully and wonderfully made. God will send you a spouse that fits you, give it time, and have faith.
i’ve been having some tough issues with starting high school this year failing algebra so many times and scared i won’t get into to college and lost a boyfriend who cared so much about.And recently lost a really good friend,who then found out talked behind my back I’ve always been a christian i pray every night i go to church every sunday and wednesday and some how I’m giving up i seek out to god but i don’t know what to do anymore.
feel free to email me (if it even shows up to you). I think we could have a great conversation. In the past year and a half I have been diagnosed with countless medical conditions, lost all of my friends, and was told I would never live a normal life again. You know what I did? Cried. A lot. And then after a few months of wallowing in my sorrow (which many people with my conditions do), I said heck with this!! And I prayed. A lot. At first I couldn’t even focus because I was in so much pain and my prayers began as “Lord please help me get through this song, I want to worship you.” And slowly but surely, with faith alone I’m sure of it, I gained strength. I’m now a full functioning high school sophomore and I was recently accepted to an advanced, residential high school for my junior and senior year. Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. AJ you can do it and I would love to give you some more great verses and advice. (This response is three months late haha sorry). Anyone else in need of encouragement can email me also. Heads up guys, we got the best guardian watching over us! He’s got it!
Grace. I went thru something similar a few years back. It felt like all my friends left me. It will get better with time. Don’t give up, and don’t give up on God. God can use you to help people who are going through the same stuff as you later.
This devotion is wrong. God says we will decompose and he will take our spirit. spirit means charachter and thoughts. He restores us withour spirit in his second coming. we go to hevan with him for 1000 years, with satan locked on our earth with the bad people. then, we will come down in the new jerusalem, god will burn the earth and all the sin and make a new earth. We live with him for eternity. This is all in Revalation.
You bring up some good points. I didn’t go into as much detail as I could have. The post could have been titled, “What happens to a Christian when they die” to be more clear and then go into more of the details as you explain here. Thanks for your comment!
I looked on your website to find inspiration. I am writing a devo book for teens. It will be based on the chapters of John. I’m a teenager myself, but I’m not into things that other teenagers are onto. How do I reach to teens through my devo book? Have any ideas? Please respond back.
Its awesome that you want to write devos for teens. I’d just encourage you to go ahead and get started writing them. Don’t wait until you have it all figured out before you get going on it. Grab a journal and start writing your devo ideas down. Maybe as you go, it will become clear to you what the next step is for your devos. Don’t let yourself believe a lie that your devos won’t connect with other teens. That just isn’t true. If God has put the idea of a devo book in your heart, then there’s an audience for what you have to say. Continue to ask God for wisdom and what the next step is to take, but I’d encourage you to just begin writing your ideas down now.
I really appreciate you posting devotionals from God’s word. It has helped me out and has helped many others I’m sure. I do have a question about your comments on salvation. I noticed it doesn’t include anything on baptism. There are several verses in the Bible that talk about the necessity of baptism in regards to salvation (Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, I Peter 3:21, Romans 6). I was wondering why you left that out? It seems to me that God’s word makes it pretty clear that baptism is essential to salvation.
1. its a good idea to take small steps even if you dont want to
2. I want to do cross country but at my school they dont have a cross country team so i have to wait till im in high school, instead of being discouraged, i train at home.
3. Galations 6:9 because it gives you courage and when it says that God placed a specific dream in my heart.
Where did your teendevo.com website go. How can I find the topic search engine to search for specific topics that my daughter wants to learn about?
Thanks,
Bonnie S
Hey Bonnie – We’re not affiliated with teendevo.com, sorry. However, we did think having a search feature would be a good idea, so we added it at the top of the sidebar. Let us know if you have any other questions! Thanks!
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Me and my 3 kids (ages 12,14,16) found this website several months ago, we do the devotions together nightly. 90% of the time they have dealt directly with something we are facing in one of our lives. Tonights message is exactly what we needed at exactly the right time. My husband of 17 years had divorce papers served on me today. He has chosen the life of sin and adultery. I still pray that God can soften his heart and change his heart.
Anyone that reads this comment – I want you to pray for this country, pray for families. We are entering scary times ahead and temptation will be around every corner but with God on your side you can flee from any temptation, the devil has already lost, don’t give him power over your life.
You are really encouraging. I have been having a lot of change lately with school and a lot of regrets too. When ever I can’t think straight or sleep, I go straight to here. Thanks a lot!
Thanks I just found this website and I’m in a gray area in my relationship with God where sometimes he’s the most important thing to me and other times he’s so far away from my mind. I’ve been struggling with a certain kind of addiction and it in silence hasn’t helped in my relationship with God..sometimes I break down because I get tired of apologizing so many times I seem to disbelieve the sincerity of it sometimes, but bow it’s good to find this place where I can get my bearing and seek strength..thanks!!
For the past week I’ve been struggling with depression. Life has been so horrible to me and I just couldn’t take it anymore. A few nights ago I cut. And every night since then until now. I’m still struggling with depression but the blades are gone. I have no idea where they went, but Jesus took them away. I went to cut today, and well I wanted to cut a lot. And just the night before I wrote in my prayer box (it’s a box I write all my prayer requests in) “I need You right now, I’m so broken. And I need help, I don’t know what to do anymore. Help me please.” And today. The blades are gone.
If you are reading this and going through a difficult time. GOD DOES MIRACULOUS THINGS!! He has saved me from.. Who knows what.. I probably would’ve killed myself today if it wasn’t for Him. MIRACLES ARE REAL!!
Joe B (me) exists because there is actual evidence for my existence, which is more than I can say for the Christian God. If I didn’t write the comment, who else did? There’s obviously a comment because you just read it and responded to it. If you actually think that claims for a person’s existence is the same as claiming the existence of an infinitely powerful, omniscient, magical super-being who inexplicably manufactured the universe and everything in it by pure force of will… for intellectual obtuseness you take the cake.
With God things can be confusing. Yes you may not be able to physically see him or touch him but you can see his work. After all he did create you. I don’t know about your life or what may have happened in your life to know why you say he doesn’t exist but God is all round you. You have to be opened to find him. He’s there with you. In the air, the wind, earth, water, the list goes on. Even though its not how you think you’re supposed to see to God to know he is real you got to faith that he is. He wants you to lean on him for all your needs. He wants you to feel the love that he has for you but you have got to want to see that he does exists. No one can make you see him the only thing we as Christians can do is to share our testimonies and pray that you have questions afterwords. With much Love, you have great day.
That’s so power people don’t seem to understand that sometimes. ( Even myself) There’s a saying that says if you pray why worry. but if you’re worrying are you sure you prayed. Always have faith in the Lord
Hey I my name is Maggie Louise and I am a seventh grader I have a mom that lives in Okalhoma and a dad that lives in Iowa… I love them and I love jesus too!!
Hey! This is actually Exodus 2:14 * . Also, isn’t this scripture more related to the fact that Everything we do will eventually catch up with us?
Btw, I enjoy this blog and use it for my daily devotions! Only missed one day since the year started and i made up for it!
This verse is so inspiring, the explanation of the verse is also so amazing,and I love reading your daily devotions! They’re incredible and help me, and many other people so much!! May God bless you!
Everything you said was true failure wasn’t bad thing because it teach you to good in your life ,but sometimes you think that ,than you said I can do this but some of us don’t think that because they try learn from their mistakes it just make them feel like they were not part of this life or they just want to find themself were they belong .
Grammar is important. You need “too” not “to” when you go “too far.” But the real question is … “What is too far? — What do you mean by “messing up” sexually? Is your definition of messing up applicable to one age (or age group) as opposed to another? Please clarify when going too far in the eyes of humans is OK in the eyes of our Lord Jesus Christ. If one is mature enough to share her/his Love with another (of the same disposition) for the sake of finding out more about the nature of our Creator, then I feel this sharing with our Lord Jesus Christ would be most welcome in Heaven.
These are not quite right. First, If your relationship is pushing you towards things you wouldn’t normally do, there’s a good chance you’re in love, because you are doing things simply to be with your significant other. If the things you are being pushed towards doing make you uncomfortable, you may still be in love, but it might not be a very healthy relationship. The church test is really dependent on various variables, such as: Are you easily embarrassed? If you are, your embarrassment talking about what you do with your girlfriend/boyfriend may not be a bad thing. If you are embarrassed because what you are doing with them is a sin, then you still might be in love, but again, it’s not very healthy, at least in a spiritual sense. As for the Family test, it has the same flaws as the other ones: It doesn’t really determine if you’re in love, but whether your relationship is healthy. If your relationship isn’t healthy should you call it off? That depends (and no, I’m not talking about adult diapers). If the relation ship is only hurting you spiritually, it may be worth trying to fix it, with the happy result of winning a brother/sister for Christ, and being much happier. If your relationship is hurting you emotionally and/or physically, you are better calling it off.
I think often youth are discouraged when it comes to fear, and sometimes fear is rather crippling. This lesson shows that in God and His love, there is no fear, and that is something we all need reminded of.
God just brought to my attention this verse to share with my high school girls that I teach, then I stumbled onto your website to research a completely different topic. I clicked on the devotions page and the first think I see is a devotional on the verse God lead me to share with my High Schoolers! Praise God! Awesome website! Thanks for doing this!
Wow! That was deep! I feel like God led me to this post for a reason. I’m one of those people where I don’t really believe in myself or have confidence in things I say or do. Lately I have been praying about my self esteem and that it could be strong and “healthy” and this post was exactly what I needed! God is good! 🙂
wow I really loved reading this its been a week since I found this website and I really enjoy it because I’ve been wanting to give the time and have a stronger relationship with God and love him like he loved us 1st and otherwise I really enjoy this website its the best website it really has helped me get closer to God.
Why is the devotions not getting updated daily ?? Today its 5th of September, but the devotion here is still of the 1st September. Please update it regularly, its a great blessing for many 🙂 Don’t Lose hope in your ministries .
Thanks for the encouragement Alex! We usually take the weekends off from posting devos. Since this one was a holiday weekend for us, we took an extra day to be with our family. You should see the devos resume tomorrow! Thanks.
These help me through a lot, thank you for devoting time to do these. It’s kinda odd though because, as I was doing this devotional, Better than a Hallelujah began to play from my playlist haha. Anyway, thank you again.
“We all face situations in life when we feel scared and alone.”
Kind of like the way the inhabitants of Jericho must have felt while Joshua and his army were circling the city waiting to go in and massacre every man, woman, child and living thing.
Joshua was pretty much a mass murderer and ethnic cleanser. Was God there for the women and children of Jericho when Joshua’s army tortured and sliced them to pieces or was God with Joshua? Was God with the parents and little children that Joshua threw in a pit and had burned alive or was God with Joshua? If the later then God has a great deal of blood on his hands. ~ one teen’s rant.
Career is one of the most tough decision of our life and you rightly said that if we strive hard, by the grace of almighty , we get the right path forward.
The new advertisements are very distracting and I am looking for a similar website without them my 13 yr old daughter is easily distracted, there are enough distractions in the world, is there a way to at least put the ads after the scripture and devotion?
Hey Deegie – Once you checkout you have the option to click a link to download the lesson. Did you close the screen before getting the chance to download the lesson?
So inspiring yet so true. Those around us have a huge impact on our lives but it’s so hard to notice it unless you take a step back and realise. Be around those that inspire you to be better not those who put you of course in life and where you want to be.
getting involved in an organization is a great way to meet godly friends! I’m involved with Younglife and I’ve met some of my best friends there. It’s people who will point you back to Jesus and I do the same. It’s incredible to see the doors God has opened up for me at college, I’ve never felt closer to Him!
This is true but being an African American we have a reason to fear….. lets not forget about police brutality and racial profiling against people of color. We need a devotional to help us stay strong during this time when. We are being killed for simply being black.
Wow, I felt like God was speaking through the author of this devotional. I stumbled upon this at 11:30 pm, and this was so helpful. I am a sophomore in college studying music education who has doubts about whether this is where I am most helpful, where I am best using my gifts. I need to pray about this more.
Regardless of whether I stay on this path or not, I know that I am not a person who gives up easily. I learned from this past year that failure does not make me this in the towel- it pushes me to try harder. I want to be a blessing, I want to be needed. I am reminded that Christ doesn’t need us, but he desires us to the point of death. His choice made my choice to choose life forever possible. Thanks you Jesus!
Beautiful verses but how does one reconcile this with the words of Jesus in Matthew 10?
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“ ‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Good question. It won’t make much sense if you weren’t a part of the situation, but it was Acts 26:14 – “All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the cattle prods.’
That is what everyone should do and I admit, when I am bored I text a friend or play a game and I don’t take the only 5 minutes in the day for God and that is bad because your not letting him in your life like guiding you to the good things in life instead you might run into things for not listening to him. Maybe for now one we should take those 5 minutes or more and listen to him, let him into your heart and love him.
You know god is real when you hear his voice and see his face right?Wrong you know god is real when you accept him in your heart and 100% truly feel his working through you.I’m not saying I’m perfect, I’ve sinned and hurt people verbally, and cheated and lied and accused but I have tried so hard to make up for it and I have but that doesn’t take away what I have done god does, because he loves and he saves and he heals and he knows and he sees and it is he who reigns.God sent Jesus down to die for our sins all throughout his adult life he was accused and threatened and hated and tortured when put on a cross and being nailed and given vinegar to drink instead of water.And he literally took in all of our sins to save us.So am I just someone saying something on the internet could god not be real maybe but I doubt he isn’t and if he is ide rather go through life believing that there’s a loving, caring, wise god protecting me than fear there isn’t.
i have a friend that feels lost. She said she has felt this way for years. I’m trying to reach out for her but she keeps refusing my help. All i can do now is pray for her. When i pray i declare what i pray and mean it. I have asked God to take it out of my hands because it is hurting me. Since i gave it to God should i just stop thinking about it or should i continue to pray?
Good question Abigail! We’ve only started adding discussion questions to a few of our newer devotions. Glad to hear you’d like them. We will keep adding them to more devotions as we have time!
“Take some time today to thank God for everything He has made.”
Thank God? Anyone who worships such a cruel, unmerciful God, who brutally murders countless innocent men, women and children with earthquakes and tsunamis, is a maniac.
Lukas,
There are a lot of things in this world that we may never understand why they happen. However, taking the time to read the Bible, God’s perfect Word for us, will help you understand that God is truly a loving and wonderful God. He is not a cruel tyrant that intends harm for us. The Bible says that we, the human race, are fearfully and wonderfully made. We are not an after thought and none of us are “mistakes”. God knows exactly how each of us is made and how we think. He created us to have free will to make our own decisions in life, including having faith that He is who He is; or not believing at all. But He wants a relationship with all of us, not just a thought that he exists. He loves us so much that Jesus was sent to the cross to pay a price that we as humans could never pay. His blood being shed was the only way to cover the sins of all mankind throughout eternity. That includes those who will believe and those who will not. Jesus was and is perfect and we are not.
This earth and all living things are not meant to last forever. This earth will eventually crumble. But death is not the end. I believe with all my heart that there is eternity to face after death and where we spend it is based on whether we accept through faith that Christ Jesus is Lord of All. The Bible says that those who truly seek will find Jesus to be who He says He is. Faith in a living Christ Jesus is the difference between spending eternity in heaven with Him, or eternity in hell with Satan. “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17
God did not take the time to create us the way he did just to destroy and/or torment us. I hope that you will take the time to really seek Him and not just choose to continue with the hopeless thought that God is hateful because He is the God of hope. He knows who you are and wants you to find out just how much He loves you.
