#christian devotionals

“Lord, You are the one thing that I need, the only necessity in a life full of distractions and competing demands.

I chase after so many things, believing they'll satisfy, fill the emptiness, make me whole, but they always leave me wanting more.

Teach me to choose what Mary chose, to sit at Your feet while the world rushes around me, to prioritize Your presence above every other pressing thing.

You are the living water that quenches every thirst, the bread of life that satisfies every hunger, the one true thing that my soul was made for.

Help me simplify my life around this truth, to strip away what's unnecessary, to stop adding more when all I really need is more of You.

Remind me that everything else will pass away, that possessions will fade, achievements will lose their shine, but You remain forever, the only treasure worth pursuing.

Give me the wisdom to recognize when I'm distracted by lesser things, the courage to let go of what keeps me from You, the discipline to center my life on the one thing that matters.

Let this be my declaration and my daily practice, that You are the one thing I need, and everything else is secondary to knowing You, loving You, and abiding in Your presence. Amen.”🙏

From: “Faithful Grace” (FB)

You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 The Lord encourages us to seek Him with all our heart and all our soul. If we do pursue Him with everything within us, He promises that we will find Him. But how often we give excuses, I am too busy, I have so much to do, I cannot wake up early…so on and so forth. Seeking God through prayer makes a profound difference in our lives. Through prayer, children of God have seen great victories, deliverances and healings and so much more. 

*Always Giving Thanks*

Be very careful, then, how you live . . . . always giving thanks to God. - Ephesians 5:15, 20

*Today's Scripture*

Ephesians 5:15-20

*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. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,*

*Today's Devotion*

A fifty-ton, female humpback whale swam into a web of crab lines off the coast of California, trapping her in a tangled mess. Hundreds of feet of line and hundreds of pounds of traps wrapped around her body as she struggled to stay afloat. Four divers came to her rescue, swimming under her belly. For an hour, they cut rope—dangerous work since one flap of her tail could have killed them. After they freed her, rather than immediately escaping, she swam to and gently nudged each diver. “It felt to me like she was thanking us,” one rescuer said.

Whether or not whales are able to express gratitude, being thankful is truly an important part of being human. It’s vital for our life with God. Many of us thank Him for larger blessings (the birth of a child or healing from a disease). However, Paul tells us to offer gratitude for every gift we receive, for every bit of goodness we encounter. We’re to be “always giving thanks to God,” the apostle writes (Ephesians 5:20). Not sometimes. Not only for exceptional moments. Always. And to make sure he’s made his point, Paul adds a bit more. “[Make] the most of every opportunity” and give thanks “for everything,” he says (vv. 16, 20).

Genuine gratitude is more than an occasional word we offer; it’s the posture of our lives. Gratitude turns us to God over and over again, always giving thanks in celebration.

*Reflect & Pray*

What gifts can you thank God for today? How can you move toward a posture of gratitude?

*Dear God, please help me to live a life of gratitude to You.*

*Today's Insights*

Ephesians 5 invites us to walk in Christ’s light rather than stumble through the darkness of the world (v. 8). In verses 15-20, we encounter a surprising source of spiritual strength: gratitude. Paul urges us to “be filled with the Spirit” (v. 18) and to “[give] thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (v. 20). Gratitude is a posture and attitude that returns our focus to the source of all good things (see James 1:16-18). When we express our thankfulness—even in ordinary or difficult moments—we acknowledge God’s presence and goodness. This reorientation helps us to live intentionally, reflecting Christ’s love. The apostle’s command to give thanks is paired with God’s enabling presence (Ephesians 5:18). The Holy Spirit fills, shapes, and empowers us to live a life of gratitude, which turns our hearts toward God.

Taken from Prayer That Changes Everything by Stormie Omartian. God bless, Jesus loves you ✝️❤️

I HAVE LOVED YOU with an everlasting Love. Before time began, I knew you. For years you swam around in a sea of meaninglessness, searching for Love, hoping for hope. All that time I was pursuing you, aching to embrace you in My compassionate arms.

When time was right, I revealed Myself to you. I lifted you out of that sea of despair and set you down on a firm foundation. Sometimes you felt naked—exposed to the revealing Light of My Presence. I wrapped an ermine robe around you: My robe of righteousness. I sang you a Love song, whose beginning and end are veiled in eternity. I infused meaning into your mind and harmony into your heart. Join Me in singing My song. Together we will draw others out of darkness into My marvelous light.

JEREMIAH 31:3

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness."

ISAIAH 61:10

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of His righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

1 PETER 2:9 NKJV

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

I've got a couple ideas in mind but I'm curious what yall are interested in! Feel free to reblog and put your idea in the tags or comments 😁

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