Inspirational Devotions

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.—2 TIMOTHY 2:3 KJV

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.—1 PETER 3:9 NIV

We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us.—2 CORINTHIANS 1:8–10 NIV

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.—2 TIMOTHY 1:16 KJV

We always thank God that when you heard the Word of God from us, you believed it. You did not receive it as from men, but you received it as the Word of God. That is what it is. It is at work in the lives of you who believe.—1 THESSALONIANS 2:13 NLV

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.—1 JOHN 4:16 NIV

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life…. The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.—PSALM 138:7–8 ESV