Daily Devotional Archives

Bible Reading: Revelation 21:22-27 Willow swallowed hard. Ever since Dad had helped her set up her newspaper route accounts on the computer, she worked diligently to keep them up to date. But now she hesitated as her finger hovered over the delete key. The account on the computer screen was that of one of her… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 16:6-13; John 3:16-17 TAP! TAP! TAP! Two hammers thudded on the walnut shells. Ben and his dad were stripping the thick outer shells from nuts they had gathered in the woods. “Ugh!” exclaimed Ben, looking at the stains on his gloves. “It was fun picking these up, but they sure are… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Titus 2:11-15 “Look at those jellyfish!” exclaimed Jude. “They look like tiny parachutes!” He leaned forward, watching the silky-looking jellyfish that were floating in one of the tanks at the aquarium. Ashlynn nudged her way closer. “Wow!” she cried. “Look at the colors–pink, white, blue, yellow, green, purple, and even some striped ones!”… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Matthew 25:34-40; Mark 9:41 Jesse sat in church listening to a missionary speaker talk about a faraway country as he showed the class photos on a large screen. In one of the pictures, the missionary and several other people wore long white robes and had scarves wrapped around their heads. “This is the… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Matthew 7:21-29 “There’s my dad. Want a ride home, Thomas?” Wesley asked after school one day. Thomas nodded, and the boys climbed into the car in time to hear a news report about the clean-up efforts in an area where an earthquake had recently occurred. “What causes an earthquake?” Wesley asked his dad…. Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Matthew 5:3-12; Colossians 3:1-14 “Look at that guy, Mom,” Raelyn said as she and her mother waited at a red traffic light. “He’s practically dancing down the street instead of walking! He looks funny with his head bobbing back and forth like that.” “I think he’s listening to music,” Mom said. “See his… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Hebrews 4:12-13 Corbin climbed into the dentist’s chair and laid his head back to have his teeth checked by Dr. Karam. “I don’t see any cavities today,” Dr. Karam announced after a few minutes, “but we’ll get a better look with an X-ray.” As Corbin waited for the X-ray photos, he looked around… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Matthew 24:30-31, 36-44 Ellis and his dad woke up before sunrise to walk out to the woods the first day of bow hunting season. It was a brisk morning, and the frosty grass crunched beneath Ellis’s feet as he walked. “Your stand is right up here,” Dad whispered. Before Ellis could climb the… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Romans 3:10-18; 5:8 “I’m so excited for deer season this year!” Ellis could hardly contain himself as he and his dad walked from the house out to their big backyard. His dad chuckled. “I remember the day I was old enough to go hunting. I was probably jumping up and down like you!”… Continue Reading…

Bible Reading: Psalms 34:1-3; 146:5-10; Lamentations 3:22-23 Maeve curled up on the sofa and looked at her parakeet. Her father had given her the little bird only a short time before he died. “This little guy will keep you company,” Dad told her, and that was why Maeve had named him Little Guy. Dad had… Continue Reading…