Daily Devotionals
Start Your Day In God's Word
No matter your stage, age, or season, there's a devotional here for you. Choose where you'd like to begin.
adults
What Courage Looks Like
September 16, 2026
Daniel 3:16-18 gives us six of the most courageous words in Scripture: “But even if he does not.” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had already counted the cost, so the furnace could take their bodies but not their worship. God rarely promises to keep us out of the fire, but he does promise to get in it with us. The invitation is to settle now who we belong to, before the furnace door ever opens.
students
Hold Your Position
September 16, 2026
Judges 7:19-21 sends three hundred men against an army with a strange arsenal—trumpets, empty jars, torches, not a sword among them. They smash the jars so hidden light appears all at once, blow the trumpets, and hold their position while God makes the enemy run. That's most of what God asks of you, and it's smaller than you think: show up, let the light out, make noise, stay put—he never asked you to make the Midianites run. You're not responsible for changing someone's life, just for obeying God and bringing them. And the torches were already lit the whole walk there; the only question is whether anyone can see yours.
KIDS
The Toolbox
September 16, 2026
2 Timothy 3:16-17 says the Bible makes you *thoroughly equipped*—like the difference between building a birdhouse with no tools and being handed a full toolbox. Yesterday's God-breathed words aren't just to fill your head; they're to get you ready for real life. So don't just collect facts as you read, collect tools—every verse is one more thing in your toolbox, ready for the day at school or home when you need to reach for it. And this toolbox never runs empty.
Daily Reading & Prayer
Grow In Your Faith
Read or listen to the Bible 5 minutes a day through the life of Jesus.
May 11, 2026
When, Not If
James 1:1–2 doesn't say if trials come, but whenever. As we begin the Stay Close series, we're reminded that difficulty is part of every season, and the joy James commands isn't a response to the pain but to what the pain produces under the presence of a God who stays close.
May 10, 2026
Start Here
Isaiah 43:18–19 reminds us that God isn't restoring what we lost; he's doing a new thing right where we are. After a week of mercy, freedom, invitation, identity, direction, and cleansing, today's reset lands in a single decision: stop looking backward, start here, and let God grow new life in our ordinary, imperfect lives.
May 9, 2026
Washed Clean
Psalm 51:10 teaches us to ask God not for repair but for replacement, a brand new heart and a renewed spirit where hardness has settled in. As we name the calluses honestly, we find that God doesn't tune up his people; he washes them clean and creates something alive in the very places that had gone numb.
May 8, 2026
Forget What's Behind
Philippians 3:13–14 calls us to stop staring at the rearview mirror of our regrets and successes alike and press forward toward what God has next. Forgetting doesn't mean amnesia; it means refusing to let the past steer us so we can perceive the new thing God is doing right now.
May 7, 2026
Old Things Gone
2 Corinthians 5:17 declares that anyone in Christ is already a new creation, with the old gone and the new here. Even when our patterns feel familiar, our identity has been replaced, and the daily work is learning to live from who God says we are instead of the labels of our past.
May 6, 2026
Come As You Are
Matthew 11:28–30 shatters the lie that we have to clean ourselves up before approaching God. Jesus invites the weary and burdened to come as we are, trade our self-made yoke for his, and find rest by walking shoulder to shoulder with him in the middle of the mess.
May 5, 2026
No Condemnation
Romans 8:1 declares that there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus because the punishment we deserved was already absorbed by him. This frees us to silence the inner prosecutor and live not as guilty prisoners but as people whose verdict has been forever overturned.
May 4, 2026
New Every Morning
Lamentations 3:22–23 reminds us that God's mercies are brand new every morning, regardless of our failures or feelings. As we begin this RESET week, we're invited to stop dragging yesterday's shame into today and instead receive the fresh grace God delights to give.
May 3, 2026
Equipped
2 Timothy 3:16–17 reminds us that all Scripture is God-breathed and useful to teach, rebuke, correct, and train us, equipping us for every good work God places before us. Even when we feel unprepared or overwhelmed, we can trust the Word to speak into what we’re facing, shape who we’re becoming, and prepare us for what’s ahead.
May 2, 2026
Planted
Psalm 1:2–3 teaches that a life rooted in God’s Word becomes steady, fruitful, and sustained, not by striving but by staying close to the source. As we keep returning to Scripture and let it shape our thoughts and choices, God grows deep roots in us that hold firm through every season.