Believer

As a believer, you are not left to your own resources to cope with problems. Even when you don't know the right words to pray, the Holy Spirit prays with and for you, and God answers. With God helping you pray, you don't need to be afraid to come before him. Ask the Holy Spirit to intercede for you "in harmony with God's own will." Then, when you bring your requests to God, trust that he will always do what is best. Romans 8:26-27 Life Application Study Devotion

Fear

Because of Christ's death and resurrection, his followers need never fear death. That assurance frees us to enjoy fellowship with him and to do his will. This will affect all our activities-work, worship, play, Bible study, quiet times, and times of caring for others. When you know that you don't have to fear death, you will experience a new vigor in life. Romans 6:8-9 Life Application Study Devotion

Timing

Love

The love that caused Christ to die is the same love that sends the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us every day. The power that raised Christ from the dead is the same power that saved you and is available to you in your daily life. Be assured that, having begun a life with Christ, you have a reserve of power and love to call on each day, for help to meet every challenge or trial. You can pray for God's power and love as you need it. Romans 5:9-10 Life Application Study Devotion

Positivity

Positivity...

   “We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.”

― Paul Bloom 

Generosity

Generosity...

   “Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.”

― Frank A. Clark 

Love

No Excuse

Does anyone have an excuse for not believing in God? The Bible answers an emphatic no. God has revealed what he is like in and through his creation. Every person, therefore, either accepts or rejects God. Don't be fooled. When the day comes for God to judge your response to him, no excuses will be accepted. Begin today to give your devotion and worship to him. Romans 1:19 Life Application Study Devotion

Risk

Risk...

   “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

― T. S. Eliot 

Give Light

Give light and people will find the way.— Ella Baker

Forgiveness

This is the Good News of the gospel: that forgiveness of sins and freedom from guilt are available through faith in Christ to all people-including you. Have you received this forgiveness? Are you refreshed by it each day? Acts 13:38-39
Life Application Devotion

Miracles

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.— C. S. Lewis

No Excuses

Spread the Word

The word of God spread like ripples on a pond where, from a single center, each wave touches the next, spreading wider and farther. The gospel still spreads this way today. You don't have to change the world single-handedly-it is enough just to be part of the wave, touching those around you, who in turn will touch others until all have felt the movement. Don't ever feel that your part is insignificant or unimportant. Acts 6:7 Life Application Study Devotion

Character

Teaching

Many people react negatively to the fact that there is no other name than that of Jesus to call on for salvation. Yet this is not something the church decided; it is the specific teaching of Jesus himself. If God designated Jesus to be the Savior of the world, no one else can be his equal. Christians are to be open-minded on many issues, but not on how we are saved from sin. No other religious teacher could die for our sins; no other religious teacher came to earth as God's only Son; no other religious teacher rose from the dead. Our focus should be on Jesus, whom God offered as the way to have an eternal relationship with himself. There is no other name or way! Acts 4:12 Life Application Study Devotion

Dreamers

Resilient

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.— Bernard Williams

Ownership

Let me be of service, take ownership of my every word and action, and be grateful for this day.— L K Brooks-Colbert 

Learning

Learning...

   “Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”

― Jim Rohn 

Divine Plan

Humility

Humility...

   “No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.”

― Jim Yong Kim 

Laughter

Laughter...

   “It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in the wildest laboratory in the world, the public.”

― Jerry Lewis 

Heart Beat

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.— Robert Louis Stevenson

Character

What did Jesus mean when he said "they bring me glory"? God's glory is the revelation of his character and presence. The lives of Jesus' disciples reveal his character, and he is present to the world through them. Does your life reveal Jesus' character and presence? John 17:10 Life Application Study Devotion