Inspirational Devotions

Two women at a coffee shop

The Very Best Crown

[The Lord] crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies.—PSALM 103:4 KJV

A pensive woman gazes out a window

Let Go of Regret

The mind is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.—Romans 8:6–7 (NIV)

Specators cheer on marathon runners

Lighten Another’s Load

When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.—2 Samuel 16:1 (NIV)

The washing of feet

Your Alabaster Jar

While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.—Mark 14:3 (NIV)


A woman reads a Bigle by a lake

Who Am I?

He then asked, “And you—what are you saying about me? Who am I?” Peter gave the answer: “You are the Christ, the Messiah.”—Mark 8:29 (MSG)

Young woman praying

Knee Mail

The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.—JAMES 5:16 NIV


Woman standing by the lake

The “Wait” Room

God, the one and only—I’ll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not?—PSALM 62:5 MSG

Guideposts founder Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

Sunlight for Your Spirit

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.—Psalm 24:1 (NIV)

A multicultural group of Guideposts readers

Renewed Vision

Later, as Jesus left the town, He saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow Me and be My disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.—Luke 5:27–28 (NLT)

Wildflowers on a mountainside at sunrise

The Salt of the Earth

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.—Matthew 5:13 (NIV)

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