Our Devotionals come from Love Worth Finding, the ministry founded by Adrian Rogers who has since graduated to Glory. These are so relevant even today!

The Power in a Sugar Cube TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 22, 2025 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” JOHN 14:26-27 PONDER THIS We don’t have to pray for the Holy Spirit to come. He came on the day of Pentecost in great power. We seek to be filled with the Spirit of God to witness. That power has been given. You want to be a soul winner across the street or around the world? The Spirit of God will guide you. He is also the one who energizes the message. I can preach the Gospel, but the Holy Spirit of God must impart the Gospel. I need more than mere words when I preach. It is the Holy Spirit of God that gives that power not only to enlighten but also to energize. I heard it said there is enough power in a cube of sugar to destroy all of London. There’s atomic power in a cube of sugar. But it’s got to be released. It makes me think of the Church, full of people. The power is there, but that power must be released in us. We have been given the power of God to live as sent people to be witnesses to the ends of the earth. How has the Holy Spirit’s guidance and energy to share the Gospel impacted you? What are some ways you actively live as a witness? What are some places where that is more challenging? How does the Holy Spirit help you with those obstacles? PRACTICE THIS Consider who you might share your faith with today. Ask God to equip and energize you to do so.

God Already Knew TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 21, 2025 “He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.” JOHN 6:71 PONDER THIS We are so limited in comparison to God. Where man rules, God overrules. What we see one point at a time; God sees all at one time. God knew exactly precisely what Judas would do before Judas did it. Did Judas have a choice? Absolutely! Did God know it? Yes! Did God know it before time? Yes! Is God still in charge? Yes! It’s an amazing thing—human responsibility and divine sovereignty. You and I dwell in time. God dwells in eternity—the past, the present, and the future are alike to Him. Nothing is out of control. God knows exactly everything that will happen, and He is on the winning side. There will be people who say, “Hey, don’t put that stuff on me, I’m going to live. It’s my life. Not Thy will, but mine be done.” God gave you a choice to respond that way. You can hear about God’s sovereignty and insist on your own way but that is not the way to true life. The best life is in submission to Him. What amazes you about God? How can His sovereignty help us trust Him? When have you responded to God, “Not Thy will but mine be done”? What happened? How can we submit to Him even when we want our own way? PRACTICE THIS Thank God for His complete control.

No Update Needed TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 20, 2025 “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” PSALM 19:7-10 PONDER THIS Do you want to be a true intellectual? Get in the Word of God. It’s sure. What does that mean? It means you’ve got a firm place to stand. You have a foundation. You’re not building on jelly. An ordinary person can go to God’s Word and receive food for his soul. Look at the passage above, “The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.” The word right means a straight path. The Bible will never lead you astray. Hallelujah for that! How we should delight in the Word of God. There are no seeds of corruption in God’s Word. It will last. It’s been several millennia since David wrote this, and we’re holding it in our hands today. The earth passes away, the flower of the field withers, but the Word of God endures forever. It is the incorruptible Word of God. The Bible is never out of date. It applies to every age. It never needs to be updated or revised. Thank God for the inerrant, infallible, incorruptible Word of God. Is God’s Word valuable to you? How does your life show that to be true? How has God’s Word given you wisdom? How has that wisdom impacted you? PRACTICE THIS Talk to Christian friends and ask them why God’s Word is valuable to them and how they seek to live it out.

