Devotionals on Jesus

Changing my Focus, Changing my Life

Like fog in the morning, the spirit of Christmas had vanished. Still, I shuffled in the garage. One by one, I retrieved the bins I'd stored the...

The Pink Tarantula

Whatever overflows our hearts spills out of our mouths.

Favored and Blessed

Unarguably, being Mother to the Son of God is a tremendous honor and blessing. However, Mary did not live a charmed life. Her blessing led to her...

The Lion Who Roared

Once there was a lion who prowled around trying to make people afraid. If he made his prey cower down, he had found, he had to never miss a meal.

The Rock That Is Higher Than I

From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I (Psalms 61:3 NASB).God Never Promised Us A...

The Importance of Saying Thank You

When Jesus encountered the ten lepers on his way to Jerusalem, all ten asked to be healed. All ten obeyed Jesus' command to go show themselves to the...

Tidings of Great Joy

For several years in her youth, Brooke was cast as Mary in the church Nativity drama. She remembers being able to see three crosses from a...

Mary's Expectation

Mary was focused on the tomb, looking in the wrong direction. She was focused on sorrow and death, so she couldn’t see hope and life; the same way we...

Joy to the World!

As one of the most joyous of all Christmas hymns, this carol omits references to shepherds, angelic choruses, and wise men. It emphasizes instead the...

Glow Sticks

Missey Butler: I love it when God shows me an object lesson right in the middle of having fun. It happened the other evening when my little nephew,...