Devotionals

Episodes

• 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.
• What It Means to Bless the Lord 2026-08-17
  Authentic speaking about God’s goodness and greatness must come from the soul. Blessing God with the mouth without the soul would be hypocrisy.
• Why You Give In to Sexual Sin 2026-08-16
  If we are to be sexually pure, God must have the supreme place in our feelings and thoughts.
• What We Were Made For 2026-08-15
  All the other gifts of the gospel — forgiveness, justification, propitiation, eternal life — exist to make fellowship with God possible.
• God Forgives and Is Still Just 2026-08-14
  The death of the Son of God is outrageous enough, and the glory of God that it upholds is great enough, that God is vindicated to forgive our sins.
• Three Examples of How Faith Fulfills Good Resolves 2026-08-13
  The power of God to fulfill your resolves will come to you as you trust in the future grace of his promises.
• My Soul Thirsts for God 2026-08-12
  When we see the face of Christ, we see the face of God. And we see the glory of his face when we hear the story of the gospel of his death and…
• The Different Tenses of Grace 2026-08-11
  Grace is not only God’s disposition to do good for us when we don’t deserve it. It is also a power that makes good things happen in us.
• Have Mercy on Me, O God 2026-08-10
  We know more of the mystery of our redemption than David did. We know Christ. But we lay hold of the mercy in the same way he did.
• The End of the Gospel 2026-08-09
  The gospel is the good news that God bought for us the everlasting enjoyment of God.
• Ruler of All Nature 2026-08-08
  Stand in awe and be at peace, knowing that no natural event is outside of God’s wise and good purposes, and perfect control.
• The Point of Creation 2026-08-07
  God made humans in his image so that the world would be filled with reflectors of God. Images of God. So that nobody would miss the point of creation.
• Jesus Bought Your Endurance 2026-08-06
  God is totally committed to the perseverance and eternal security of his blood-bought children.
• 10 Things “Yahweh” Means 2026-08-05
  Yahweh is a proper name (like Peter) built out of the word for “I am.” It teaches us that God absolutely is.
• As Secure as God Is Faithful 2026-08-04
  Between eternity past in God’s predestination, and eternity future in God’s glorification, none is lost.
• Why You Have a Body 2026-08-03
  God will honor the work of his Son by raising our bodies from the dead, and we will use our bodies to glorify him forever.
• Afraid of Death No More 2026-08-02
  God has justified us. There is only future grace in front of us. Satan cannot overturn that decree.
• Our Weakness Reveals His Worth 2026-08-01
  Sometimes God makes seemingly strong people weaker so that his divine power will be the more evident.
• Suffering That Crushes Faith 2026-07-31
  Suffering must not drive you from God. Instead, it should drive you from everything but God.
• Suffering That Strengthens Faith 2026-07-30
  Faith is like muscle tissue: if you stress it to the limit, it gets stronger, not weaker. When your faith is tested, the result is greater capacity…
• God’s Plan for Martyrs 2026-07-29
  Our sovereign God says there is an appointed number of martyrs. They have a special role to play in planting and empowering the church.
• Why We Don’t Lose Heart 2026-07-28
  Strengthen your heart and renew your courage by fixing your gaze on the invisible truth you see in the testimony of those who saw Christ face to face.
• If You Don’t Fight Lust 2026-07-27
  If you don’t fight lust with a seriousness that is willing to gouge out your own eye, you will go to hell and suffer forever.
• What It Means to Love Money 2026-07-26
  The heart that loves money is a heart that pins its hopes, and pursues its pleasures, and puts its trust in what human resources can offer.
• Satan’s Strategy and Your Defense 2026-07-25
  The way to thwart the devil is to strengthen the very thing he is trying most to destroy — your faith.
• Jesus Keeps His Sheep 2026-07-24
  Jesus is interceding for us today that our faith may not fail. Our endurance in faith and joy is finally and decisively in the hands of God.
• How to Defy Sinful Desire 2026-07-23
  When God’s word feeds faith’s appetite for God, it weans our hearts away from the deceptive taste of lust.
• Preach to Yourself 2026-07-22
  Trusting God’s future grace comes by hearing the word. Therefore, preaching the word to ourselves is all-important in overcoming spiritual depression.
• Models for Combating Discouragement 2026-07-21
  The Bible is replete with saints struggling with sunken spirits. But God includes such testimonies so that we might use them to fight the unbelief…
• Grace for Every Need 2026-07-20
  Prayer is the great link of faith between the soul of the saint and the promise of God’s future grace.
