Devotionals

Episodes

• Do You Neglect Your Salvation? 2026-11-05
  Being a Christian is a very serious business, though not a sour business. We are simply blood-earnest about being happy in our great salvation.
• The Real Problem with Anxiety 2026-11-04
  What you thought was a mere struggle with an anxious disposition might really be a far deeper struggle with trusting God.
• The Meaning of Suffering 2026-11-03
  It is truer in suffering than anywhere else that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
• Rejoicing in Pain 2026-11-02
  Whether we focus on the riches of the reward or the refining effects of suffering, God’s purpose is that our joy in suffering be sustained.
• Christ’s Sufferings in Us 2026-11-01
  We exhibit the sufferings of Christ when we ourselves suffer for those we are trying to win.
• The Seminary of Suffering 2026-10-31
  God designs suffering not only as a way to wean Christians off of self and onto grace, but also as a way to spotlight that grace and make it shine.
• The Danger of Drifting 2026-10-30
  Be satisfied in Jesus so that you do not get lured downstream by deceitful desires.
• Sin, Satan, Sickness, or Sabotage 2026-10-29
  Suffering proves our allegiance to Christ’s goodness and reveals his worth as an all-sufficient prize.
• Radical Recompense 2026-10-28
  Jesus himself makes up for every sacrifice he will ever call us to make. It is worth it to lose it all in order to gain Christ.
• Possible with God 2026-10-27
  God has a people in every people group. He will call them through the gospel with Creator power. And they will believe!
• Medicine for the Missionary 2026-10-26
  “All things are possible with God!” — in front the words give hope, and behind they give humility. They are the antidote to both despair and pride.
• The Great Missionary Hope 2026-10-25
  God’s call is irresistible in the sense that it can overcome all resistance. It is infallibly effective according to God’s purpose.
• Christ Is Like Sunlight 2026-10-24
  We see the sun by means of seeing the rays of the sun. So also we see God the Father by seeing Jesus.
• God’s Final, Decisive Word 2026-10-23
  The Word that God spoke by his Son is the decisive Word. It will not be followed in this age by any greater word or replacement word.
• Hedonism for Husbands and Wives 2026-10-22
  When Christ redeems marriage, he does not dismantle loving headship and willing submission. He restores it.
• The Mystery of Marriage 2026-10-21
  Husbands and wives should seek to live after the distinctive model of God’s pure and glad design for Christ and the church.
• Prayer’s First Priority 2026-10-20
  The first priority in praying is to ask our heavenly Father to cause his name to be hallowed. In us. In the church. In the world. Everywhere.
• Love’s Greatest Happiness 2026-10-19
  The union between Christ and his bride is so close that any good done to her is a good done to himself.
• Jesus’s Joy in Marriage 2026-10-18
  Jesus did not want a dirty and unholy wife. Therefore, he was willing to die to cleanse her so that he could present her to himself.
• The Purpose of Prosperity 2026-10-17
  You can steal to get; or you can work to get; or you can work to get in order to give.
• Fear and Hope in God’s Jealousy 2026-10-16
  It is a horrifying thing to use your God-given life to commit adultery against the Almighty.
• Plan for Prayer 2026-10-15
  One of the main reasons we so often fail to have consistent habits of happy, fruitful prayer is simply that we don’t plan to.
• God Heals by Humbling 2026-10-14
  God takes out our old proud hearts and gives new soft ones, which are easily humbled and crushed by the sin that remains.
• The Master Servant 2026-10-13
  The very heart of God’s glory is the fullness of grace that overflows in kindness to needy people.
• Beware of Serving God 2026-10-12
  God aims to be our servant, because he aims to get the glory as the Giver.
• We Can Do Nothing 2026-10-11
  God is glorified when we turn away from ourselves to him in the confidence that he will provide the help we need.
• Best Passage Ever 2026-10-10
  The greatest news is that the cross upholds the worth of God’s glory, the honor of his Son, and the eternal salvation of his elect.
• God’s Wise Mercy 2026-10-09
  The good news is that God himself has decreed a way to satisfy the demands of his justice without condemning the whole human race.
• Our Good Is God’s Delight 2026-10-08
  All the omnipotent energy that drives the heart of God to pursue his own glory also drives him to satisfy the hearts of those who seek their joy in…
• We Wait, He Works 2026-10-07
  Be freed from the burden of bearing your own load. Let God do that work. God loves to show his God-ness by working for us.
• The Happy God 2026-10-06
  When we share in the happiness of God, we share in the very pleasure that the Father has in the Son.
• Justice Will Be Done 2026-10-05
  When you lay down the burden of vengeance, God will pick it up.
• Joy Unbound 2026-10-04
  Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. One day, God’s delight in his Son will be in us.
• Absolute, Sovereign, Almighty Love 2026-10-03
  God does not need us. Instead, his infinite self-sufficiency spills over in love to us who need him.
• God Isn’t Gloomy 2026-10-02
  If none of God’s purposes can be frustrated, then he must be the happiest of all beings.
• The All-Satisfying Object 2026-10-01
  The quest for joy is not optional, but commanded.
• The Most Liberating Discovery 2026-09-30
  Joy is not a mere option alongside worship. It is an essential component of worship.
• Make War with Unbelief 2026-09-29
  Take up the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit for help, lay the promises up in your heart, and fight the good fight — to live by faith in future grace.
• Our Good Is His Glory 2026-09-28
  God’s greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of his grace by making sinners happy in him.
• The Power of a Superior Promise 2026-09-27
  The truth of Christ frees us from the slavery of sin, for the freedom of holiness.
• Live Confident in God’s Sovereign Power 2026-09-26
  Confidence in God’s absolute control is the source and power of radical obedience to the call of God.