This world full of suffering and pain was never Gods intention for human kind. It started out with a perfect world free of sin and death and filled with Joy and gladness. This is a clear indication that God had wonderful plans for the world. But these plans were truncated by sin and the consequences of sin is sorrow. You’d probably wonder why God is making us pay for the sins of Adam and Eve. Does it mean that he doesn’t love us? Not at all. God loves us so much that he looked down on this sinful world and sent His ONLY son Jesus Christ to die for us. So that we have hope of a much better life someday, in Heaven. Where there is no sorrow or pain. I was very hurt to see that you think God is mean and cruel when He is the very opposite. I really hope that your misconception on who God is changes. He’s not Zeus that strikes people down to destroy them. He is pained by the perishing of his people and the bible tells us that. This is why he gives us the greatest consolation, heaven. This is our hope and consolation as Christians.
HOW DARE YOU!!! God is NOT dead. Sin is what causes those stuff, not God. God wants us to make our own desisions. You were created by God in your mothers womb. You are loved by God so so much! He wants you to come to him and repent for your sins. We are very sinfull. Ever since Eve took the serpents advise, this world had been cursed. But when God comes again he will judge the living and the dead. The people in heaven will be celebrating and the people in hell will rot in sin forever and ever. BTW watch your language.
Well maybe bad things do happen but God will always be there for us.
God also gives us the good things I mean think of anything that pleases you I’m sure you can think of a lot God made all of those things
God always has reasons for what he does, we may not know them yet but everything that God does is for a good reason
I had a grandpa who I didn’t know very well, he died in November. If he hadn’t passed away then I never would’ve known him as much as i do now like i had no idea that he loved basketball as much as me or that he had wavy hair just like me. He was also in a lot of pain so I would rather him be in heaven rather than here in pain
I personally don’t believe that we will most likely date multiple people before we date the one we are supposed to marry. I believe that if we listen to the Lord, he’ll guide us to the one who he made just for us to bring glory to his name without giving our hearts away to multiple people beforehand. Thanks for the post!
This Devotion had me on the brink of tears. It’s very timely in my situation right now and it gave me 100 percent booost and recharge. Thanks Team. Keep up the Good Work of bringing encouragement and delivering God’s messages to us. Your ministry is awesome. God bless you all and your ministry. Thanks heaps!
Hi Andy and Amber! What a great website! Thank you so much for writing and putting up all these devotions, and then making them available. I work with some young people at church, and I was thinking of recommending that they sign up for emails of your devotions. Just doing my due diligence, I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing a little bit about your faith background, and which church/denomination you worship in? Sorry to be so nosy, I’m just trying to be responsible in my recommendations. Thanks so much.
I’m an evangelical that’s at an Episcopal Church (I know, shocking) in California, trying to make sure that the few young people we have in our congregation have the chance to know Jesus in a life giving way. Thanks again!
Hey Kevin – Good questions. We’re (student devos) not affiliated with any church or denomination. We (Andy and Amber) do attend a non-denominational church. We don’t pretend to be Bible scholars just want to write some devos to encourage students in their walk with God. Everything we put out is firmly based in the Bible and we use scripture to back up whatever we say. Hopefully that helps answer some of your questions! God bless in your work with young people at your church!
To be honest, I was covered with fear and worries before reading this. Being a student and knowing your parents are hoping to give your best is difficult. I was pressured because of the society and what it dictates me to do. This devotion serves as an eye opener to me. Refreshing my heart and my mind that God would never leave me, and of course to be thankful. Thank you God for reminding me that you will do anything for me, and all I need is just to focus to you and to the positive things in my life. God bless to the writer of this devotion.
Thank you so much. This actually came at the right time because i was really depressed but right now, I cant help but smile because I have realized what God has Done for me and how much he loves me.
That was a uplifting Devotion and it will help me through the hard times I have I will pray to God instead of blaming him because now I know it is not his fault.
I’m a really negative person, I have really negative thoughts and always say negative things about myself that aren’t true. Now that I’ve read this I think that this might be the reason why I fall down so often in my spiritual life. I love these devos so much, because they seem to always speak to whatever I’m going through. I used to think I was the only person that went through these type of things and devotions never really spoke to me. But, now after waiting a while the devotions have started to really speak to me and they help me get through struggles in my life. People always said you have to be patient and I thought that maybe no matter how patient I was nothing would ever come through to me, but now they do.
Nice. Me and my class read this together during math class. We have this new tablet thing where most of our curriculum goes on the tablet, like homework, warmups, and weekly devotionals. We’re so lucky to go to a Christian school! Our teacher makes us write a complete six sentence paper about the devotional, but it’s not too bad. We do those on tablets too!
I love this devotion because I see people putting themselves down daily. And, they say they want change, but they never do anything to try to change it, the world won’t change for you, you have to change it. And the very first step towards this, is changing your perspective, do this, and the rest will follow. Whenever the hard times are on you, don’t let that be reflected in your words, if you use your mouth to spread kindness, it will surely be spread back to you.
This devotional reminds me of the lesson that is all to often forgotten, that we are not able to break habits on our own. We tell ourselves that we will keep away from whatever it is we need to stop doing, but to no avail. Once we realize and understand that we alone can not break our strong habits, we can hand them over to God. With God in our corner we can accomplish anything, and suddenly the task of breaking those habits will diminish to nothing at all. No matter how bad the situation may be, God almighty can always lift you up out of it, you just need to trust that he will.
This devotion is true in many ways. Although you may have a rough outline of who the person you are dating might be like, you never know for sure what they’re true personality is. If you want to start a good, healthy relationship, you need to start with god. If you feel guilty when you are around your crush or significant other, and feel ashamed to let people see that you are together, it’s probably not a very good relationship (this is not true of all cases, of course, you may just need to talk with them). If you feel good about out who you are with, understand each others boundaries, and are willing to let the world know that you are a couple, congratulations, you have probably found someone good for you. God will give you signs if your relationship is going down the wrong path, it’s our decision wether or not to acknowledge them. If your relationship is good, clean, and healthy, you will feel right with God when you are with them. God does not shame being in a relationship, he wants you to find love, and when you do, it will feel right.
This devotion is very sry true, people say they are Christian, but then never fully devote to god. This is one of the hardest things for people to do, to trust in something they can’t see. But if you. Start to look into god’s word, it will become easier and easier to have faith. When you fully surrender yourself to the will of God, your soul will be lifted of its burdens, and you will be free to fly. So read I implore you, read gods holy word until it is engraved in your brain, and live through that precious scripture.
This verse is really good about telling you that if you give a gift or even something small your gift will return to you in full and right into your lap. The smaller or bigger you give will determine what you get back so the more you give you get back the amount or more. I feel that’s what people don’t understand giving is a good thing and sometimes we like to be selfish and we shouldn’t be that way.
Love the comparison with faith and duct tape. I’m teaching a youth group at our church and I feel these devotions will help them make a better connection to our lesson. Thanks for putting this out there in the web for all of us to use. Hope to find more great devotions!!!
Please keep these devotions up! I’ve been passing them onto my daughter to read, because many of your topics are relevant to where she is right now!
Thank you from one grateful mum.
You re’right beloved.Words offcourse are very powerful positively or negetively.God Himself started, created ,hanged,healed every thing/people with words-Gen 1.Mk 5.Words are powerful because it works in unity with Holy Spirits or evil spirits depending on whether evil or good words-Ephe.6 .17.Jesus said in Mt 12.37 by your words you are justified or condernmed .Many are in grave ,hospital,confusions,fears,in hatreds,divisions ,divorces,evacuations and lost one another due to words they received or speak.Words come from heart condition direct to tongue then enters to the ears with good or evil spirit.Jesus said ‘out of the aboundant of the heart the mouth speaks’.All of us must repent,call it a sin and tell God to heal your heart and tongue.THEN CHANGE WHAT YOU HEAR.
Noah didn’t build any “ark”. The story is BS, it’s just myth and allegory. A world wide flood is not supported by any geological or historical evidence. Stop being literalist fundies.
I am addicted to porn and dating site elite dating, to get nude pics and videoy of women, I need prayer and want to be saved, I look at women as sexual objects an d just want sex I need help pray for me.
How do I know that God really loves me? I’ve done so many bad and stupid things. How could anyone love me? My parents have abandoned me, so why wouldn’t God?
HR I can really understand where you’re coming from. I felt so unloveable for so many years. However, the great thing about God is that His love isn’t based on what you do. He loves you the same no matter what you do. He sees your value where others don’t. He made you and knows you. Ask Him to reveal to you the depth of His love and He will! Check out Psalm 139:14 and Eph 3:17-19. Those scriptures should help you! Praying for you. You are loved by God!
Today is my third day of my freshman year so far I’ve lost one of my only two friends and the other goes to a different high school it’s terrible but my mom encouraged me to read like a devotional thanks for this message you put out. today I will try to remember that God has my back
Sorry, you didn’t enjoy the discussion questions. They were based on this devotion: https://studentdevos.com/the-domino-effect/ . Did you read it with your youth group and then do the discussion questions after?
Sounds soooo simple. Oh, and all the emphasis on self discipline for the Christian. But….. it takes time and expiriences with God, so that my self must diminish and His life becomes who I am. His Spirit must grow and become my life. We must be careful not to encourage the young in that self discipline is the equal of Spirit led.
I go to church.
In some places, churches band with other denominations and form groups to do things together. Where I live, you are strongly discouraged to associate with another faith.
Your comments are true: but churches can be cliquey, don’t grow spiritually, live separately from other churches/ denominations, etc. Read Paul’s books. Then listen to God’s voice/Spirit. He will lead you …….. if you let Him.
It is hard for me to believe that just giving something simple as a piece of candy to a neighbor or child is considered a act of kindness, but I believe.
Thank you so much for the daily verses and devotions this year, I’m really grateful and bless God for your life and also for making me stumble on this website. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Thank you for helping us this year by giving us daily readings, we read them together as a family and they really help us. Merry Christmas to you and a happy New Year
Thank you so much for your efforts in updating daily devotions. As a student, these verses really relate to me and reading the Bible has been so alive. God bless you more and the whole team. May you have a Merry Christmas and a meaningful 2019! Keep it up!
I’ve always respect my parents, I might not have agreed on everything that they said, But I did hear ever word they told me, sad to say there gone now, I sure do miss hearing Them tell how to do this and that. Please Honer your mother And your father.
/gasp/ i just received a notebook with romans 12:12 printed on it! i think God is emphasizing me something. this verse is perfect! thank you so much, you’re such a blessing
This has been a great resource for me as a parent. I used this devotionals to spend time with my kids, I have 3 and they are all teens. It is a true blessing a great guide to start conversations and to make the word of God relevant to our lives. Thanks so much!
Hey Emily! You can sign up for emails in the sidebar of the website on any page. Just look for the heading “Get Devotions and Bible Verses Emailed to you Daily!” enter your email and name and you’ll be all set up! Thanks for the kind words about the website too! So glad you’re enjoying it.
I have a teenager who wants to know what is the point if God knows what we do before we do it , then what’s the point. Why pray for our dad to get saved when god knows that regardless of our prayer he won’t till he’s 70 or neverbatvall. Why pray for things when God knows the future that it may not happens already
I think that God has a plan for us, but God does not see the future. It may simply be that God wants the best for us. Our lives are still our own and our decisions today will still effect us. What God see’s is our potential to live the best we can and be as blessed as we can be. Your dad may only live until 70 but what is important is how good of a life he had up until then. Our job is to love God and try to follow his path. Jesus knew that the religious leaders were angry at him and he knew that one day they would capture him. But it never stopped him from telling the Good News, it never defeated him.
God does see the future. He knows the out come of all things. Remember he is the Created . It’s not how good we are , good works will not get anyone into Heaven only by the Grace of God and the confession of sin and asking Jesus to come into our hearts. God wants everyone to love him, have a relationship with him, but God doesn’t force himself on anyone he wants us to choose him out of love. I pray this father will receive Christ as his savior, but it’s up to him to ask Christ into his heart. Salvation is for the taking of your willing to ask. God Bless.
this is the subject that make the youth to became very strong in their faith and the church will stand with its root deep in faith and church will stand on the through in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, And that is where my heart was been broken with word of God, many church can preach the word of God but without discipleship and that church will be dry church because the faith of the people are properly not brought up in maximum way of believers
I have a hard time taking home the devotions i learn at my youth bible study, so i began looking for devotions i can read and study myself along with the youth studys. it didnt take me long to find this website. it is exactly what i was looking for. something quick but so very important. i especially loved todays devotion! whoever is writing these, thank you. i need this. thank you so much!! and keep going. 🙂
I prayed last night that God would provide me with assurance that the career I am pursuing was in his plan. I start college this coming fall, and a lot of thought has gone into my major. I’m glad I read this devotion today!
Hey Skye – you can sign up for our email list in the sidebar on any page of our website! Look for the heading, “Get Devotions and Bible Verses Emailed to You Daily” enter your info and you’ll be all set up!
i really like this cause even thought i’m only 12 yrs old i’m still going into the stage where i’m going into year 8 and i started school early to all the people who are confused and i don’t have a lot of friends so i can relate to this topic
Oh Wow! What an excellent teaching.
I’m deeply moved and encouraged in the Lord through this message.
Personally I’ve been struggling with fear and it what seems to be crippling affect on me, I’ve been praying about it and reading God’s word but know I feel better equipped to overcome this struggle.
Sometimes I feel like I have to be perfect in my faith and actions for God to love me. I struggled and still struggle with being a perfect Christian and it just feels really hard to believe that God would love me despite these iniquities.
I’m going through the same. It may not be easy but you can save having Jesus. I can give you clue on how I’m working myself out from it. First, Try to make a covenant with God because that would build up your spirit since you don’t want to offend God. Secondly, remove the things that draw your attention to porn like photos of naked women or social media. Yes, I know not hard but try to. Your mind stores the things you see, hear and that is while it is hard to get over it. Thirdly, try to spend time with friends, staying alone can draw your attention to porn. Go out often and try to stay in an open space. Then pray seriously about it, speak the word of God to the demonic spirit. Thank you.
I’ve been ignoring your emails to me for weeks, but by God’s grace, I accidentally opened this one. And it was a right choice for me. Maybe because I got so overwhelmed about my upcoming exam next month. One thing is for sure, God will always find ways, make ways, in order for us to remain in His arms, no matter what happens.
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The quote “Faith says no to fear, no to emotions and yes to God” is really powerful. I like it because it is so true. If God asked you to throw away your phone and not replace it, would most people do it? There might be some who say they would, but it is easier said than done. I personally don’t own a phone, but it would be something like my camera. I just got it recently and I am enjoying it. I would have trouble just throwing it away and never replacing it. sadly, even if God asked me. We should be open to what he says and remember that if he asks you to do something, it is all part of a greater plan.
This devotion was great… this morning i was having a hard time being nice to others and gettig in a better mood. i had woken up in this terrible mood and i couldnt find the lords peace in the situation, but this devotion showed me that God was really listening and guiding me in the right direction on how to find His peace.
Wow, especially as what is all going on right now.i have gotten tired of hearing coronavirus .and now r church is just going to be going live on Facebook for church because that’s a coronavirus,and my youth group is the same why. How do I learn how to cope with all of this.
