Thankful Thursday: Take Time to Thank God
Throughout the month of November, Devotionals Daily will be celebrating Thankful Thursday! Join us every Thursday as we meditate on all of God’s rich blessings in our lives and spend time expressing thankfulness to Him. Prepare your own personal Thankful List and plan to share it with friends and family on Thanksgiving Day! My soul glorifies the Lord and my […]
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Community — Everybody’s Weird
To make a start where we are, we must recognize that our world is not normal, but only usual at present. — DALLAS WILLARD Community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives. — HENRI NOUWEN We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who […]
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Free Download: Top Country Artists Share Their Favorite Scriptures!
Discover the favorite Scriptures and Bible passages of 6 of the hottest Country music performing artists out today! We’re thrilled to give you this inside look at the new devotional, Once-a-Day Country Faith, recently selected as #1 on People magazine’s “Things We Love” list and seen in Parade, Country Weekly, Fox News, and more!  This exclusive […]
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13 Ways Kids Can Do Good
My very best friend is paranoid that her children will grow up to be spoiled, entitled adults. I think all parents worry about this to some degree (especially in America), but being spoiled and entitled is not a foregone conclusion. I think I may have mentioned modeling good behavior in every blog post I’ve ever written, […]
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3 Bible Studies on Old Testament Characters
Many people try to avoid the Old Testament, maybe unintentionally, feeling that the New Testament is more applicable and relevant to our modern lives.  Paul’s teaching on the fruit of the Spirit is much easier to apply to life than David refusing to kill Saul and cutting only a corner of his cloak.  We can […]
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The Humanity of Jesus
This week’s Bible study discusses the humanity of Jesus – that he was truly God and truly man in the fullest sense of the terms. For this study and discussion, we turn to an excerpt from Start! The Bible For New Believers. This Bible, which uses the New King James Version as its text, contains necessary […]
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Teaching Children Gratitude – My Extreme Measures
Teaching my children to be thankful and have an attitude of gratitude has been one of my greatest challenges as a parent. Like many children in our Western culture, my kids are very privileged and they don’t always appreciate the things that they have, from the food in the fridge to the abundant toys in […]
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Soldier’s Marching Orders
Second Timothy 2:3 says, “Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” A soldier has to know his instructions. Orders are rules of play. King Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21). We can learn the rules of play, if we read in the Bible […]
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Thoughts About Holiness — A Transformed Mind
“I am not indebted to you, nothing stands between us.” This is a greeting in Uganda, Africa. How do we know in our lives that we have been set apart, have been made holy? By our actions and response. I remember how my sister Betsie really grew in holiness. I once read a letter which […]
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Jesus and Dangerous Things
Dear Jesus, please give me the wisdom to tell the difference between broken people and biting people. —  Lisa Harper There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion. — Francis A. Schaeffer So, I’ve been thinking about dangerous things. Late one Sunday afternoon last summer, I was unloading luggage from a […]
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