Luke 18

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
– Luke 18:14

Deuteronomy 33

“Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.”
– Deuteronomy 33:12

Psalm 43

“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”
– Psalm 43:5

Isaiah 58

“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,”
– Isaiah 58:13

Isaiah 43

“But now, this is what the LORD says—he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine”
– Isaiah 43:1

Genesis 32

“Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.”
– Genesis 32:11

Hebrews 7

“Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.”
– Hebrews 7:26

Ezekiel 32

“When I make Egypt desolate and strip the land of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD’”
– Ezekiel 32:15

Hosea 8

“Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.”
– Hosea 8:1

1 Samuel 27

“Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.”
– 1 Samuel 27:9

Short Stories and Devotional Letters to Grandchildren on Every Book and Chapter of the Bible

Recent Devotionals

Nehemiah 3

Nehemiah 3

“Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.”
~ Nehemiah 3:20

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Ecclesiastes 8

Ecclesiastes 8

“When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong”
~ Ecclesiastes 8:11

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John 4

John 4

“Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.”
~ John 4:35

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Nehemiah 11

Nehemiah 11

“The people commended all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.”
~ Nehemiah 11:2

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Romans 1

Romans 1

“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first the Jew, then for the Gentile.”
~ Romans 1:16

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Job 40

Job 40

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
~ Job 40:2

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Numbers 35

Numbers 35

“They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.”
~ Numbers 35:12

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Revelation 2

Revelation 2

“I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.”
~ Revelation 2:19

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Colossians 2

Colossians 2

“rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
~ Colossians 2:7

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Mark 9

Mark 9

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
~ Mark 9:37

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Hebrews 1

Hebrews 1

“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”
~ Hebrews 1:14

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2 Kings 17

2 Kings 17

“They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their fathers and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the LORD had ordered them, “‘Do not do as they do,”’ and they did the things the LORD had forbidden them to do.”
~ 2 Kings 17:15

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Jeremiah 52

Jeremiah 52

“It was because of the LORD’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence. Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.”
~ Jeremiah 52:3

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Romans 16

Romans 16

“Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.”
~ Romans 16:19

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Psalm 37

Psalm 37

“Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
~ Psalm 37:4

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Lamentations 4

Lamentations 4

“The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.”
~ Lamentations 4:16

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Luke 23

Luke 23

“Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit,”’ When he had said this, he breathed his last.”
~ Luke 23:46

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1 Samuel 7

1 Samuel 7

“And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, ‘“If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
~ 1 Samuel 7:3

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