It’s not easy is it? It’s a strange even scary time. One of the best things I’ve found when I don’t get it is to ask God for His help and wisdom. He will often show me a trick or a way to view things differently that helps me get through when things are tough. Hopefully that helps! I’ll pray that you’ll have peace through this!
This devotional is so encouraging and uplifting to us right now! Even though all this is going on, we still have a God watching over us and helping us every step of the way.
This one is hard to follow at times… well a lot of times! Don’t let your circumstances dictate your happiness. This is something I have to work on a lot…. and to remember “feelings are not facts.” This was a good devotion!
I can really relate to this because my grandmother passing away really shook my faith and myself. This gave me a new perspective on ways to view my situation in ways I never thought of! Thank you!
Thank you so much! r=This devotional is perfect for this time in the world with he corona virus. I love how this fits perfectly into everyone’s daily life!
This devotion is sooooo encouraging. It inspires me to go to others and make a difference and just encourage them and give them a hope. They need encouragement too.
I am learning about my lord and grow closer to God when things does not make any sense at all, this I talk to God everyday it really help me. Thank you Jesus.
If I were to turn everything off and take 5-10 minutes to spend time with God everyday, I feel like it would change my mindset. I also think I would start living life a totally different way then I used to.
this really helped me! I feel like sometimes when people try to separate themselves from Christ, they feel too far. I have had that feeling but this helps to know he is always there. No matter what you have done, he was always catch you when you fall.
I enjoyed today’s devotional thanks so much Student Devos you don’t know how these lessons make myday and encourages me to be me. God Bless from NC.
Elijah
This is a mom who reads your devotionals with my son, Zach. . . he is a teen on the autism spectrum and he is starting at a new school almost an hour away (up until now he’s been going to our local high school which is basically in our back yard). We know this is part of God’s plan, but there are so many “unknowns” that make this such a leap of faith. We keep focusing on the fact that being in the middle of God’s will is the BEST place to be, no matter how “scary” the circumstances may be sometimes. Thanks for your prayers and for your wonderful devotionals. .. they have been perfect for Zach and God has used them to speak to specific situations for him/us time and time again. God bless you all!
We will be beliving and praying with you that the transition to the new school will go well. So glad that the devotions are speaking to Zach’s needs! Thanks for the encouragement.
This is a mom who use your devotional with my boys. One is 10 and the other is 15. Please pray for them as the Corona Virus has affected school and we are uncertain of what is to come. Pray that they will do well wether they are doing online or face to face classes.
I am worrying about how can I have a laptop or good quality cellphone that I will use this upcoming school year. My dad is the only one who is working in our family. I’m also asking myself how my senior high school life will be.
I enter the 7th grade….I’m extremely busy due to playing 3 sports. I need balance in my life. I trust the Lord for all my issues but sometimes still get bogged down. Please pray for me that others will see Jesus in my daily walk.
I really never liked history, but this year it is required and since I am taking the AP class, it will be way harder. Please pray for wisdom. I need it as well as everyone else that has a class that they don’t really like.
It might feel like that sometimes, and sure you can’t ask someone to eat at your lunch table with you, but I bet there’s a way you can help someone. Can you do the dishes for your mom? Have a brother or sister that you could encourage or let them choose what to watch on TV? Have a neighbor you could mow the lawn for? Write a note to your grandma? These are just a few ideas. Ask God for His help too. There has to be something you can do to bless others around you!
These times are very strange for many of us! Stay encouraged, there’s something you can do to bless those around you!
I really never liked history, but this year it is required and since I am taking the AP class, it will be way harder. Please pray for wisdom. I need it as well as everyone else that has a class that they don’t really like.
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This is such a true statement. In the modern community it’s Everyman for himself. Is a Godless society. We need God, I play for west gambier AFL club and my coach always says “it’s easy to kick a goal from far out but when you pass to a teammate you are being unselfish, it’s all about your attitude”
Sandy
January 23, 2013 at 8:18 pmGreat advice! I can think of a lot of times I should have tried this, but didn’t. I think I’ll try it first….then cut back on regret!
Emily
January 23, 2013 at 11:06 pm1. You can change your attitude and the way you think.
2. The can relate to the beach ball because I don’t let things get in my way.
allison
January 23, 2013 at 11:26 pm1. HELPING ANIMALS.
Emily
January 31, 2013 at 12:14 am1. The thing that is stopping me from not doing my dreams are not doing the little things.
2. I like the saying “Give up the idea of someday” by success for teens
Emily
February 6, 2013 at 7:55 pm1. I think taking small steps helps you get to your goals and dreams then taking one big step.
2. I want to learn how to play the guitar but i have to get a guitar before I can learn how to play the guitar
3. i liked how you said that brad pit had to dress up like a chicken before he became big
allison
February 6, 2013 at 8:13 pm1. Small steps are better that large steps.
2. I want to be a veterinarian but life science is really hard for me.
3. Where brad pit had to be in a commercial before he became an actor.
Janice
February 12, 2013 at 3:11 pmGreat checklist for any age!
Sandy
February 17, 2013 at 3:58 amHey, that’s really great advice! I wish so many people would follow this shopping list!
Janice
February 28, 2013 at 10:25 pmIt takes 21 days to develop a new habit. Expect it to take time to develop God hunger and also the habit of listening to His presence
Sandy
March 12, 2013 at 5:21 amSooooo thankful that the exchange took place!!!! 😀
MIckayla
March 13, 2013 at 8:43 pmI learned that it’s ok to fail, as long as you pick yourself back up and try again.
I’ve learned that it takes more than just talent to get anywhere, you have to put in the effort and you will eventually get what you want.
A positive way to look at a failure would be to look at it as a learning experience.
Mickayla
March 14, 2013 at 1:07 amThat its ok to fail as long as you pick yourself back up and learn from it.
I’ve learned that it takes more than talent to get somewhere. It also takes working and persistence to succeed.
To look at it as a learning experience and not something to dread and be ashamed of.
Emily
March 13, 2013 at 10:26 pm1. That there is no such thing as failure.
2. That you have to keep trying to get things right.
3. I can do things again.
MIckayla
March 20, 2013 at 10:49 pmThat through God’s help, I can change the bad habits in my life and become a better person.
Changing the bad habits in the way that I speak.
I have the habit to study and to do my homework every night.
Amber
April 1, 2013 at 1:15 amThat’s a great point! Habits do take time to develop so don’t get discouraged if it takes time for them to grow in your life.
Mickayla
April 3, 2013 at 2:09 pm1) Write it down in a place that you’ll be able to read it everyday.
2) Trust in God that it will come to pass in good time. Make small goals that will lead you to your dream.
3) Pray about your dream. Ask for wisdom in how to grow towards your dream.
Emily
April 6, 2013 at 2:17 pm1. Habbits can be a big deal.
2. Where you were talking about getting up in front of the class and getting nervous.
3. Doing the little thing to help my dream to become a teacher.
Emily
April 6, 2013 at 2:25 pm1. Listen to what people say
2. Talk to God more everyday
3. Doing my work
Emily
April 6, 2013 at 2:33 pm1. I wirte them on my mirror or and a peace of notebook paper.
2. Pray to God that he will help you more and more everyday.
3. Pray to God about what you want to do.
Mickayla
April 6, 2013 at 11:03 pm1) Reading books or finding resourses online on topics and issuses I care about.
2) Yes
3) Spending time in God’s word and just praying and talking to Him and find out what he has planned for my life.
Carol
April 13, 2013 at 8:39 pmThis is a “super” message. I like it!
Janice
May 8, 2013 at 9:48 amSuch a great and practical truth! I can attest that the author, Amber walks what she talks and it works!
Kinsey
June 30, 2013 at 10:18 pmEvery time I tell one of my friends about trusting and believing in The Lord they stop talking to me and then they won’t hang out with me. What should I do?
sandy
July 1, 2013 at 8:49 pmWow, Kinsey! I know exactly what you mean! That same thing happened to me! I then began praying that God would give me friends who understood what it meant to be a Christian. I kept being kind and friendly to the ones who kind of dissed me. And it happened, I got some new friends that I could really be myself around and share my feelings about Jesus with. Some of the others then would come to me when they had something dramatic going on in their lives, and then I got to share more with them. Hope the same happens to you!
Emily
July 15, 2015 at 8:14 pmAlthough your friends may not want to listen at first, you have planted seeds. Pray to God that He will, in His grace water those seeds. Also pray for your friends before you talk to them about your faith. Pray that God will open their hearts. Know no matter what others think God knows the intentions of your heart and will reward you.
Amber
July 1, 2013 at 11:44 pmKinsey –
Sandy’s thoughts are really great! Its better to stand up for what you believe in and tell others about Jesus, even if some friends ditch you. I had a similar thing happen to me when I was a freshmen. I found out later that my friends really respected me for standing up for what I believed even though it seemed like they were leaving me out. Keep doing what you know is right, it will pay off in the end. I’ll be praying for you!
Kinsey
July 2, 2013 at 2:20 pmthanks amber and sandy for those tips. I have some friends that are Mormon and every time I say something about the lord they say it is not true. I have thought to be friends and class mates that have kissed, dated, and they swear all the time. I don’t do that so then they forget about me. Through these struggles of mine it doesn’t seem like something in the end is going to be good
Amber
July 7, 2013 at 6:01 pmHey Kinsey! Those are some tough things to deal with. I know I went through a time where I felt exactly like you did. I felt like my friends were doing bad stuff and I was the only one who was doing the ‘right’ thing.
Here’s a scripture that encouraged me a lot: “So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” (Galatians 6:9 NLT)
Keep doing the right thing, even if its tough!
JW
July 16, 2013 at 8:34 amGood stuff even for an old duff!
Janice
July 29, 2013 at 9:17 amGreat lesson that is true for us throughout life
Katie
September 17, 2013 at 5:01 amI just need something that includes god into my life.
delaneyh
October 12, 2013 at 11:15 amthat is a good one ,it is so true it is hard 2 love ur enemies
Katherine
November 6, 2013 at 12:41 amWhy are the growth questions unavailable?
studentdevos
November 6, 2013 at 10:59 pmGreat question! Thanks for letting us know. It looks like we have a bug with those. We’re working to get it fixed and hopefully will have them here for you shortly.
studentdevos
November 7, 2013 at 12:14 amKatherine – We’ve got the PDF link fixed for this devo. Thanks for your patience, and God bless!
Daph
December 26, 2013 at 12:39 pmGreat write, very good point and essential point to prayer as well. You may want to do a little editing because the verse referred to is actually Luke 11.. and not Luke 1, the completely changes the meaning if someone were to look up your reference verse on there on especially if its not of the msg bible
studentdevos
December 27, 2013 at 6:43 amThanks Daph, for pointing out our references were wrong in Luke! We got them updated to the right ones. We’re glad you enjoyed reading the devo. God bless and thanks for the feedback!
Rhiannon
January 19, 2014 at 4:58 amHi:) I love reading the articles but I was wondering, about this one on who we should pray to, I’ve pretty much always started off my prayers with dear Jesus… Is this wrong?
studentdevos
January 20, 2014 at 9:23 pmHey Rhiannon – We think you’re doing awesome praying, “Dear Jesus” if that’s what you feel comfortable with. The devo was meant to emphasize the fact that you should be praying using the name of Jesus, not using the name of Mary or praying to a saint. It sounds like you’re right on track by praying to Jesus! Keep up the good work and thanks for checking out the devo!
elephant
January 28, 2014 at 3:52 pmI LOve this website alot
Grim
February 23, 2014 at 2:45 amSuperman would have just flown really fast around the world and made time go backwards, then he would have zapped the tree of knowledge with his heat vision and thus remove the chance of a fall in the first place, rewriting history and save millions and billions of people who died due to god’s wrath.
Whyd god put the tree there in the first place anyways?
Grim
February 23, 2014 at 2:51 amIf Jesus knew everything and was a teacher why didn’t he teach anything useful? Like how to make a car? Or where illness comes from (its germs not demons)? Or why we should respect women? Or why its wrong to own slaves?
FATIMA KAYE
February 27, 2014 at 8:34 am🙂 the Lord prepared the best one for me i know. i will patiently wait for that.
Mystery
March 13, 2014 at 6:06 am#selfish much
MYSTERY
March 2, 2014 at 8:03 pmSuperman is SWEET….
BUTT,
God did create the world and everything in it and he is ruler of everything when superman is a fictional character who “saves” people.
the real way to save someone is through God’s love.
SUPERMAN-0
GOD- 1
MYSTERY
March 3, 2014 at 5:58 amCafeteria food is gross!
Yuck 😛
anyways cafeterias are wild and crazy,
how can we relate God to “that”
Randall
March 6, 2014 at 3:52 pmI can’t download the growth questions. It says the page doesn’t exist. I am a youth pastor and like this study for my group. We started with lesson 1 last night and it went really well but the questions were very helpful. Is there another way I can get them for next week? Thanks
studentdevos
March 8, 2014 at 6:54 amHey Randall – We’re really sorry that the questions weren’t available for you. We’ve got the link fixed, so you should be set for this week’s lesson. Glad to hear that the study is working well for your youth group. God bless you and your work with young people!
Carleigh
March 10, 2014 at 1:00 pmLove the words!
Rashmi
March 10, 2014 at 4:25 pmI learned a very important lesson that God is not responsible for the bad things that happens to me. I’m suppose to trust him and have faith in his Word, not let the devil deceive me into doing things that might seem good at first but at a point in time everything goes wrong. God has a devine plan for me and for everybody, but for him to achieve it I have a part to play to get there no matter what because I have faith that it will surely come to pass. This faith could be destroyed by the devil, because he has no love for us he uses us because he only comes to steal kill and destroy(John 10:10) I learned a very important lesson that God is not responsible for the bad things that happens to me. I’m suppose to trust him and have faith in his Word, not let the devil deceive me into doing things that might seem good at first but at a point in time everything goes wrong.
Marlena
December 7, 2014 at 8:56 pmI agree Rashmi. Bad things are all satans doings. like when parents get divorces, its because satan tempted one parent into doing something until finally the other parent has had enough.
Heather
March 14, 2014 at 12:59 pmWhy do good things happen to bad people?
Rashmi
March 18, 2014 at 5:40 pmIt’s a method used by the devil to make things we are not supposed to do seem fun, after awhile all the parts that seemed to be enjoyable comes crashing down. 🙂
James
March 24, 2014 at 2:21 amAwesome, but, first, how do I make brushing my teeth seem less boring?
chasey
March 26, 2014 at 6:41 amI know bad things happen to good people, but God isn’t the one who makes it happen. I think it’s free will. God doesn’t look down on us and say, “I think I want you to get in a car accident.” Just like God doesn’t make us love him, because it wouldn’t be true love. But the bad things that do happen to us are tests.
Itzia
April 23, 2014 at 6:48 amGreat devotional 🙂 blessings!
Alex
April 25, 2014 at 9:18 amI love this devotional
Pastor Lance
May 5, 2014 at 7:39 amAwesome devo to conquer fear! And I have discovered over the years, it really works too!
Thanks Student Devos for such great tools.
Imelda
May 9, 2014 at 10:28 pmExcellent. Praying that my son would learn to apply this truth in his life.
Monaliza
May 18, 2014 at 11:08 amhi!! good evening! thank you for these words of encouragement.. it truly inspired me a lot and help reminding that WE SHOULD LIVE LIKE CHRIST FROM THE INSIDE OUT.. ! ,may GOD continue to bless you!!
