July 14 God Will Not Forget “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.”—Isaiah 49:15 God never becomes preoccupied or neglectful toward one of His children. God said it would be moreRead More …

July 13 Godly Sorrow For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.—2 Corinthians 7:10 There is a difference between worldly sorrow and godly sorrow, though both are deeply felt. You can feel genuine sorrow over something you have done.Read More …

July 12 Wait on the Lord Wait for the Lord; be courageous and let your heart be strong. Wait for the Lord.—Psalm 27:14 Waiting is one of the hardest things to do. We want to be people of action. We feel better if we are doing something to address ourRead More …

July 11 Confident Hope Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.—Hebrews 10:23 Hope in the Christian’s life is not wishful thinking. It is confident expectation. Those without Christ may wish things were different and wish they knew someone whoRead More …

July 10 Bitterness See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.—Hebrews 12:15 Bitterness has a tenacious way of taking root deep within the soul and resisting all efforts to weedRead More …

July 9 Effective, Fervent Prayer The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.—James 5:16b God promises all believers that if we live righteously and pray fervently, our prayers will be effective and produce significant results. How do we treat a promise like this? We might argue, “But I doRead More …

July 8 A Highway of Holiness A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks the path. Even the fool will not go astray.—Isaiah 35:8 The nation of IsraelRead More …

July 7 An Imperishable Crown Do you not know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a perishable crown, butRead More …

July 6 Return to God “So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—[this is] the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.”—Zechariah 1:3 God places much of the burden of what we will becomeRead More …

July 5 Choose to Rejoice About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.—Acts 16:25 Your joy as a Christian should not depend on your circumstances. Joy comes from God, and therefore it cannot be affected by what is outsideRead More …