• Life Hangs on the Word of God 2026-09-25
  The Bible is no empty word. It is your very life — the foundation and kindling of your joy!
• Jesus’s Pursuit of Joy 2026-09-24
  What sustained Christ in the dark hours of Gethsemane was the hope of joy beyond the cross.
• Hope for the Worst of Sinners 2026-09-23
  When it comes to being a candidate for grace, your background has nothing to do with God’s choice. That’s good news.
• Let Goods and Kindred Go 2026-09-22
  You have a possession in heaven that is better, and lasts longer, than anything this world can offer.
• Ammunition Against Anxiety 2026-09-21
  God intends for particular promises to help you fight against particular anxieties.
• Not Nearly Hedonistic Enough 2026-09-20
  The Lord has spoken: It is more blessed to love than to live in luxury! More blessed now, and forever.
• Our Unspeakable Privilege 2026-09-19
  In Jesus Christ we who are born of God have the unspeakable privilege of knowing Yahweh as our Father.
• The Only True Freedom 2026-09-18
  Only Jesus, the Son of God who died and rose for us, can make us truly free.
• Worship in a Lightning Storm 2026-09-17
  Sit down to the feast of joy in Christ and worship the King of Glory. The banquet hall is very large.
• The Soul’s Final Feast 2026-09-16
  To see God, and know him, and be in his presence is the soul’s final feast.
• The Only Enduring Happiness 2026-09-15
  Two things have to be true if your joy is never to be taken from you. One is that the source of your joy lasts forever and the other is that you…
• God Will Supply All Your Needs 2026-09-14
  If we live by faith in God’s promise of future grace, it will be very hard for anxiety to survive.
• 7 Reasons Not to Worry, Part 3 2026-09-13
  God will see to it that you are not tested in any given day more than you can bear.
• 7 Reasons Not to Worry, Part 2 2026-09-12
  God will certainly take his energy and creative skill, and use it to care for his children since they will live forever.
• 7 Reasons Not to Worry, Part 1 2026-09-11
  Jesus helps us to fight the good fight against unbelief and to be free from anxiety.
• How to Fight Anxiety 2026-09-10
  The way you fight the good fight for faith is by meditating on God’s assurances of future grace and by asking for the help of his Spirit.
• Grace Must Be Free 2026-09-09
  If you treated your salvation no longer as a gift, but as a purchase, God would no longer be the free benefactor.
• How to Repay God 2026-09-08
  You can’t give anything to God or do anything for God that he hasn’t first given to you and done for you.
• God-Given Foes and God-Given Faith 2026-09-07
  Fear not. Your adversaries can do no more than God grants. And he will grant you the faith you need. Those are gospel promises.
• Present and Powerful Love 2026-09-06
  Nothing will separate us from the love of Christ because Christ is alive and is still loving us right now.
• The Goal of Christ’s Love 2026-09-05
  God loves us so much that he will not allow our preciousness to become our god.
• What’s New About the New Covenant 2026-09-04
  In the old covenant, the gracious enabling power to obey God was not poured out as fully as it is since Jesus.
• The “I Will” of God 2026-09-03
  If you feel vulnerable, you can say to God, “Lord, help me. I’m not even sure how to pray.” Trust that he will respond and will help you.
• Devastated and Delighted 2026-09-02
  This is one of the beauties of the biblical doctrines of grace: their worst devastations prepare us for their greatest delights.
• He Does All That He Pleases 2026-09-01
  God is never forced into a situation where he must do something in which he cannot rejoice.
• The Lion and the Lamb 2026-08-31
  The worth and beauty of the Son come not just from his majesty, nor just from his meekness, but from the way these mingle in perfect proportion.
• Church Growth God’s Way 2026-08-30
  By all means work. But always look to the Lord for the decisive, supernatural work needed to fulfill his purposes.
• Six Things It Means to Be in Christ Jesus 2026-08-29
  Never grow weary of exploring and exulting in the inexhaustible privilege of being “in Christ Jesus.”
• Forgiven for Jesus’s Sake 2026-08-28
  The Father’s infinite pleasure in his own perfections is the fountain of our everlasting joy and forgiveness.
• Jesus Will Trample All Our Enemies 2026-08-27
  The extent of Christ’s reign reaches to the smallest and biggest enemy of his glory in your life, and in this universe. It will be defeated.
• Shadows and Streams 2026-08-26
  God rejoices in the works of creation because they point us beyond themselves to God himself.
• When God’s Love Is Sweetest 2026-08-25
  The sweetest experience of God’s love is conditional on our transformation into the kind of people whose emotions and choices and actions please God.
• The Message of Creation 2026-08-24
  Day and night are saying one thing: God is glorious! Turn away from the creation as your supreme satisfaction, and delight yourself in the Lord of…
• God Is Not an Idolater 2026-08-23
  God is love precisely because he relentlessly pursues the praises of his name in the hearts of his people.
• Pleased to Praise 2026-08-22
  If God loves us enough to make our joy full, he must not only give us himself; he must also win from us the praise of our hearts.
• The Unshakably Happy God 2026-08-21
  God’s pursuit of praise from us and our pursuit of pleasure in him are the same pursuit.
• Jesus Is Who You’re Looking For 2026-08-20
  The Bible is a window that opens onto the sunrise glory of the risen Christ.
• What the Resurrection Means for Us 2026-08-19
  Christ’s resurrection is God’s declaration that we cannot work our way to glory, but that he intends to do the impossible to get us there.
• Hope to Obey Hard Commands 2026-08-18
  You will always be better off to obey than to disobey Jesus, even if that obedience costs you your life.