Secret Faults Result in Moral Earthquakes TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 19, 2025 “Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.” PSALM 19:12-14 PONDER THIS You don’t have what it takes to understand the things of God; only the Holy Spirit of God can help you understand. Who can convict you of sin? Your heart is not going to expose your heart. As a matter of fact, the Bible says of the Holy Spirit in John 16:8, “When He has come, He will convict the world of sin.” Did you know that you have secret faults you don’t know anything about? In Memphis, Tennessee, there is a hidden fault called the New Madrid fault. Can you look down and see that fault in the ground? No, but it’s there. One of these days it may cause an earthquake. A lot of times, people have moral earthquakes because they have secret faults they fail to recognize are there. We need to open ourselves up to God and let the Holy Spirit reveal our secret faults. The psalmist was not playing a cover-up game; he opened himself up before God because he wanted to be with God. Let’s do the same. Why are we prone to hiding, even before God? What are some of the faults you have hidden or tried to ignore? PRACTICE THIS You don’t have what it takes to understand the things of God; only the Holy Spirit of God can help you understand. Who can convict you of sin? Your heart is not going to expose your heart. As a matter of fact, the Bible says of the Holy Spirit in John 16:8, “When He has come, He will convict the world of sin.” Did you know that you have secret faults you don’t know anything about? In Memphis, Tennessee, there is a hidden fault called the New Madrid fault. Can you look down and see that fault in the ground? No, but it’s there. One of these days it may cause an earthquake. A lot of times, people have moral earthquakes because they have secret faults they fail to recognize are there. We need to open ourselves up to God and let the Holy Spirit reveal our secret faults. The psalmist was not playing a cover-up game; he opened himself up before God because he wanted to be with God. Let’s do the same. Why are we prone to hiding, even before God? What are some of the faults you have hidden or tried to ignore?

What God Says About Jesus TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 18, 2025 “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.” 1 JOHN 5:9-10 PONDER THIS Many witnesses can attest to the truth that Jesus is alive. There are the witnesses of Jesus’ friends. There are the witnesses of His enemies, those who clamored for His death. There are even the witnesses of those who said, “He lives, and He changes lives still today.” But there’s still one more witness. What does God, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, think of Christ? God Almighty says, “This is my beloved Son” (Matthew 3:17). He has sent His Son so whoever believes in Him may have eternal life with God. He has given us a written record, and the witness of the Spirit. All around, we can find the witnesses of who Jesus is. He was who He said He was, He did what He said He would do, He lived a perfect life, and He is alive today, providing extravagant love that is evident in our own lives. We can trust this witness of our God. Why is it important to believe what God says about Jesus? What does it look like to receive the witness of God and live like we believe Him? PRACTICE THIS Share with another person your witness of what Jesus, the Beloved Son of God, has done in your life.

The Problem Solver Is Alive and Well TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 17, 2025 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 PONDER THIS Don grew up in a home where his dad was an all-pro linebacker, but he was also an alcoholic who mentally and physically abused Don’s mom. Don’s family had everything the earth would call success, fame, and fortune. He said, “We had a house that four people lived in, but we didn’t have a home.” Through a Bible study, Don’s mother learned that trusting Jesus was the only way that she was going to be right with God. She immediately was changed and started praying for Don’s dad who then also came to faith in Jesus. This father was immediately a changed man. He started coming home at 5 p.m.—sober. He started telling his sons how much he loved them. Because Don wanted to be like his dad, he walked the aisle at church and was also baptized, but his life never changed. He didn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus. One day his dad shared today’s verse with him. After that Don trusted Jesus as his personal Savior, and the Lord changed his life. Now he says “I want to become more like my heavenly Father, not my earthly father. I’ve had some problems since then, but I know I have the Problem Solver living inside of me.” Jesus is still changing lives today. He is transforming people. He is alive. How has Jesus transformed your life? With whom can you share your story? Who have you learned from because of the transforming work of Christ in their lives? How might you encourage them? PRACTICE THIS Take time this week to share your testimony of Christ with another person.