Amber
May 28, 2014 at 9:10 pmI know I messed up really big and hurt a lot of people unintentionally in the process. I have always had a rather rebellious attitude and I have done some pretty bad things that I regret. I’ve never really accepted the notion of a God, and because of that, I didn’t care to restrict my actions. My behaviors lead me into some dark stuff, inlcuding four years of self harm and about two years with an eating disorder.
It wasn’t until someone came into my life and introduced me to God and tried to help me turn my life around that I began to accept God. Before, I couldn’t believe a God would let me live the way I did and have me raised the way I was. This person invited me to church and would tell me everything he preacher said that might help me.
I started to finally get better…that is until I slipped up. I got in trouble and dragged my friend down with me, and to this day, he still won’t even look at me. I miss him so much, but I believe with God and time, things will eventually work out.
By the way, I am 148 consecutive and successful days into recovery.
Mary
June 23, 2014 at 7:52 pmvideo not working!!!
studentdevos
June 23, 2014 at 10:30 pmHey Mary – Thanks for the comment. Our podcast player has a graphic in the player that makes it appear like a video might. However, its just in an audio format, so what you’re hearing is perfectly fine. If you’d like to watch any of our videos, they will be listed on the watch tab in the navigation. Glad you’re listening to the podcast! Thanks.
Mary
June 27, 2014 at 3:03 pmTrack 3? Who is the god man? What is sin was jesus more than a holy guy? Do you have a relationship with god? What is grace?
TEM
July 25, 2014 at 12:18 amHi! I suggest you buy a devotional book that will help you in studying the best love letter ever written, the Bible. 🙂
I bought one and enjoys reading the Bible with it 🙂
Seth
July 26, 2014 at 9:32 amI have bad days all of the time, and always want to know what to do and be in a better attitude. Thank you for posting this devotion and I will definitely remember it.
Heather A
July 27, 2014 at 11:33 pmI work with middle school aged kids and I was browsing through some things on the internet about faith devotions. I came across this site and I couldn’t be happier with what I have found. I wrote down the idea on how duct tape and faith are similar. Used the examples from here and am very impressed. Thank you so much for these great ideas! Super awesome!
jewels
July 30, 2014 at 2:42 pmLately I have been having a lot it’s as if nothing in my life is going right. But the lord lead me here and it’s given me a whole new look at my situations.
Marjorie
November 12, 2014 at 3:06 pmSame here totally agree and I suggest reading 1 Samuel 16:7
ariane
July 31, 2014 at 12:28 am_ thanks for sharing your devotion..i learned a lot of things here…Godbless
shelley
August 9, 2014 at 2:18 pmI’ve been looking for something like this for my 16 yr. old son. Thank you and may God Bless you for your commitment to Him.
sheila
August 11, 2014 at 4:34 amif you love God more than anything :’)
Seth
August 15, 2014 at 8:02 amlove baseball, love this devotion, love this sight…….great for everyone…….thank you
Shealee
August 26, 2014 at 12:30 pmI understand what you’re trying to say here, on how to not grow resentful towards the idea of sexual purity but sexual purity isn’t an option, God tells us to remain sexually pure until we are married. Being a Christian isn’t about doing what feels comfortable and always makes sense in your head, he wants us to die to our flesh daily and abide by his word.
studentdevos
August 26, 2014 at 4:16 pmShealee –
Thanks for bringing that point up. We were trying to address a problem we’ve seen where a teenager takes a purity pledge because of peer pressure and later resents it or feels like they are going to hell because they broke the pledge. The point here was to make the decision to be pure out of a love for and a relationship with God, not because someone was pressuring them into it.
God does tell us in His word to be pure, and that’s His best for our lives! Thanks for your thoughts!
Julia H
September 25, 2014 at 2:51 pmThis is exactly what I needed to hear. One of my best friends from kindergarden is being bullied at school and even at church because she has a disorder. It makes me so mad and I want to hurt them like they hurt her.
Banana
October 16, 2014 at 9:16 amGuilt has been something I’ve been struggling with recently very much. This was a very uplifting devotion and hopefully it will help improve my mindset on things. After praying about my guilt a lot, I stumbled across this website. I feel it is no coincidence and Gods way of saying that he is much more easy going than I probably think. Thank you for posting this 🙂
Pastor Lance
October 17, 2014 at 10:30 amThese devotions are so creative but more importantly they contain such practical steps to be an overcomer.
Eno
October 20, 2014 at 3:34 amGreat Words!! His word is spirit and life. Please when are you creating a blackberry, andriod or iphone app?
Pat
November 8, 2014 at 7:31 amI would like to print this and / or email to myself but can’t find that option.
studentdevos
November 9, 2014 at 9:37 amHey Pat – Great question. We didn’t have the email option available, but realized it was a great idea. We’ve updated the site to now allow you to email posts to yourself. You can do this by hovering over the blue plus button below the heading “Similar Teen Devotions” and then selecting the email option. Thanks for the feedback and hope you’re enjoying the devotions!
Nicole
November 9, 2014 at 2:48 pmVery good examples. I will always lock the door(s) to my heart.
Marjorie
November 12, 2014 at 2:57 pmI get bad days everyday and I feel like none of my friends really care for me and I want more friends
Cameron C
August 14, 2015 at 2:36 pmIm here for you 🙂
Marjorie
November 12, 2014 at 3:03 pmLately its like nobody cares for me. My boyfriend just broke up with me and I want more friends and I want your help. Mrs. Sharar told me about this site she’s my art teacher.
Amber
November 15, 2014 at 5:08 amMarjorie – I can relate to what you’re going through. I went through something really similar a few years ago. Its tough when you feel all alone. I read a book that really helped me get through a similar tough time. Here’s the link to it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Gods-Best-Classic/dp/0879431342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416049501&sr=8-1&keywords=you+are+God%27s+best let me know if you have trouble buying it, or don’t have the money. I can see if our church bookstore has a copy and send it with Mrs. Sharar. Andy went through a similar time when he felt all alone. You can listen to his story here: https://studentdevos.com/how-to-survive-a-sucker-put-down-your-back/ .
I’ll be praying for you, and be sure to let me know how things are going!
Marjorie
November 12, 2014 at 3:13 pmMy uncle/cousin commited suicide about a month ago Its hard on my family
Marjorie
November 15, 2014 at 8:26 pmnot very well amber he told me he didn’t want to be friends
amber
November 17, 2014 at 8:47 pmMy advice is to think long term about all this. 3 years from now, you will probably be in a new area with new friends and will not hardly remember this guys name. Also, think outside of yourself and reach out to people around you. If you want friends, be friendly. Not doing it to look cool or impress. Just be a friend. Look out to others who might be lonely and often are not popular and start being a friend to them. Several years after high school you’ll not care if you were cool or accepted. You’ll think about times where you were a true friend to the unpopular and those who needed a true friend. Hope you get something out of this. God bless, Amber
Elliot Callison
December 1, 2014 at 1:32 pmIt means to be true ..
Elliot Callison
December 2, 2014 at 11:32 amdo u even
Gorena
December 3, 2014 at 7:29 pmmy FCA students did this devotional this morning and it went great thank you for posting it
Elliot Callison
December 4, 2014 at 10:25 amthats amazing
Marlena
December 6, 2014 at 8:17 pmI have been a converted christian since I was 10. I never really looked at it the way I did this year. My parents were divorcing and that put me through really hard times. I need hope! I was looking for devotions, and I found this website. 🙂
Marlena
December 6, 2014 at 8:22 pmThis happened to me in the last two months. I was hurt, broken, and confused to which parent I was really at home with. It didn’t take me long to find out my mom was a wonderful place to run to. Don’t be afraid to do that! Run to whoever you need to to cry with them or tell them your feelings.
Marlena
December 6, 2014 at 8:47 pmI have a friend that is named alexis. I want to hurt her bullies so bad. They stressed her out and now she is a cutter. she was abused. I want to help her but I don’t know how.
anon
November 15, 2018 at 1:21 pmDon’t hurt the bullies , just stick up for Alexis and be there for her , try and teach her about talking to god.
Brandon
December 9, 2014 at 11:31 amWow this devo is truly incredible
studentdevos
December 17, 2014 at 8:21 pmHey Brandon – We’re so glad you liked it!
Chay
August 18, 2016 at 10:54 pmMe too
Elliot Callison
December 10, 2014 at 10:39 amKADABRAH
Samantha
December 14, 2014 at 11:08 amI think this would be great if a little shorter. I wanted a devo like this to do but a short and sweet one. But, it did seem like a great devo and maybe sometime when I find enough spare time to do this I will. Thanks anyway! ps. The parts I had time to do were great!
V
December 29, 2014 at 6:45 amThank you for sharing your story Amber. I pray that you continue your recovery and time will heal the friendship you had.
V
December 30, 2014 at 7:06 pmHello
callie
January 4, 2015 at 11:14 pmI think this is wonderful, never feel that you have to change yourself to be attractive to the other person.. God made you wonderfully, and the way he wanted you, your fearfully and wonderfully made. God will send you a spouse that fits you, give it time, and have faith.
cora
January 14, 2015 at 11:29 amhi ayomi
Just Some Dude
January 23, 2015 at 12:37 amThat was only 5, but it was still good
studentdevos
January 26, 2015 at 7:24 pmHey Just Some Dude – thanks for bringing that to our attention. We must have overlooked adding number six! Its there now. Thanks.
Grace
February 9, 2015 at 11:25 pmi’ve been having some tough issues with starting high school this year failing algebra so many times and scared i won’t get into to college and lost a boyfriend who cared so much about.And recently lost a really good friend,who then found out talked behind my back I’ve always been a christian i pray every night i go to church every sunday and wednesday and some how I’m giving up i seek out to god but i don’t know what to do anymore.
Sam :)
May 15, 2015 at 8:00 pmfeel free to email me (if it even shows up to you). I think we could have a great conversation. In the past year and a half I have been diagnosed with countless medical conditions, lost all of my friends, and was told I would never live a normal life again. You know what I did? Cried. A lot. And then after a few months of wallowing in my sorrow (which many people with my conditions do), I said heck with this!! And I prayed. A lot. At first I couldn’t even focus because I was in so much pain and my prayers began as “Lord please help me get through this song, I want to worship you.” And slowly but surely, with faith alone I’m sure of it, I gained strength. I’m now a full functioning high school sophomore and I was recently accepted to an advanced, residential high school for my junior and senior year. Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. AJ you can do it and I would love to give you some more great verses and advice. (This response is three months late haha sorry). Anyone else in need of encouragement can email me also. Heads up guys, we got the best guardian watching over us! He’s got it!
AJ
February 16, 2015 at 6:42 pmGrace. I went thru something similar a few years back. It felt like all my friends left me. It will get better with time. Don’t give up, and don’t give up on God. God can use you to help people who are going through the same stuff as you later.
Scott
March 14, 2015 at 9:42 pmThanks this really will help me improve my faith.
PianoChamp
March 30, 2015 at 9:38 amThis devotion is wrong. God says we will decompose and he will take our spirit. spirit means charachter and thoughts. He restores us withour spirit in his second coming. we go to hevan with him for 1000 years, with satan locked on our earth with the bad people. then, we will come down in the new jerusalem, god will burn the earth and all the sin and make a new earth. We live with him for eternity. This is all in Revalation.
amber
March 30, 2015 at 9:20 pmYou bring up some good points. I didn’t go into as much detail as I could have. The post could have been titled, “What happens to a Christian when they die” to be more clear and then go into more of the details as you explain here. Thanks for your comment!
Sabrina
April 14, 2015 at 5:03 pmI looked on your website to find inspiration. I am writing a devo book for teens. It will be based on the chapters of John. I’m a teenager myself, but I’m not into things that other teenagers are onto. How do I reach to teens through my devo book? Have any ideas? Please respond back.
amber
April 20, 2015 at 1:47 pmHey Sabrina –
Its awesome that you want to write devos for teens. I’d just encourage you to go ahead and get started writing them. Don’t wait until you have it all figured out before you get going on it. Grab a journal and start writing your devo ideas down. Maybe as you go, it will become clear to you what the next step is for your devos. Don’t let yourself believe a lie that your devos won’t connect with other teens. That just isn’t true. If God has put the idea of a devo book in your heart, then there’s an audience for what you have to say. Continue to ask God for wisdom and what the next step is to take, but I’d encourage you to just begin writing your ideas down now.
Andrea
April 28, 2015 at 12:24 pmThank you for posting these devotions! I’ve been doing these every night and fond they are pretty helpful! Thanks!! ❤
studentdevos
April 28, 2015 at 7:12 pmAndrea – Thanks for the comment. We’re glad to hear the devos are helping you!
Adina G
May 4, 2015 at 3:42 amHow do you live for God? (Pls reply if you know how), thnks, God luvs u.
studentdevos
May 10, 2015 at 8:32 amHey Adina – Sorry its been a few days since you asked the question. We’ve written a couple of devos that might help you out with some practical ways to live for God. https://studentdevos.com/how-to-live-for-god-in-college/ and this one too: https://studentdevos.com/how-to-live-for-god/ We wish you the best! Living for God is always worth it!
Adina G
May 12, 2015 at 3:36 amGreat lesson.
studentdevos
May 12, 2015 at 10:58 amThanks Adina! Glad to hear you liked it.
Nadia
May 12, 2015 at 1:57 pmLove there devotions on the website! Thanks a lot (: x
Adina G
May 13, 2015 at 3:37 amAmazing devo, thanks!
James
May 13, 2015 at 5:07 amI sometimes think people don’t get me. This is encouraging thanks!
Sholü
May 22, 2015 at 9:59 amGod wants us to increase our faith through the trials and obstacles.
kateenaboy2112
May 26, 2015 at 9:26 pmvery helpful
Zoe
May 27, 2015 at 11:56 amHey
Zoe
May 27, 2015 at 11:58 amHey
JesusLoverForever
May 28, 2015 at 7:12 amThis is very true! The last verse ( John 4:20 ) is defiantly an eye opener
Kellie
May 29, 2015 at 1:00 pmThis is an awesome lesson!
Dillon
May 31, 2015 at 1:22 amI really appreciate you posting devotionals from God’s word. It has helped me out and has helped many others I’m sure. I do have a question about your comments on salvation. I noticed it doesn’t include anything on baptism. There are several verses in the Bible that talk about the necessity of baptism in regards to salvation (Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, I Peter 3:21, Romans 6). I was wondering why you left that out? It seems to me that God’s word makes it pretty clear that baptism is essential to salvation.
Nathan
August 25, 2016 at 9:53 amGreat question, Dillon. I was wondering the same thing. To my recollection, every conversion in Acts ends with baptism.
riley h
June 5, 2015 at 11:59 ami love this article
A.J
June 19, 2015 at 11:42 amI have bad days constantly all i have to remember is God is always there for me so i never lose hope and i keep moving forward.
sanchitha s
June 30, 2015 at 10:49 pmThis helped me so much…..THANKS STUDENT DEVOS!
June
July 10, 2015 at 7:24 amThank You Jesus !!!,!
Corny
August 3, 2015 at 8:25 amThank you
Corny
August 3, 2015 at 8:29 amNeed help
alyssa
August 8, 2015 at 11:23 am1. its a good idea to take small steps even if you dont want to
2. I want to do cross country but at my school they dont have a cross country team so i have to wait till im in high school, instead of being discouraged, i train at home.
