Jeremiah 3

“I myself said, ““‘How gladly would I treat you like sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.”’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.”
– Jeremiah 3:19

1 Kings 14

“Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave and free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is gone.”
– 1 Kings 14:10

Nehemiah 4

“Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.”
– Nehemiah 4:4

Jonah 2

“He said: ‘“In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.”
– Jonah 2:2

Matthew 23

“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
– Matthew 23:12

John 12

“There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.”
– John 12:48

1 Corinthians 2

“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritual discerned.”
– 1 Corinthians 2:14

Psalm 54

“Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.”
– Psalm 54:4

Proverbs 18

“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.”
– Proverbs 18:22

Ezekiel 22

“I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.”
– Ezekiel 22:30

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

Recent Devotionals

Judges 3

“They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their forefathers through Moses.”
~ Judges 3:4

Exodus 30

“The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives.”
~ Exodus 30:15

1 Kings 2

“I am about to go the way of the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself a man,”
~ 1 Kings 2:2

Genesis 21

“I will make the son of the maidservant into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
~ Genesis 21:13

Deuteronomy 8

“Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.”
~ Deuteronomy 8:5

Ezra 8

“There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.”
~ Ezra 8:21

Psalm 118

“This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
~ Psalm 118:24

2 John

“Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God, whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.”
~ 2 John verse 9

John 20

“Then Jesus told him, “‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
~ John 20:29

Esther 1

“Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.”
~ Esther 1:19