A Little Pharisee Inside TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 16, 2025 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.” MATTHEW 6:1-2 PONDER THIS We all have to consider the level of hypocrisy in our lives. Is there a little Pharisee in you? Let me give you some questions to ask yourself: Have I ever failed to obey God because I wondered what other people would think about it? Do I ever serve God in a way that goes undetected, and I don’t tell anybody about it? Is my private life consistent with my public image? Am I wounded when others get credit for what I do? Have I ever, and do I ever, accept praise for things I’ve not done? Do I take credit when I know that credit is not there? If any of these are true, you have to admit, there’s a little Pharisee in you. Then ask: Am I defeated and discouraged by the hypocrisy of another? Jesus knew there were hypocrites. One of the twelve apostles was a hypocrite. There always have been hypocrites. There always will be hypocrites. But no hypocrite on earth can keep me from serving Jesus. If you have reality in your heart, and you know God personally, then you know that while the hypocrite is wrong, Jesus is not wrong, and you know that you know Him and love Him. In what ways do you relate to the Pharisees? Why can we freely admit our hypocrisy before Jesus? PRACTICE THIS Confess to God the areas in which you struggle with hypocrisy and ask Him to help you grow in those areas.

Dressing Up Your Conversation with God TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 15, 2025 “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. ‘Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.’” MATTHEW 6:7-8 PONDER THIS Why do we pray? We do not pray to impress God. Neither the logic of our prayers nor the language of our prayers impress God. You don’t have to be a poet to pray. Have you ever heard anybody say, “Oh, I can’t pray”? Well, can you talk? Can you talk to another human being? Can you not talk to God? Do you think you must be Shakespeare to pray? When my children were small, suppose I came home and my daughter said to me, “Hail, yon eminent pastor. On thy sojourn home from yon Bellevue Baptist Church, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst grant to thy daughter, thy second daughter Janice, one dollar that I may sojourn to yonder apothecary and procure some things to impart cosmological changes to my face.” I’d say, “Well, Janice, would you say that again, honey?” And she’d say, “Daddy, can I have a dollar. I need to get some cosmetics.” Do you think I’m going to be impressed by the fact that she used this kind of language? Have you ever heard anybody pray that way? Jesus said (in effect), “You don’t pray to impress God. It’s not the language of your prayer. It’s not the length of your prayer. You’re not heard for much speaking.” God is ready for you to talk to Him. Come to Him as you are, and open yourself up to Him; you don’t have to dress it up. Is it easy or hard for you to pray to God? What are the things you regularly go to Him about? When are you most likely to go to God in prayer? Has He become the One you regularly turn to in life? Why or why not? PRACTICE THIS Spend time with God in prayer.

Not the Book of the Month TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 14, 2025 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” REVELATION 22:12-13 PONDER THIS The Bible is like a garment. You can pull a thread and it wrinkles in a completely different area. I have been studying the Bible seriously now for more than forty years. I'm not finding hidden flaws; I'm finding hidden beauties. I'm finding things that are confirming my faith more in the Word of God. How do you explain the fact that the Bible is unified? There is no other book that has come together with such unity as the Bible, yet it was written by dozens of authors over a period of hundreds of years. The Bible has one theme: Salvation. The Bible has one hero, Jesus. There is one villain, Satan. There is one purpose: God’s Glory. Jesus said the Scriptures cannot be broken. The Bible is not the book of the month; it is the book of the ages. No book has ever had as much opposition as the Bible. Men have laughed at it, scorned it, ridiculed it, made laws against it, and burned it. There was a time in Scottish history when owning a Bible was a crime worthy of death. Many a time a man has preached a funeral for the Bible. But the corpse has outlived the pallbearers. People die. The Bible survives and it is applicable and up to date for today and every day. What are some ways you have seen that the Bible is relevant to your life? What are some areas in which you find it hard to apply God’s Word? PRACTICE THIS Spend time reading Scripture. Ask God to use it in your life today.