3. Galations 6:9 because it gives you courage and when it says that God placed a specific dream in my heart.
alyssa
August 9, 2015 at 11:05 am1. Success is built on failing
2. Don’t give up
3. I have a second chance
Jenny
August 19, 2015 at 9:21 pmThis is a very good message but I couldn’t help but focus on the grammar issues.
Karon D
August 21, 2015 at 2:11 pmI am youth teacher and I send out daily these devotions for the youth in my chuch.I and the youth have found them very inspiring.
bonnie
August 31, 2015 at 12:09 amWhere did your teendevo.com website go. How can I find the topic search engine to search for specific topics that my daughter wants to learn about?
Thanks,
Bonnie S
studentdevos
August 31, 2015 at 2:17 pmHey Bonnie – We’re not affiliated with teendevo.com, sorry. However, we did think having a search feature would be a good idea, so we added it at the top of the sidebar. Let us know if you have any other questions! Thanks!
Rossel P
September 4, 2015 at 12:05 amthis is a great help for the young people. can you please send me daily devotion to my email?
Lisa
September 6, 2015 at 9:02 pmverse and devotion please
studentdevos
September 8, 2015 at 8:07 pmHey Rossel – You can sign up for the daily devotions in the side bar on any page. You just need to scroll down to the ‘Get Devotions and Bible Verses Emailed to You Daily!’ heading and enter your name, email, hit submit and you’re all signed up! Enjoy the daily devotions!
Anastasya N
September 9, 2015 at 8:33 pmNice! I would like to read more and daily devotions through my email. Thankyou! May God’s grace flow in your life. Amen.
Lori
October 5, 2015 at 10:51 pmMe and my 3 kids (ages 12,14,16) found this website several months ago, we do the devotions together nightly. 90% of the time they have dealt directly with something we are facing in one of our lives. Tonights message is exactly what we needed at exactly the right time. My husband of 17 years had divorce papers served on me today. He has chosen the life of sin and adultery. I still pray that God can soften his heart and change his heart.
Anyone that reads this comment – I want you to pray for this country, pray for families. We are entering scary times ahead and temptation will be around every corner but with God on your side you can flee from any temptation, the devil has already lost, don’t give him power over your life.
Liam
October 5, 2015 at 11:33 pmYou are really encouraging. I have been having a lot of change lately with school and a lot of regrets too. When ever I can’t think straight or sleep, I go straight to here. Thanks a lot!
Shenae
October 11, 2015 at 3:53 pmI’m really enjoying these devotions, they speak to where I’m at right now.
Stephanie
October 12, 2015 at 9:19 pmThanks I just found this website and I’m in a gray area in my relationship with God where sometimes he’s the most important thing to me and other times he’s so far away from my mind. I’ve been struggling with a certain kind of addiction and it in silence hasn’t helped in my relationship with God..sometimes I break down because I get tired of apologizing so many times I seem to disbelieve the sincerity of it sometimes, but bow it’s good to find this place where I can get my bearing and seek strength..thanks!!
Carrie
October 27, 2015 at 2:33 amFor the past week I’ve been struggling with depression. Life has been so horrible to me and I just couldn’t take it anymore. A few nights ago I cut. And every night since then until now. I’m still struggling with depression but the blades are gone. I have no idea where they went, but Jesus took them away. I went to cut today, and well I wanted to cut a lot. And just the night before I wrote in my prayer box (it’s a box I write all my prayer requests in) “I need You right now, I’m so broken. And I need help, I don’t know what to do anymore. Help me please.” And today. The blades are gone.
If you are reading this and going through a difficult time. GOD DOES MIRACULOUS THINGS!! He has saved me from.. Who knows what.. I probably would’ve killed myself today if it wasn’t for Him. MIRACLES ARE REAL!!
Angel H
October 31, 2015 at 7:12 amAwesome DEVOS
Jacob
December 1, 2015 at 5:37 pmThis past year I was diagnosed with cancer. It was hard, but I knew God cared for me and would help me through it.
Joe B
December 10, 2015 at 10:55 amI don’t believe any of those five things. I don’t even believe God exists. It’s all made up bull.
Nancy
December 27, 2015 at 5:58 pmI don’t believe Joe B exists, or if he does , he didn’t write the comment above. It’s all made up bull.
Joe B
December 30, 2015 at 6:47 pmJoe B (me) exists because there is actual evidence for my existence, which is more than I can say for the Christian God. If I didn’t write the comment, who else did? There’s obviously a comment because you just read it and responded to it. If you actually think that claims for a person’s existence is the same as claiming the existence of an infinitely powerful, omniscient, magical super-being who inexplicably manufactured the universe and everything in it by pure force of will… for intellectual obtuseness you take the cake.
Paige
July 18, 2017 at 12:39 pmDear Joe B,
With God things can be confusing. Yes you may not be able to physically see him or touch him but you can see his work. After all he did create you. I don’t know about your life or what may have happened in your life to know why you say he doesn’t exist but God is all round you. You have to be opened to find him. He’s there with you. In the air, the wind, earth, water, the list goes on. Even though its not how you think you’re supposed to see to God to know he is real you got to faith that he is. He wants you to lean on him for all your needs. He wants you to feel the love that he has for you but you have got to want to see that he does exists. No one can make you see him the only thing we as Christians can do is to share our testimonies and pray that you have questions afterwords. With much Love, you have great day.
Nariah
December 13, 2015 at 11:37 pmI agree with Jesusloverforever ! 1 John 4:20 is a great verse to get you thinking about your relationship with not only your brother but with God too.
Rachael
June 28, 2016 at 5:39 pmThis is very true
christian! :-)
December 18, 2015 at 2:25 pmI love this sooo much. Very helpful
Toby S
January 6, 2016 at 9:07 pmI love this website and I think it will really help me connect with God more.
Tony
January 8, 2016 at 9:35 amGreat point about not over-correcting so that you fall into the other ditch. I like where this is going!
Jamie
January 16, 2016 at 8:37 amThat’s so power people don’t seem to understand that sometimes. ( Even myself) There’s a saying that says if you pray why worry. but if you’re worrying are you sure you prayed. Always have faith in the Lord
Maggie Louise
January 18, 2016 at 6:18 pmHey I my name is Maggie Louise and I am a seventh grader I have a mom that lives in Okalhoma and a dad that lives in Iowa… I love them and I love jesus too!!
Jerrisa
January 28, 2016 at 7:23 pmHey! This is actually Exodus 2:14 * . Also, isn’t this scripture more related to the fact that Everything we do will eventually catch up with us?
Btw, I enjoy this blog and use it for my daily devotions! Only missed one day since the year started and i made up for it!
Richard
February 17, 2016 at 2:58 amI need
Nic
February 23, 2016 at 7:41 pmThat make’s a lot of sense to me.
Karon Davis
March 22, 2016 at 7:42 amWe love the devotions that you send but the dates are posted wrong.Today is March 21 not the 20 Th.Thank you again for the daily devotions.
Emma
March 22, 2016 at 10:29 pmThis verse is so inspiring, the explanation of the verse is also so amazing,and I love reading your daily devotions! They’re incredible and help me, and many other people so much!! May God bless you!
madison b
March 27, 2016 at 1:33 pmThat scripture isn’t John 10: 27. It’s found in many places but not there. Maybe you meant to put Mark 12:30?
Sandy
April 13, 2016 at 4:42 amSuch a simple illustration to remind us about keeping our eyes on Him! I love it! It was just what I needed this morning!
Rajandaran
April 14, 2016 at 11:04 pmI am a high school teacher. I find your illustrations suitable to be used during devotions. Praise God for your wonderful teachings.
Izzy
May 13, 2016 at 10:57 pmEverything you said was true failure wasn’t bad thing because it teach you to good in your life ,but sometimes you think that ,than you said I can do this but some of us don’t think that because they try learn from their mistakes it just make them feel like they were not part of this life or they just want to find themself were they belong .
Dana
May 16, 2016 at 5:21 amIs it okay if I repost this to my blog? I will put credit and post the devotion’s website. 🙂
Michael
May 22, 2016 at 10:37 pmGrammar is important. You need “too” not “to” when you go “too far.” But the real question is … “What is too far? — What do you mean by “messing up” sexually? Is your definition of messing up applicable to one age (or age group) as opposed to another? Please clarify when going too far in the eyes of humans is OK in the eyes of our Lord Jesus Christ. If one is mature enough to share her/his Love with another (of the same disposition) for the sake of finding out more about the nature of our Creator, then I feel this sharing with our Lord Jesus Christ would be most welcome in Heaven.
Jeff R
June 10, 2016 at 12:38 pmThese are not quite right. First, If your relationship is pushing you towards things you wouldn’t normally do, there’s a good chance you’re in love, because you are doing things simply to be with your significant other. If the things you are being pushed towards doing make you uncomfortable, you may still be in love, but it might not be a very healthy relationship. The church test is really dependent on various variables, such as: Are you easily embarrassed? If you are, your embarrassment talking about what you do with your girlfriend/boyfriend may not be a bad thing. If you are embarrassed because what you are doing with them is a sin, then you still might be in love, but again, it’s not very healthy, at least in a spiritual sense. As for the Family test, it has the same flaws as the other ones: It doesn’t really determine if you’re in love, but whether your relationship is healthy. If your relationship isn’t healthy should you call it off? That depends (and no, I’m not talking about adult diapers). If the relation ship is only hurting you spiritually, it may be worth trying to fix it, with the happy result of winning a brother/sister for Christ, and being much happier. If your relationship is hurting you emotionally and/or physically, you are better calling it off.
Kayle H
June 13, 2016 at 4:43 pmI think often youth are discouraged when it comes to fear, and sometimes fear is rather crippling. This lesson shows that in God and His love, there is no fear, and that is something we all need reminded of.
Adam H
July 1, 2016 at 8:18 amGreat devo today!!! God wants us to listen to Him.
Caleb F
August 4, 2016 at 12:28 pmWow this Devo touched my heart.
Tania
August 5, 2016 at 5:43 amI really love this devotional but it really would have been best if it was posted a bit earlier than it usually is.
Caleb F
August 5, 2016 at 11:57 amWow I’m so glad I’m a Christen!!!!
Molly
August 27, 2016 at 9:50 pmGod just brought to my attention this verse to share with my high school girls that I teach, then I stumbled onto your website to research a completely different topic. I clicked on the devotions page and the first think I see is a devotional on the verse God lead me to share with my High Schoolers! Praise God! Awesome website! Thanks for doing this!
Ashleyanna
September 3, 2016 at 2:26 pmWow! That was deep! I feel like God led me to this post for a reason. I’m one of those people where I don’t really believe in myself or have confidence in things I say or do. Lately I have been praying about my self esteem and that it could be strong and “healthy” and this post was exactly what I needed! God is good! 🙂
studentdevos
September 5, 2016 at 9:16 pmWe’re glad to hear that the post was what you needed! God Bless!
Angie
September 4, 2016 at 11:03 pmwow I really loved reading this its been a week since I found this website and I really enjoy it because I’ve been wanting to give the time and have a stronger relationship with God and love him like he loved us 1st and otherwise I really enjoy this website its the best website it really has helped me get closer to God.
studentdevos
September 5, 2016 at 9:17 pmWe’re so happy to hear that your relationship with God has been strengthened by reading the devos!
ALEX
September 4, 2016 at 11:22 pmWhy is the devotions not getting updated daily ?? Today its 5th of September, but the devotion here is still of the 1st September. Please update it regularly, its a great blessing for many 🙂 Don’t Lose hope in your ministries .
studentdevos
September 5, 2016 at 9:19 pmThanks for the encouragement Alex! We usually take the weekends off from posting devos. Since this one was a holiday weekend for us, we took an extra day to be with our family. You should see the devos resume tomorrow! Thanks.
Ann
September 6, 2016 at 12:00 amThese help me through a lot, thank you for devoting time to do these. It’s kinda odd though because, as I was doing this devotional, Better than a Hallelujah began to play from my playlist haha. Anyway, thank you again.
Joe B
September 16, 2016 at 2:11 pm“We all face situations in life when we feel scared and alone.”
Kind of like the way the inhabitants of Jericho must have felt while Joshua and his army were circling the city waiting to go in and massacre every man, woman, child and living thing.
Joshua was pretty much a mass murderer and ethnic cleanser. Was God there for the women and children of Jericho when Joshua’s army tortured and sliced them to pieces or was God with Joshua? Was God with the parents and little children that Joshua threw in a pit and had burned alive or was God with Joshua? If the later then God has a great deal of blood on his hands. ~ one teen’s rant.
Grace
September 3, 2017 at 6:30 amHello Joe. I understand your questions, I recommend reading this book called Old Testament Survey by Paul House and Eric Mitchell
Grace
September 19, 2016 at 6:54 ami love this. It really makes since. Thank you for posting this devo
Lisa Barrett
October 4, 2016 at 5:24 amAnxious for my daughter to read
Roshin J
October 7, 2016 at 9:22 amI love these devotions. Wish you had it in audio format that could be shared on what’sapp for my teen kid, nephews and nieces as well.
Rebe
October 12, 2016 at 5:01 pmCareer is one of the most tough decision of our life and you rightly said that if we strive hard, by the grace of almighty , we get the right path forward.
Bonnie S
October 26, 2016 at 1:59 pmThe new advertisements are very distracting and I am looking for a similar website without them my 13 yr old daughter is easily distracted, there are enough distractions in the world, is there a way to at least put the ads after the scripture and devotion?
Deegie
October 29, 2016 at 5:18 pmI ordered the Lego lesson but didn’t receive anything. I would like to get the option to the download ASAP. Thank you!
studentdevos
October 30, 2016 at 8:53 pmHey Deegie – Once you checkout you have the option to click a link to download the lesson. Did you close the screen before getting the chance to download the lesson?
thabisile m
November 5, 2016 at 5:37 amthe best devotion site
Tanya
November 29, 2016 at 11:37 pmawesome lesson- I can even tailor this to younger kids. Thanks!
Emma
December 3, 2016 at 2:30 pmSo inspiring yet so true. Those around us have a huge impact on our lives but it’s so hard to notice it unless you take a step back and realise. Be around those that inspire you to be better not those who put you of course in life and where you want to be.
Andrea
December 13, 2016 at 11:25 amthis is good!!
Melissa H
January 4, 2017 at 11:39 amThe link on the questions says it can not be opened.
studentdevos
January 4, 2017 at 7:45 pmSorry Melissa. We’ve got that link updated for you.
Haylie
January 16, 2017 at 11:35 amgetting involved in an organization is a great way to meet godly friends! I’m involved with Younglife and I’ve met some of my best friends there. It’s people who will point you back to Jesus and I do the same. It’s incredible to see the doors God has opened up for me at college, I’ve never felt closer to Him!
India
January 18, 2017 at 6:43 amThis is true but being an African American we have a reason to fear….. lets not forget about police brutality and racial profiling against people of color. We need a devotional to help us stay strong during this time when. We are being killed for simply being black.
Simone B
January 27, 2017 at 1:34 amWow, I felt like God was speaking through the author of this devotional. I stumbled upon this at 11:30 pm, and this was so helpful. I am a sophomore in college studying music education who has doubts about whether this is where I am most helpful, where I am best using my gifts. I need to pray about this more.
