Devotions

Lifting Us Up

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.—JAMES 1:17 (NIV)

The Perfect Prayer

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.—Psalm 54:4 (ESV)

Family and friends saying a prayer before dinner

The Way Things Used to Be

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.—PROVERBS 3:5-6 (NIV)

Do You Trust Broken Cisterns?

“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.”—Jeremiah 2:13 (NIV)

A Compassion Above and Beyond

Whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy…—EXODUS 30:29 (KJV)

Help for a Dark Night

On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.—Psalm 63:6 (NIV)

You Are Enough

Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.—DEUTERONOMY 33:12 (NIV)

A woman sits quietly by a misty lake at sunrise

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”—Mark 6:30–31 (NIV)