• His Timing Is Perfect 2026-07-19
  God promises not merely that we will find grace “to help in time of need,” but that the grace is well-timed by God.
• God’s Grace in Spiritual Gifts 2026-07-18
  Moment by moment, God supplies the strength in which we serve. He does this because the ongoing, inexhaustible supplier of power gets the glory.
• The Power to Profess Christ 2026-07-17
  Whatever added signs and wonders God may show to amplify our witness to Christ, they will come through his grace and power.
• Energy for Today’s To-Dos 2026-07-16
  Believe in the promise that in this day God will be at work in you to will and work for his good pleasure.
• We Work by Grace 2026-07-15
  Paul prayed for grace for the day, trusted that it would come with power, and then acted with all his might.
• Ministry — More Important Than Life 2026-07-14
  You may think you need to save your life in order to do your ministry. On the contrary, how you lose your life may be the capstone of your ministry.
• What Moves You to Minister? 2026-07-13
  Costly acts of love don’t just happen. They are impelled by a new appetite — the appetite of faith for the fullest experience of God’s grace. We…
• Faith Expels Guilt, Greed, and Fear 2026-07-12
  The glory of Christ is magnified when we are more satisfied with his future grace than we are with the promises of sin.
• We Experience the Spirit Through Faith 2026-07-11
  When we don’t believe all the promises of God, we won’t receive the full measure of the Spirit.
• Proud Works vs. Humble Faith 2026-07-10
  “Works” longs for the joy of being glorified as strong. “Faith” longs for the joy of seeing God glorified as strong.
• Six Ways Jesus Fought Depression 2026-07-09
  When he was in anguish, Jesus rested his soul in the sovereign wisdom of God.
• Saving Faith Loves Forgiveness 2026-07-08
  Faith in God’s forgiveness means savoring the truth that a forgiving God is the most precious reality in the universe.
• When Another Christian Hurts You 2026-07-07
  All the wrongs that have been done against us by believers were avenged in the death of Jesus. Look to the cross of Christ.
• How Christ Conquered Bitterness 2026-07-06
  No one has ever lived who was more worthy of honor than Jesus; and no one has been dishonored more. But he triumphed by entrusting himself to God.
• Give God Your Revenge 2026-07-05
  Your very soul is in danger if you hold on to an attitude of unforgiving bitterness. Leave it to the wrath of God.
• When Will I Be Satisfied? 2026-07-04
  Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. That is not our experience now, but it will be one day.
• Good News: God Is Happy 2026-07-03
  It is good news that God is gloriously happy. No one would want to spend eternity with a gloomy, unhappy God.
• How Well Do You Know God? 2026-07-02
  As the source of every good pleasure, God himself pleases fully and finally. It is therefore astonishing how little effort is put into knowing God.
• God’s Pleasure to Do You Good 2026-07-01
  Even if we know that God is good to us, we may believe that his goodness is constrained. But Jesus is at pains to help us not feel that way.
• Heaven’s Relief in the Coming Wrath 2026-06-30
  The unwillingness of others to repent will not hold the saints hostage. Hell cannot blackmail heaven into misery.
• The Powerful Root of Practical Love 2026-06-29
  Faith in God’s promises must be so real that the love it produces proves the reality of the faith.
• Enduring When Obeying Hurts 2026-06-28
  What can sustain the will to die for others, when you are innocent? Jesus banked on love and future joy.
• A Hiding Place for the Helpless 2026-06-27
  The experience of future grace often depends on whether we will take refuge in God, or whether we will run for cover to other shelters.
• The Fear That Draws Us In 2026-06-26
  There is a fear that is slavish and drives us away from God, and there is a fear that is sweet and draws us to God.
• The Death Trap Called Covetousness 2026-06-25
  What’s at stake in fleeing covetousness and fighting for contentment in future grace is eternal life.
• I Can Be Content in Every Circumstance 2026-06-24
  Whenever we sense the slightest rise of covetousness in our hearts, we must turn on it and fight it with all our might using the weapons of faith.
• Faith Honors Him Whom It Trusts 2026-06-23
  God is glorified when the power to be holy comes from humble faith in future grace.
• How We Must Fight for Holiness 2026-06-22
  The fight for good works is a fight to believe in future grace. Therefore, learning to fight for holiness by faith in future grace is supremely…
• The Satisfaction That Defeats Sin 2026-06-21
  The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. Faith embraces God — not just his promised gifts — as our treasure.
• Grace Is Pardon — and Power! 2026-06-20
  Grace is not simply the pardon of our sins; it is the power to press on in obedience. We trust in God’s ever-arriving gracious power to enable us to…