Regardless of whether I stay on this path or not, I know that I am not a person who gives up easily. I learned from this past year that failure does not make me this in the towel- it pushes me to try harder. I want to be a blessing, I want to be needed. I am reminded that Christ doesn’t need us, but he desires us to the point of death. His choice made my choice to choose life forever possible. Thanks you Jesus!
Miriam
January 31, 2017 at 12:50 pmYou should create an app your work is really good and beneficial for the youth.
Meenu
March 6, 2017 at 10:17 amThanku very much..it seems correct ..ill try this..n when the result comes ill.post it….praise the lord…
Natalie
March 22, 2017 at 3:29 pmBeautiful verses but how does one reconcile this with the words of Jesus in Matthew 10?
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“ ‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Bayleigh
March 24, 2017 at 7:59 pmWhat is the Bible verse that got you through those tough times, the one you showed to your mom and other loved ones?
studentdevos
March 24, 2017 at 10:16 pmGood question. It won’t make much sense if you weren’t a part of the situation, but it was Acts 26:14 – “All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the cattle prods.’
Thismyfavverseanditswrong
March 28, 2017 at 8:18 amThis is not Isaiah 41:10
Nevaeh M
April 2, 2017 at 8:50 pmThat is what everyone should do and I admit, when I am bored I text a friend or play a game and I don’t take the only 5 minutes in the day for God and that is bad because your not letting him in your life like guiding you to the good things in life instead you might run into things for not listening to him. Maybe for now one we should take those 5 minutes or more and listen to him, let him into your heart and love him.
Nataly O
April 12, 2017 at 1:43 amJust like dancers focus on one spot in front of them when they spin to avoid dizziness, we focus on Christ to avoid getting lost in the world.
Thomas M
April 13, 2017 at 9:11 amThis is really wonderful illustration which encourages me in my faith. Thank you..
thabisile m
April 13, 2017 at 2:24 pmvery good
Sue Ann G
April 20, 2017 at 6:00 amthank you for the 7 strategies they are so beneficial to me
Ryan W
April 21, 2017 at 3:25 pmYou know god is real when you hear his voice and see his face right?Wrong you know god is real when you accept him in your heart and 100% truly feel his working through you.I’m not saying I’m perfect, I’ve sinned and hurt people verbally, and cheated and lied and accused but I have tried so hard to make up for it and I have but that doesn’t take away what I have done god does, because he loves and he saves and he heals and he knows and he sees and it is he who reigns.God sent Jesus down to die for our sins all throughout his adult life he was accused and threatened and hated and tortured when put on a cross and being nailed and given vinegar to drink instead of water.And he literally took in all of our sins to save us.So am I just someone saying something on the internet could god not be real maybe but I doubt he isn’t and if he is ide rather go through life believing that there’s a loving, caring, wise god protecting me than fear there isn’t.
Alivia Lynch
April 28, 2017 at 9:40 ami have a friend that feels lost. She said she has felt this way for years. I’m trying to reach out for her but she keeps refusing my help. All i can do now is pray for her. When i pray i declare what i pray and mean it. I have asked God to take it out of my hands because it is hurting me. Since i gave it to God should i just stop thinking about it or should i continue to pray?
Emma and Caleb
April 30, 2017 at 3:09 pmMake Questions please. 🙂
Abigail
May 9, 2017 at 9:16 amI was wording if their questions for this devos?
Abigail
May 9, 2017 at 9:18 amAnd if you can make questions for why words are like legos?
studentdevos
May 10, 2017 at 5:15 amGood question Abigail! We’ve only started adding discussion questions to a few of our newer devotions. Glad to hear you’d like them. We will keep adding them to more devotions as we have time!
Abigail
May 11, 2017 at 10:43 amThank you I was wondering if I could use your devos for a class devos and if you can make questions for this devos please? I really need questions.
Lukas F
May 14, 2017 at 9:55 am“Take some time today to thank God for everything He has made.”
Thank God? Anyone who worships such a cruel, unmerciful God, who brutally murders countless innocent men, women and children with earthquakes and tsunamis, is a maniac.
God might be real, but is definitely not great.
Anthony
June 21, 2017 at 9:11 amLukas,
There are a lot of things in this world that we may never understand why they happen. However, taking the time to read the Bible, God’s perfect Word for us, will help you understand that God is truly a loving and wonderful God. He is not a cruel tyrant that intends harm for us. The Bible says that we, the human race, are fearfully and wonderfully made. We are not an after thought and none of us are “mistakes”. God knows exactly how each of us is made and how we think. He created us to have free will to make our own decisions in life, including having faith that He is who He is; or not believing at all. But He wants a relationship with all of us, not just a thought that he exists. He loves us so much that Jesus was sent to the cross to pay a price that we as humans could never pay. His blood being shed was the only way to cover the sins of all mankind throughout eternity. That includes those who will believe and those who will not. Jesus was and is perfect and we are not.
This earth and all living things are not meant to last forever. This earth will eventually crumble. But death is not the end. I believe with all my heart that there is eternity to face after death and where we spend it is based on whether we accept through faith that Christ Jesus is Lord of All. The Bible says that those who truly seek will find Jesus to be who He says He is. Faith in a living Christ Jesus is the difference between spending eternity in heaven with Him, or eternity in hell with Satan. “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17
God did not take the time to create us the way he did just to destroy and/or torment us. I hope that you will take the time to really seek Him and not just choose to continue with the hopeless thought that God is hateful because He is the God of hope. He knows who you are and wants you to find out just how much He loves you.
Amarachi
May 25, 2018 at 2:18 amThis world full of suffering and pain was never Gods intention for human kind. It started out with a perfect world free of sin and death and filled with Joy and gladness. This is a clear indication that God had wonderful plans for the world. But these plans were truncated by sin and the consequences of sin is sorrow. You’d probably wonder why God is making us pay for the sins of Adam and Eve. Does it mean that he doesn’t love us? Not at all. God loves us so much that he looked down on this sinful world and sent His ONLY son Jesus Christ to die for us. So that we have hope of a much better life someday, in Heaven. Where there is no sorrow or pain. I was very hurt to see that you think God is mean and cruel when He is the very opposite. I really hope that your misconception on who God is changes. He’s not Zeus that strikes people down to destroy them. He is pained by the perishing of his people and the bible tells us that. This is why he gives us the greatest consolation, heaven. This is our hope and consolation as Christians.
Cassidy N
April 12, 2018 at 5:34 pmHOW DARE YOU!!! God is NOT dead. Sin is what causes those stuff, not God. God wants us to make our own desisions. You were created by God in your mothers womb. You are loved by God so so much! He wants you to come to him and repent for your sins. We are very sinfull. Ever since Eve took the serpents advise, this world had been cursed. But when God comes again he will judge the living and the dead. The people in heaven will be celebrating and the people in hell will rot in sin forever and ever. BTW watch your language.
Molly B
April 23, 2019 at 10:47 pmWell maybe bad things do happen but God will always be there for us.
God also gives us the good things I mean think of anything that pleases you I’m sure you can think of a lot God made all of those things
God always has reasons for what he does, we may not know them yet but everything that God does is for a good reason
I had a grandpa who I didn’t know very well, he died in November. If he hadn’t passed away then I never would’ve known him as much as i do now like i had no idea that he loved basketball as much as me or that he had wavy hair just like me. He was also in a lot of pain so I would rather him be in heaven rather than here in pain
Sincerely,
Molly B
Jesus loves you all✝️✝️
no name
May 23, 2017 at 9:13 pmkeep it casual? what then why havea relation like this instead of be friends. if its only gonna be casual..
No name
July 19, 2017 at 2:17 pmI personally don’t believe that we will most likely date multiple people before we date the one we are supposed to marry. I believe that if we listen to the Lord, he’ll guide us to the one who he made just for us to bring glory to his name without giving our hearts away to multiple people beforehand. Thanks for the post!
Alfred
July 24, 2017 at 7:20 pmThis is so much in good timing. Thanks for this. 🙂
Joan W
August 2, 2017 at 1:54 pmYes. Why is baptism a stumbling block? If Jesus taught us to do it and those who accepted Christ are baptized why is it left out?
Alfred
August 6, 2017 at 6:36 pmthis inspired me to start my day right.
Marie R
August 11, 2017 at 10:23 amPLEASE fix this video – it is really good, but I can’t use it in my classes because it will not load. It has worked well in past years – please help!
studentdevos
August 13, 2017 at 7:47 pmMarie – We stopped subscribing to the service that allows these to play. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Cindy M
August 24, 2017 at 7:34 amI have ever started reading these to my 17 year old daughter before school. She doesn’t like it but God is planting get seeds!!!
Mike
August 25, 2017 at 4:59 amDid you mean to choose Genesis 6:5, instead of 5:6?
Alfred
September 2, 2017 at 8:27 pmThis Devotion had me on the brink of tears. It’s very timely in my situation right now and it gave me 100 percent booost and recharge. Thanks Team. Keep up the Good Work of bringing encouragement and delivering God’s messages to us. Your ministry is awesome. God bless you all and your ministry. Thanks heaps!
Belle
September 19, 2017 at 10:33 amSooo… these devotions are just going on a continuous cycle?
Kevin L
September 22, 2017 at 7:48 pmHi Andy and Amber! What a great website! Thank you so much for writing and putting up all these devotions, and then making them available. I work with some young people at church, and I was thinking of recommending that they sign up for emails of your devotions. Just doing my due diligence, I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing a little bit about your faith background, and which church/denomination you worship in? Sorry to be so nosy, I’m just trying to be responsible in my recommendations. Thanks so much.
I’m an evangelical that’s at an Episcopal Church (I know, shocking) in California, trying to make sure that the few young people we have in our congregation have the chance to know Jesus in a life giving way. Thanks again!
studentdevos
September 25, 2017 at 8:00 pmHey Kevin – Good questions. We’re (student devos) not affiliated with any church or denomination. We (Andy and Amber) do attend a non-denominational church. We don’t pretend to be Bible scholars just want to write some devos to encourage students in their walk with God. Everything we put out is firmly based in the Bible and we use scripture to back up whatever we say. Hopefully that helps answer some of your questions! God bless in your work with young people at your church!
Gracey
September 25, 2017 at 1:16 pmLove this devotion. Is it okay if I use it for my devotion in class?
studentdevos
September 25, 2017 at 7:57 pmGracey – Yes! Please use it to encourage others. We’d just love it if you tell others it’s from studentdevos when you do!
Marvin
October 11, 2017 at 5:49 pmi don’t like reading the bible
Hazel
October 13, 2017 at 10:42 amThank you for always posting inspirational devotion. Keep it up!
studentdevos
October 15, 2017 at 1:50 pmYou’re welcome! Thanks for the encouragement!
Diane
October 16, 2017 at 6:18 amThank you, I needed to hear this today!
Alfred
October 16, 2017 at 8:14 pmi needed to hear this for the past months. thank you guys for doing this. God bless you all
Eloisa A
October 21, 2017 at 11:07 amTo be honest, I was covered with fear and worries before reading this. Being a student and knowing your parents are hoping to give your best is difficult. I was pressured because of the society and what it dictates me to do. This devotion serves as an eye opener to me. Refreshing my heart and my mind that God would never leave me, and of course to be thankful. Thank you God for reminding me that you will do anything for me, and all I need is just to focus to you and to the positive things in my life. God bless to the writer of this devotion.
Emily C
October 23, 2017 at 4:46 pmSO GOOD!! I love this website <3
Uzendu E
November 1, 2017 at 8:31 amThank you so much. This actually came at the right time because i was really depressed but right now, I cant help but smile because I have realized what God has Done for me and how much he loves me.
Alfred
November 8, 2017 at 11:06 amtrue 🙂
Kaila
November 12, 2017 at 8:57 amI read this at the perfect time, thank you <3 <3
unknown
November 17, 2017 at 2:11 pmThank you for sharing!
Aalfin E
December 1, 2017 at 6:10 amDaily Bible Verse and Devotion makes me to see GOD in totally different way.
Getting boosted everyday.
Thank you for this wonderful little retreat..
Ryan M.
December 5, 2017 at 10:35 pmIf God is always with me when I’m lonely and I can’t feel his presence, how can I feel comforted?
Rey
December 7, 2017 at 12:48 amGo worship Him, just play a song or sing, pray something.. You can feel His presence.
Dan R
December 7, 2017 at 7:04 amAs a minister I would like one of these tracks please.
studentdevos
December 11, 2017 at 9:53 pmHere’s the link, Dan. https://studentdevos.com/devotions/discipleship/
Kinsey
December 27, 2017 at 8:24 amThat was a uplifting Devotion and it will help me through the hard times I have I will pray to God instead of blaming him because now I know it is not his fault.
Holly
December 30, 2017 at 2:22 pmI’m a really negative person, I have really negative thoughts and always say negative things about myself that aren’t true. Now that I’ve read this I think that this might be the reason why I fall down so often in my spiritual life. I love these devos so much, because they seem to always speak to whatever I’m going through. I used to think I was the only person that went through these type of things and devotions never really spoke to me. But, now after waiting a while the devotions have started to really speak to me and they help me get through struggles in my life. People always said you have to be patient and I thought that maybe no matter how patient I was nothing would ever come through to me, but now they do.
Meaghan
January 10, 2018 at 6:53 pmNice. Me and my class read this together during math class. We have this new tablet thing where most of our curriculum goes on the tablet, like homework, warmups, and weekly devotionals. We’re so lucky to go to a Christian school! Our teacher makes us write a complete six sentence paper about the devotional, but it’s not too bad. We do those on tablets too!
Lori R
January 12, 2018 at 1:29 pmYou are making up the words of God! Starting with leaving out a VERY BIG word in John 3:16 “SO”
You really need to STOP this NOW. You are CHOPPING UP JESUS The WORD that became flesh and dwelt among us
Anonymous love
January 22, 2018 at 11:06 pmI love this devotion because I see people putting themselves down daily. And, they say they want change, but they never do anything to try to change it, the world won’t change for you, you have to change it. And the very first step towards this, is changing your perspective, do this, and the rest will follow. Whenever the hard times are on you, don’t let that be reflected in your words, if you use your mouth to spread kindness, it will surely be spread back to you.
Anonymous love
January 23, 2018 at 11:58 pmThis devotional reminds me of the lesson that is all to often forgotten, that we are not able to break habits on our own. We tell ourselves that we will keep away from whatever it is we need to stop doing, but to no avail. Once we realize and understand that we alone can not break our strong habits, we can hand them over to God. With God in our corner we can accomplish anything, and suddenly the task of breaking those habits will diminish to nothing at all. No matter how bad the situation may be, God almighty can always lift you up out of it, you just need to trust that he will.
Katie
January 24, 2018 at 6:53 pmThank you. This helped me a lot!!!
Anonymous love
January 24, 2018 at 10:33 pmThis devotion is true in many ways. Although you may have a rough outline of who the person you are dating might be like, you never know for sure what they’re true personality is. If you want to start a good, healthy relationship, you need to start with god. If you feel guilty when you are around your crush or significant other, and feel ashamed to let people see that you are together, it’s probably not a very good relationship (this is not true of all cases, of course, you may just need to talk with them). If you feel good about out who you are with, understand each others boundaries, and are willing to let the world know that you are a couple, congratulations, you have probably found someone good for you. God will give you signs if your relationship is going down the wrong path, it’s our decision wether or not to acknowledge them. If your relationship is good, clean, and healthy, you will feel right with God when you are with them. God does not shame being in a relationship, he wants you to find love, and when you do, it will feel right.
