Daily Devotions

Today’s Scripture: “Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.” Proverbs 14:13, ESV 

Theme: Emotions help us to care deeply, but they don’t always help us to discern clearly. Opposite emotions can arise simultaneously: pain with joy, laughter amid grief. 

Today’s Scripture: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9, ESV 

Theme: Emotions can remind us to consider a decision carefully; yet they are unreliable. We must rely on God’s wisdom and guidance. 

Today's Scripture: “By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.” 1 John 3:19-20 

Theme: When we feel condemned, look to God for affirmation, reassurance, or conviction. He will lead us to Truth. 

Today's Scripture: “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18, ESV  

Theme: When we mature in our faith, our actions show our love for others even more than our words do.  

Today's Scripture: “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!” Psalm 34:8, ESV 

Theme: Nothing is better than putting God first and experiencing His goodness.