Vessels of Clay

The Battle Is Real 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/09/the-battle-is-real/

The Redemptive Revolution 5 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/08/the-redemptive-revolution/

The High Privilege of Parenting 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/07/the-high-privilege-of-parenting/

Her Holiness Trumps Your Happiness 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/06/her-holiness-trumps-your-happiness/

The God-Ordained Mission of Submission 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/05/the-god-ordained-mission-of-submission/

Walk the Talk 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/04/walk-the-talk-4/

Light in the Darkness 3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/03/light-in-the-darkness-10/

Live Like God, Love Like Christ 1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/02/live-like-god-love-like-christ/

The Evidence of a Transformed Life 25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/07/01/the-evidence-of-a-transformed-life/

New and Improved 17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/30/new-and-improved-3/

A Love For the Truth 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/29/a-love-for-the-truth/

The Gift That Keeps On Giving 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/28/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-2/

The Power of One 1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/27/the-power-of-one/

The Love of God 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/26/the-love-of-god-3/

The Mystery Made Known 7 Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/25/the-mystery-made-known/

No One Saw That Coming 1 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— 2 assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, 3 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/24/no-one-saw-that-coming/

One Body Through the Cross 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/23/one-body-through-the-cross/