Anonymous love
January 25, 2018 at 11:04 pmThis devotion is very sry true, people say they are Christian, but then never fully devote to god. This is one of the hardest things for people to do, to trust in something they can’t see. But if you. Start to look into god’s word, it will become easier and easier to have faith. When you fully surrender yourself to the will of God, your soul will be lifted of its burdens, and you will be free to fly. So read I implore you, read gods holy word until it is engraved in your brain, and live through that precious scripture.
Kevan G
January 28, 2018 at 12:10 pmI shared this devo with my teen group it went well and they responded well with it. Thanks for the good content.
studentdevos
January 31, 2018 at 6:51 pmThat’s great to hear, Kevan!
Marks
January 29, 2018 at 9:14 amAnxious to read it but I don’t have money
Cameri M
February 8, 2018 at 3:10 pmThis verse is really good about telling you that if you give a gift or even something small your gift will return to you in full and right into your lap. The smaller or bigger you give will determine what you get back so the more you give you get back the amount or more. I feel that’s what people don’t understand giving is a good thing and sometimes we like to be selfish and we shouldn’t be that way.
Teresa B
February 8, 2018 at 3:32 pmPlease pray for Timothy joesph Blackwell protection from evil and racism people who hate and kill.
Keona
February 12, 2018 at 7:31 amThis is perfect timing! I needed this encouragement! Thank you!
Cindy p
February 23, 2018 at 12:07 pmLove the comparison with faith and duct tape. I’m teaching a youth group at our church and I feel these devotions will help them make a better connection to our lesson. Thanks for putting this out there in the web for all of us to use. Hope to find more great devotions!!!
Yvette
March 12, 2018 at 3:26 pmPlease keep these devotions up! I’ve been passing them onto my daughter to read, because many of your topics are relevant to where she is right now!
Thank you from one grateful mum.
Dona
March 14, 2018 at 10:58 amThank you! This is what I exactly need. God bless you 🙂
Prophet-Prince Chigozie C Azudiugwu
March 27, 2018 at 11:40 pmYou re’right beloved.Words offcourse are very powerful positively or negetively.God Himself started, created ,hanged,healed every thing/people with words-Gen 1.Mk 5.Words are powerful because it works in unity with Holy Spirits or evil spirits depending on whether evil or good words-Ephe.6 .17.Jesus said in Mt 12.37 by your words you are justified or condernmed .Many are in grave ,hospital,confusions,fears,in hatreds,divisions ,divorces,evacuations and lost one another due to words they received or speak.Words come from heart condition direct to tongue then enters to the ears with good or evil spirit.Jesus said ‘out of the aboundant of the heart the mouth speaks’.All of us must repent,call it a sin and tell God to heal your heart and tongue.THEN CHANGE WHAT YOU HEAR.
Stefanie
April 3, 2018 at 2:48 pmThank you so much for this article. I am going to be using this on Wednesday with my teens in my church as well. Great read!
Joe B
April 6, 2018 at 11:33 amNoah didn’t build any “ark”. The story is BS, it’s just myth and allegory. A world wide flood is not supported by any geological or historical evidence. Stop being literalist fundies.
Bayleigh
April 24, 2018 at 10:24 pmThis is so powerful, thank you!!!
Ana
May 7, 2018 at 1:39 pmThank you for those who wrote this and decided to post this. This really helps. 🙂 It means a lot to me and has helped me a lot. Thanks Teen Devos!!!!!
studentdevos
May 8, 2018 at 2:53 pmSo glad to hear it, Ana!
Michael
May 7, 2018 at 5:24 pmI am addicted to porn and dating site elite dating, to get nude pics and videoy of women, I need prayer and want to be saved, I look at women as sexual objects an d just want sex I need help pray for me.
Gbemisola
May 10, 2018 at 9:34 amRecently subscribed to this devotional. Thanks to whoever writes this. God bless you! More inspiration
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Hiedy
June 12, 2018 at 6:23 amI love this so much it gives me goosebumps and more understanding of life so thank u so much
Samkelo
June 12, 2018 at 2:53 pmWow I’m Inspired will all the verses quoted I’m still a young I’m 20 yrs and this Sunday the 17th of June I’ll be preaching
HR
June 21, 2018 at 8:45 amHow do I know that God really loves me? I’ve done so many bad and stupid things. How could anyone love me? My parents have abandoned me, so why wouldn’t God?
studentdevos
June 21, 2018 at 8:29 pmHR I can really understand where you’re coming from. I felt so unloveable for so many years. However, the great thing about God is that His love isn’t based on what you do. He loves you the same no matter what you do. He sees your value where others don’t. He made you and knows you. Ask Him to reveal to you the depth of His love and He will! Check out Psalm 139:14 and Eph 3:17-19. Those scriptures should help you! Praying for you. You are loved by God!
Meryl P
June 21, 2018 at 7:43 pmAwesome website!!, ❤️❤️
studentdevos
June 21, 2018 at 8:25 pmThanks Meryl! We’re glad you’re enjoying it.
Norma
July 7, 2018 at 10:40 pmWow love this article, I’m going to be using this week with my group.
Elizabeth D
July 21, 2018 at 12:14 pmShort and sweet, very helpful
Fatima
August 2, 2018 at 1:40 pmYou did not explain what “self-seeking” meant.
Jenny
August 15, 2018 at 5:54 amToday is my third day of my freshman year so far I’ve lost one of my only two friends and the other goes to a different high school it’s terrible but my mom encouraged me to read like a devotional thanks for this message you put out. today I will try to remember that God has my back
Ife
September 15, 2018 at 7:27 amreally nice message today. It really applies to me.
Brea
September 19, 2018 at 6:18 amThis was definitely a help to my day and 1 Peter 5, was exactly what I needed to read today.
drskmiller
September 22, 2018 at 8:05 pmI was looking for a resource for my youth group – your site is intriguing and I paid $2 for
What Dominoes Can Teach about Our Faith.
The devotion in NO WAY relates Faith to Dominos. Very disappointmented.
studentdevos
September 23, 2018 at 8:40 pmSorry, you didn’t enjoy the discussion questions. They were based on this devotion: https://studentdevos.com/the-domino-effect/ . Did you read it with your youth group and then do the discussion questions after?
Liv
October 3, 2018 at 5:21 amAmen
Jim C
October 7, 2018 at 3:00 amSounds soooo simple. Oh, and all the emphasis on self discipline for the Christian. But….. it takes time and expiriences with God, so that my self must diminish and His life becomes who I am. His Spirit must grow and become my life. We must be careful not to encourage the young in that self discipline is the equal of Spirit led.
Jim C
October 7, 2018 at 3:25 amI go to church.
In some places, churches band with other denominations and form groups to do things together. Where I live, you are strongly discouraged to associate with another faith.
Your comments are true: but churches can be cliquey, don’t grow spiritually, live separately from other churches/ denominations, etc. Read Paul’s books. Then listen to God’s voice/Spirit. He will lead you …….. if you let Him.
Lydia
October 16, 2018 at 12:37 pmThank you for today’s thought! I’m always challenged and encouraged with the daily devotion and Bible verse!
Rod L
October 26, 2018 at 5:16 amInteresting that you had the reference error in 2015 based on your comments and have it again in 2018. You might consider updating the reference.
Liza F
November 1, 2018 at 2:24 amThanks for the daily thoughts that help me matured in my spiritual life!And encourage me to share to others!
Brooklynne
November 12, 2018 at 8:52 pmWhat is todays
Brianna
November 16, 2018 at 12:26 pmThank you for the message I have been having those thouts
Victoria P
November 18, 2018 at 7:11 pmIt is hard for me to believe that just giving something simple as a piece of candy to a neighbor or child is considered a act of kindness, but I believe.
Stanley O
December 12, 2018 at 6:04 amHello,
I usually get daily devotionals from you guys, but all of a sudden it stopped.
Hiw can i start getting them again?
studentdevos
December 12, 2018 at 9:09 pmHey Stanley – Are you talking about a daily email? We got ours today. Maybe check your spam/junk folder just in case it went there?
Onome
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Simon R
December 21, 2018 at 1:47 amThank you for helping us this year by giving us daily readings, we read them together as a family and they really help us. Merry Christmas to you and a happy New Year
Nandemonaiya
December 21, 2018 at 7:16 pmThank you so much for your efforts in updating daily devotions. As a student, these verses really relate to me and reading the Bible has been so alive. God bless you more and the whole team. May you have a Merry Christmas and a meaningful 2019! Keep it up!
Gladys
January 11, 2019 at 3:51 amI’ve always respect my parents, I might not have agreed on everything that they said, But I did hear ever word they told me, sad to say there gone now, I sure do miss hearing Them tell how to do this and that. Please Honer your mother And your father.
nandemonaiya
January 25, 2019 at 5:48 pm/gasp/ i just received a notebook with romans 12:12 printed on it! i think God is emphasizing me something. this verse is perfect! thank you so much, you’re such a blessing
Syd
January 26, 2019 at 12:23 amThis low key accurate ♀️But it’s true too because people get on MY LAST NERVE but you gotta love em cause ‘ god loves everyone ❤️
joanneramey
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January 31, 2019 at 6:53 pmHey Joanne – Thanks for purchasing. We emailed you the link.
fufflysheep
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Dan P
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Rhubarb
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Marshall
January 31, 2019 at 3:56 amI love studentdevos. I got saved on a youth alive conference and encountered Good God like never before
Sharon B
January 31, 2019 at 5:49 amPhil 4:8 is really good. Keep up the good in Jesus christ.
Eli
February 13, 2019 at 11:49 amYou’ve god heavenly wisdom and help to face any and every situation.
Did you mean…. You’ve got heavenly wisdom or You’ve God’s heavenly wisdom???
studentdevos
February 13, 2019 at 1:24 pmThanks for catching that. We had a typo! Fixed now!
Lydia
March 4, 2019 at 6:55 pmExcellent truth
ANIL K
March 4, 2019 at 11:42 pmYES
Marshall
March 6, 2019 at 3:50 amThis is a great passage it really gets us going
Ace
March 6, 2019 at 6:07 pmLove your devos. Thank you.
studentdevos
March 7, 2019 at 9:36 amThanks Ace! That’s so encouraging to hear!
Fortnite master
March 9, 2019 at 3:23 pmFirst comment
Hector H
March 12, 2019 at 6:27 amThis has been a great resource for me as a parent. I used this devotionals to spend time with my kids, I have 3 and they are all teens. It is a true blessing a great guide to start conversations and to make the word of God relevant to our lives. Thanks so much!
studentdevos
March 12, 2019 at 9:41 amHector thanks for your encouragement! It’s awesome to hear that they are helping you and your teens!
Emily Grace
March 18, 2019 at 7:46 amThis is an amazing website! Thank you!! I would like to be sent emails about Bible verses and Devotions
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Travis
March 21, 2019 at 3:27 pmI want to be a navy seal when I get older this one tells us dont fear anyone
Marshall
March 24, 2019 at 4:41 pmThis is a very good channel I love how it teaches us peace as a navy seal I need all the peace I can get in practice
Nicole
March 26, 2019 at 4:17 amI have a teenager who wants to know what is the point if God knows what we do before we do it , then what’s the point. Why pray for our dad to get saved when god knows that regardless of our prayer he won’t till he’s 70 or neverbatvall. Why pray for things when God knows the future that it may not happens already
Owen
April 2, 2019 at 10:17 amThis is a good website
Luke
April 6, 2019 at 5:53 amI think that God has a plan for us, but God does not see the future. It may simply be that God wants the best for us. Our lives are still our own and our decisions today will still effect us. What God see’s is our potential to live the best we can and be as blessed as we can be. Your dad may only live until 70 but what is important is how good of a life he had up until then. Our job is to love God and try to follow his path. Jesus knew that the religious leaders were angry at him and he knew that one day they would capture him. But it never stopped him from telling the Good News, it never defeated him.
Mammaw
September 29, 2019 at 7:21 amGod does see the future. He knows the out come of all things. Remember he is the Created . It’s not how good we are , good works will not get anyone into Heaven only by the Grace of God and the confession of sin and asking Jesus to come into our hearts. God wants everyone to love him, have a relationship with him, but God doesn’t force himself on anyone he wants us to choose him out of love. I pray this father will receive Christ as his savior, but it’s up to him to ask Christ into his heart. Salvation is for the taking of your willing to ask. God Bless.
simaya A
April 30, 2019 at 8:06 amthis is the subject that make the youth to became very strong in their faith and the church will stand with its root deep in faith and church will stand on the through in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, And that is where my heart was been broken with word of God, many church can preach the word of God but without discipleship and that church will be dry church because the faith of the people are properly not brought up in maximum way of believers
Fluter
May 3, 2019 at 8:51 pmBut doesn’t the Bible say not to kill
joe
October 23, 2019 at 5:44 pmyep
jane doe
May 7, 2019 at 7:57 amyeah right
MarthaAnn
June 7, 2019 at 10:01 pmI have a hard time taking home the devotions i learn at my youth bible study, so i began looking for devotions i can read and study myself along with the youth studys. it didnt take me long to find this website. it is exactly what i was looking for. something quick but so very important. i especially loved todays devotion! whoever is writing these, thank you. i need this. thank you so much!! and keep going. 🙂
MarthaAnn
June 9, 2019 at 8:03 ami love this!!!!!!
Johnlyn
June 15, 2019 at 11:00 amSo you believe that if I say that prayer I will be saved from hell and I don’t have to do nothing else but follow Jesus?
jake b
June 28, 2019 at 9:41 amthank you for this devotional . ive learn a lot .. i hope you have mo devotional for Young people ..
Jewel
July 2, 2019 at 8:56 amI prayed last night that God would provide me with assurance that the career I am pursuing was in his plan. I start college this coming fall, and a lot of thought has gone into my major. I’m glad I read this devotion today!
Abraham
July 8, 2019 at 8:25 amThis devotion is awsome
studentdevos
July 8, 2019 at 9:29 amThanks Abraham! Glad you liked it!
Trish K
July 8, 2019 at 12:49 pmIs there any way to get a transcript of this video?
Trish
Skye B
July 15, 2019 at 10:53 amPlease email to me these daily notes
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Cammie
July 17, 2019 at 11:50 amLet’s all use our gifts for good today☺
emily s
July 24, 2019 at 5:16 ami really like this cause even thought i’m only 12 yrs old i’m still going into the stage where i’m going into year 8 and i started school early to all the people who are confused and i don’t have a lot of friends so i can relate to this topic
Reyna And Jenna G
July 24, 2019 at 11:29 amWow these devotions are so amazing. They are such great reminders and are so encouraging. We read them all the time!
Mel
August 19, 2019 at 3:40 pmOh Wow! What an excellent teaching.
I’m deeply moved and encouraged in the Lord through this message.
Personally I’ve been struggling with fear and it what seems to be crippling affect on me, I’ve been praying about it and reading God’s word but know I feel better equipped to overcome this struggle.
Be blessed.
Laurie Minor
August 28, 2019 at 8:40 amWe stopped receiving them.
Paul
August 29, 2019 at 9:11 amSuch a powerful verse. I really enjoyed this devotion with my son. It had really set our FAMILY’S day for a win!
Jude
September 13, 2019 at 10:12 amkinda cool
Zay
September 15, 2019 at 10:05 amWe used this for Sunday School. Great lesson
studentdevos
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Jude
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Nellieken O
October 13, 2019 at 7:30 pmSometimes I feel like I have to be perfect in my faith and actions for God to love me. I struggled and still struggle with being a perfect Christian and it just feels really hard to believe that God would love me despite these iniquities.
