Devotions for Faith and Prayer

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.—Acts 16:25 (NIV)

Be holy because I am holy.—Leviticus 11:44 (GW)

How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.—Job 36:26 (NIV)

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.—Psalm 18:30 (ESV)

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.—Psalm 27:14 (NIV)

Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!—Psalm 144:15 (NKJV)

… Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas which means “son of encouragement.”—Acts 4:36 (NIV)

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.—John 10:10 (NIV)

The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.”—Proverbs 13:4 (NRSV)

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.—Jeremiah 31:26 (KJV)