Devotions for Faith and Prayer

Pure Intentions

All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.—Proverbs 16:2 (NIV)

His Divine Brushstrokes

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.—Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)

A woman sitting on grass looking out over a lake.

You Know the Truth

I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.—1 John 2:21 (NIV)

Renewed Strength and Comfort

I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.—Jeremiah 31:25–26 (NIV)

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.—1 John 1:7–9 (NIV)

Open Heart, Open Home

When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.—Acts 16:15 (NIV)

The Word of Life We

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.—1 John 1:1 (NLT)