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I wrote this August 18, 2022, in the height of my almost-5 year affliction. It was submitted as a devotional for publication, but I put...

I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble, and He answered me. Jonah 2:2 NLT Jonah is a book so relatable as we can see ourselves in...

Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.”  Matthew 26:36 NLT...

Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).  John 19:17 (NIV) Jesus had been on...

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Hebrews...

(Our Lord Jesus) will equip you with every good thing for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus...

We know that we have come to love him if we obey his commands. 1 John 2:3 (NIV) It was 5 o’clock in the morning. ...

Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. Isaiah 35:1...

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the...

Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction; your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes...

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. Hebrews 12:7 (NIV) There’s enduring and then there’s enduring. And...

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 (NIV) How does one keep in step with recovering broken...

You are to worship at a distance. Exodus 24:1 (NIV) I wrote a devotional yesterday with the same title, but a completely different...

On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said,...

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now...

Don’t worry about anything, instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 ...

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts. Psalm 107:22 NLT It’s easy to offer thanksgiving...

Help, LORD. Psalm 12:1 Receiving unwanted news, even bad news is never easy. Nor welcome. How does one prepare for such times? ...

I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead. I want to suffer with Him, sharing in His death. ...

Let me hear Your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting You. Show me where to walk for I give myself to you. Psalm 143:8 In May...