Otis
October 16, 2019 at 1:57 amI’m going through the same. It may not be easy but you can save having Jesus. I can give you clue on how I’m working myself out from it. First, Try to make a covenant with God because that would build up your spirit since you don’t want to offend God. Secondly, remove the things that draw your attention to porn like photos of naked women or social media. Yes, I know not hard but try to. Your mind stores the things you see, hear and that is while it is hard to get over it. Thirdly, try to spend time with friends, staying alone can draw your attention to porn. Go out often and try to stay in an open space. Then pray seriously about it, speak the word of God to the demonic spirit. Thank you.
Jhaeza
October 17, 2019 at 5:36 amI’ve been ignoring your emails to me for weeks, but by God’s grace, I accidentally opened this one. And it was a right choice for me. Maybe because I got so overwhelmed about my upcoming exam next month. One thing is for sure, God will always find ways, make ways, in order for us to remain in His arms, no matter what happens.
Noah
October 23, 2019 at 8:01 amfavorite story
Katelyn
October 23, 2019 at 8:02 amLove it!
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Sarah
October 28, 2019 at 10:20 amI believe today’s scripture references is wrong. It should be Psalm 107:1 or Psalm 136:1
studentdevos
October 30, 2019 at 6:23 amYou’re right, Sarah! Not sure what we were thinking! haha, it’s updated now!
Riley
October 28, 2019 at 12:16 pmThis is the wrong verse… it’s psalm 136
studentdevos
October 30, 2019 at 6:22 amYou’re right! Thanks for pointing that out. The reference is updated.
Milka N
November 8, 2019 at 5:56 pmPowerful!
Christopher S
December 7, 2019 at 2:13 pmThe quote “Faith says no to fear, no to emotions and yes to God” is really powerful. I like it because it is so true. If God asked you to throw away your phone and not replace it, would most people do it? There might be some who say they would, but it is easier said than done. I personally don’t own a phone, but it would be something like my camera. I just got it recently and I am enjoying it. I would have trouble just throwing it away and never replacing it. sadly, even if God asked me. We should be open to what he says and remember that if he asks you to do something, it is all part of a greater plan.
Pearl
January 5, 2020 at 11:24 amWonderful i love this
Nathan
January 21, 2020 at 12:07 pmthis is so right and i agree with this
noah_11
January 28, 2020 at 7:49 amgood devo 🙂
Sarah G
January 29, 2020 at 9:30 amThis devotion was great… this morning i was having a hard time being nice to others and gettig in a better mood. i had woken up in this terrible mood and i couldnt find the lords peace in the situation, but this devotion showed me that God was really listening and guiding me in the right direction on how to find His peace.
studentdevos
January 29, 2020 at 9:26 pmThat’s awesome! Go God!
Hailee
February 4, 2020 at 11:12 amWow it’s a really good out view
Ninder
February 5, 2020 at 6:25 amI love everything about this site , Really it helps us to improve in sipirt ….thank you so much. May the Lord increaseyou more.
studentdevos
February 8, 2020 at 9:17 amThanks so much! Love the encouragement!
Caitlyn C
February 18, 2020 at 12:50 pmThis is a good thing for teenager thank you.
jordan
February 23, 2020 at 8:12 pmits so hard to keep yourself from worrying but when someone tells me to not worry i worry more
What do I do?
Joon Kim
February 26, 2020 at 7:31 pm2 Cor 11:27
MADe for Christ
February 27, 2020 at 5:20 amHello I am unable to download using the PDF link. please help
Chachi
February 28, 2020 at 4:08 pmReally nice, I love it.
Megah
March 12, 2020 at 7:39 pmthought that this was meaningful saw it in a new way.
studentdevos
March 18, 2020 at 10:13 amHow awesome! God is so good, isn’t He?
alaina
March 16, 2020 at 11:56 amthis was super good to start the day with
studentdevos
March 18, 2020 at 10:13 amThat’s awesome to hear!
Diane
March 18, 2020 at 7:02 amThank you for being there for us and providing a positive and encouraging message to help us through this stressful and scary time.
studentdevos
March 18, 2020 at 10:13 amYou’re welcome, Diane! It’s a scary time for us all, but if God is for us, who/what can be against us, right?
Patrice
March 19, 2020 at 7:27 amThat’s awesome thank you guys i
Evren
March 18, 2020 at 10:21 amThe corona virus is so big we need to pray
Diane G
March 19, 2020 at 7:08 amAmen!
Kerstian W
March 21, 2020 at 6:19 pmWow, especially as what is all going on right now.i have gotten tired of hearing coronavirus .and now r church is just going to be going live on Facebook for church because that’s a coronavirus,and my youth group is the same why. How do I learn how to cope with all of this.
studentdevos
March 23, 2020 at 9:56 pmIt’s not easy is it? It’s a strange even scary time. One of the best things I’ve found when I don’t get it is to ask God for His help and wisdom. He will often show me a trick or a way to view things differently that helps me get through when things are tough. Hopefully that helps! I’ll pray that you’ll have peace through this!
Emily B
March 23, 2020 at 9:16 amThis devotional is so encouraging and uplifting to us right now! Even though all this is going on, we still have a God watching over us and helping us every step of the way.
Tammy
March 24, 2020 at 5:46 pmI loved this! Just did this with my granddaughter who’s going through a lot due to parents bad decision making.
Thank you. She’s 10 and loved it.
studentdevos
March 24, 2020 at 10:12 pmSo glad to hear it, Tammy!
Michelle L
March 25, 2020 at 9:20 amNeeded this today!!! Thank you!
studentdevos
March 25, 2020 at 2:41 pmYou’re welcome! That’s so awesome to hear – go God!
Anna C
March 25, 2020 at 10:08 pmThank you for taking your time and finding encouraging news for us to have in our hearts for the rest of our lives
Mass Ladies
March 26, 2020 at 6:42 amThese devotions are really nice as well as being timely. Thank you.
Michelle
March 26, 2020 at 6:59 amWell said!! Be in His word daily!! God has this!
Michelle
March 27, 2020 at 7:01 amThis one is hard to follow at times… well a lot of times! Don’t let your circumstances dictate your happiness. This is something I have to work on a lot…. and to remember “feelings are not facts.” This was a good devotion!
Grace
March 28, 2020 at 8:15 amReally encouraging message, thank you!
Maggie
March 28, 2020 at 3:53 pmI can really relate to this because my grandmother passing away really shook my faith and myself. This gave me a new perspective on ways to view my situation in ways I never thought of! Thank you!
Michelle
March 30, 2020 at 7:44 amYes!! Let’s be bold, brave and encourage each other!
Grace
April 1, 2020 at 9:20 amThank you so much! r=This devotional is perfect for this time in the world with he corona virus. I love how this fits perfectly into everyone’s daily life!
Michelle
April 2, 2020 at 8:15 amJust Love, love, love!!
Emily
April 2, 2020 at 8:43 amThis devotion is sooooo encouraging. It inspires me to go to others and make a difference and just encourage them and give them a hope. They need encouragement too.
Alfredo B
April 2, 2020 at 12:14 pmPraise God hallelujah, ALELUYA
Jennifer A
April 7, 2020 at 9:13 amThis is perfect. I’m using this and adding my own experience to how I have had this in my own life!!! Thank yiu!
Claire
April 14, 2020 at 7:00 amThis was really helpful, I love y’alls daily devotionals and wish you the best!
studentdevos
April 15, 2020 at 5:29 amThanks, Claire! We wish you the best too!
Stacey C W
April 14, 2020 at 11:06 amGreat devo… thanks for what you do.
studentdevos
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Renungan H
April 15, 2020 at 10:22 amI am learning about my lord and grow closer to God when things does not make any sense at all, this I talk to God everyday it really help me. Thank you Jesus.
A1 mads
April 18, 2020 at 1:26 pmVery interesting. Read it for a Bible study for church and it was encouraging to me.
studentdevos
April 19, 2020 at 9:47 amThat’s great to hear!
Austin l B
April 20, 2020 at 8:56 amThis really spoke to me, thank you for this!!
studentdevos
April 20, 2020 at 10:16 amThat’s great to hear! You’re welcome.
Ben C
April 20, 2020 at 11:24 amIf I were to turn everything off and take 5-10 minutes to spend time with God everyday, I feel like it would change my mindset. I also think I would start living life a totally different way then I used to.
Austin B
April 21, 2020 at 8:13 amThis really spoke to me so much!!!!
faith
April 23, 2020 at 9:18 pmthis really helped me! I feel like sometimes when people try to separate themselves from Christ, they feel too far. I have had that feeling but this helps to know he is always there. No matter what you have done, he was always catch you when you fall.
Vivian
May 7, 2020 at 10:38 amamen lord!
Asiel C
May 13, 2020 at 7:21 amAmen!!!!!!!
IT can be really hard to explain your faith in God to others, but doing it is a good thing to do.
Noemi
May 14, 2020 at 11:58 amI feel like this is one of my challenges that i try to do at night just so I can go to sleep happy
Noemi
May 15, 2020 at 10:54 amwow! Amen to that that hit be hard than I expected because it is true but things happen for the good!
Shannon
May 21, 2020 at 2:19 pmI need help preparing a lesson on God‘s timing
Elijah
May 28, 2020 at 7:57 amI enjoyed this Devi a lot we read it every morning with my grandma
studentdevos
May 28, 2020 at 9:07 pmThanks Elijah! So glad you’re reading them and enjoying them too!
Elijah
June 8, 2020 at 8:26 amI enjoyed today’s devotional thanks so much Student Devos you don’t know how these lessons make myday and encourages me to be me. God Bless from NC.
Elijah
paulette
July 6, 2020 at 12:08 pmI love all your daily plans, thanks.
Allyson
July 20, 2020 at 4:27 amThis is super helpful! Thank you very much! God bless!
studentdevos
July 21, 2020 at 10:08 amGlad to hear it Allyson.
Joshua
July 26, 2020 at 12:36 pmI am so blessed! Reading your God words devotion,, may God blessed you more! In Jesus name!
Joshua
July 26, 2020 at 1:52 pmThanks for your devotion,, Godbless you more!
Maria
July 29, 2020 at 6:28 amThat’s very inspirational, thank you for sharing! ✨
ALAGBE BLESSED
August 12, 2020 at 5:16 pmTHANKS FOR THAT MORE ANOITTING IN JESUS NAME
Laura
August 18, 2020 at 6:40 amI Love my family but i miss my friends. It can be depressing.
studentdevos
August 18, 2020 at 7:00 amYes! It’s a really difficult season, isn’t it? We’ll be praying for you for encouragement this year.
Zach
August 18, 2020 at 7:55 amThis is a mom who reads your devotionals with my son, Zach. . . he is a teen on the autism spectrum and he is starting at a new school almost an hour away (up until now he’s been going to our local high school which is basically in our back yard). We know this is part of God’s plan, but there are so many “unknowns” that make this such a leap of faith. We keep focusing on the fact that being in the middle of God’s will is the BEST place to be, no matter how “scary” the circumstances may be sometimes. Thanks for your prayers and for your wonderful devotionals. .. they have been perfect for Zach and God has used them to speak to specific situations for him/us time and time again. God bless you all!
studentdevos
August 18, 2020 at 10:00 amWe will be beliving and praying with you that the transition to the new school will go well. So glad that the devotions are speaking to Zach’s needs! Thanks for the encouragement.
Marcia
August 18, 2020 at 9:57 amThis is a mom who use your devotional with my boys. One is 10 and the other is 15. Please pray for them as the Corona Virus has affected school and we are uncertain of what is to come. Pray that they will do well wether they are doing online or face to face classes.
studentdevos
August 18, 2020 at 10:01 amYes! Praying for a great year for your boys regardless of whether its in person or online.
Micah P
August 18, 2020 at 10:07 amI am worrying about how can I have a laptop or good quality cellphone that I will use this upcoming school year. My dad is the only one who is working in our family. I’m also asking myself how my senior high school life will be.
studentdevos
August 19, 2020 at 5:27 amPraying that Micah has a God idea of how to get those things He wants. Also, that his new year in senior high will go good and be blessed!
Jack
August 18, 2020 at 10:11 pmI enter the 7th grade….I’m extremely busy due to playing 3 sports. I need balance in my life. I trust the Lord for all my issues but sometimes still get bogged down. Please pray for me that others will see Jesus in my daily walk.
studentdevos
August 19, 2020 at 5:26 amYes! We will be praying for you, Jack!
Asiel C
August 20, 2020 at 6:17 pmI really never liked history, but this year it is required and since I am taking the AP class, it will be way harder. Please pray for wisdom. I need it as well as everyone else that has a class that they don’t really like.
Asiel C
August 20, 2020 at 6:20 pmOops sorry, accidentally posted this as a reply instead of a comment.
Bryan
August 18, 2020 at 10:37 pmPray for a peaceful school year
studentdevos
August 19, 2020 at 5:26 amWe pray Bryan has a good and peaceful school year in Jesus’ name!
Laurel
August 19, 2020 at 6:59 amBeing homeschooled limits my opportunities.
studentdevos
August 19, 2020 at 9:18 amIt might feel like that sometimes, and sure you can’t ask someone to eat at your lunch table with you, but I bet there’s a way you can help someone. Can you do the dishes for your mom? Have a brother or sister that you could encourage or let them choose what to watch on TV? Have a neighbor you could mow the lawn for? Write a note to your grandma? These are just a few ideas. Ask God for His help too. There has to be something you can do to bless others around you!
These times are very strange for many of us! Stay encouraged, there’s something you can do to bless those around you!
Asiel C
August 20, 2020 at 6:19 pmI really never liked history, but this year it is required and since I am taking the AP class, it will be way harder. Please pray for wisdom. I need it as well as everyone else that has a class that they don’t really like.
**I accidentally posted this a reply
Marshall
August 26, 2020 at 5:40 pmThis is such a true statement. Everyone is all out for themselves, it’s every man for himself,
Marshall H
August 26, 2020 at 5:47 pmThis is such a true statement. In the modern community it’s Everyman for himself. Is a Godless society. We need God, I play for west gambier AFL club and my coach always says “it’s easy to kick a goal from far out but when you pass to a teammate you are being unselfish, it’s all about your attitude”
Marshall H
August 27, 2020 at 5:40 pmTake heart and know that I am God,
Another great devotion
Esmee
September 9, 2020 at 10:13 amGraduation and all that comes with what.
Lu
September 9, 2020 at 3:48 pmPray that I can pass my all nursing classese this semester. Thank you.
Beth
September 14, 2020 at 6:46 amDon’t worry Lu!!! I believe in you
Beth
September 14, 2020 at 6:44 amPlease Pray that will have the courage to stand up for myself at school today.
kaweesa moses
September 23, 2020 at 8:38 amI want somebody today
Sarah M
September 28, 2020 at 7:32 pmi love this message, thank you so much <3
Addy
October 12, 2020 at 3:02 pmThx i love donuts and it makes me realize all this other wonderful stuff that relates to god
Noemi R F
October 15, 2020 at 7:55 amWow I needed this because the family that sits in front of my row are definitly hypocrypts and it gets annoying sometimes.
Noemi R F
October 15, 2020 at 7:58 amThis bible verse touched me and I need to change