The Bible is Not a Math Book TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 13, 2025 “Then he said to me, ‘These words are faithful and true.’ And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place. ‘Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.’” REVELATION 22:6-7 PONDER THIS Many people have different reasons for dismissing the Bible. Some despise it. Others don't despise it; they just deny it. Others distort it. The Bible is put in their hands, but they twist it to their own destruction. Then there are those who dissect it. They come to the Bible with their measuring rods, with their scalpels, with their test tubes, and they treat the Bible more like a math book than a love story. They’re ever learning, but they can never come to the knowledge of the truth. And there are those who disregard it. They say it's not relevant or important. As terrible as all of those are, the greatest enemy of the Word of God is found in churches on Sunday morning. These individuals say they believe the Bible. They even give lip service to the fact that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, infallible, and authentic Word of God. But they don’t study it. They don’t know it. They don’t live by it. They don’t assimilate it. They don’t stand on it. There is dust on the Bible and drought in the heart. God’s Word is for you and is relevant today for the problems and joys of life you are facing right now. How do you spend time in God’s Word? How does it shape the way you live? What is challenging about reading and applying God’s Word daily? PRACTICE THIS Consider this method as you read Scripture: pray over it (ask God to speak to you through His Word), ponder it (meditate on what you’ve read in a focused way), put it in writing (journal about what God’s teaching you), practice it (apply it intentionally), proclaim it (share what you’ve learned with others).

What Will You Do with Jesus? TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 12, 2025 “Pilate said to them, ‘What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?’ They all said to him, ‘Let Him be crucified!’” MATTHEW 27:22 PONDER THIS “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” This is a personal question. You, like Pilate, must answer it. This is a pertinent question. We’re not talking about some idea; we’re talking about the One who claims to be the Son of God. And this is a pressing question; it is before you right now. Jesus Christ was in Pilate’s hand that day. And today Jesus Christ is in your hand. But the time came when Pilate was in Jesus’ hand, and the time will come when you will be in Jesus’ hand. Jesus was standing before Pilate, but at the judgment, Pilate stands before Jesus. Jesus is standing before you today, through the Spirit and through the Word. But one day, you will stand before the Lord Jesus Christ. And so, this question is personal, pertinent, and pressing. “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Are you going to believe His claim to be the Son of God and shape your life around that belief? Are you going to submit to Him as Lord of your life every day that you live? Will you hear about Jesus and agree at a surface level but never let Him shape what you do? What will you do with Jesus? How does your life show that Jesus is Lord? What are some areas where it is hard to follow Jesus as Lord? PRACTICE THIS Ask God to help you grow in understanding of His lordship and in living under His authority.

Honor by Serving TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 11, 2025 “My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother; for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck.” PROVERBS 1:8-9 PONDER THIS You can honor your parents by living a godly and noble life. You are an extension of your father and your mother. Do you know what gives me great joy? When I sense that my parents are proud of me. When I sense that I give my mother a sense of gratefulness that I am her son. Do you know what gives me great joy as a father? To see my children live right. When I watch my children bless their children, my heart fills with joy. I went to put my son on an airplane to Spain as a missionary. I watched that man, his wife, and our little Jonathan get on that plane, and I thought “Thank You, God. Thank You for a son who loves you and wants to spend his life spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Your parents gave you life. Their very blood flows through your veins. The love of godly parents is the closest thing to the love of God known on this Earth. Honor them by living your life for the Lord, and by spending your life loving and serving others. How can you honor your father and mother in the way you live? What kind of faith legacy do you want to leave? What are you doing right now to pursue that legacy? PRACTICE THIS Encourage a person in the next generation in his or her faith.

Don’t Take Route 60” Wisdom May 10, 2025 “I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.” PSALM 37:25 PONDER THIS Even after you have your own home, you still learn the counsel of father and mother. Your parents are wise in ways that you’re not. You’ll be amazed at how much your parents know. Your parents have an advantage over you—experience. David said, “I have been young, and now am old.” You can’t say that as a young person. All you can say is, “Once I was young.” But those older than you have seen both sides of life and have had experiences you haven’t had. Imagine you were taking a trip from the East Coast to the West Coast, and your parents started out a day or two ahead of you. So, often they call back to give you instructions. They know where you’re staying and the way you are traveling, so they report, “Don’t take route 60. They’re tearing the thing up. There’s a blockade, and you’ll spend hours there. We spent all kinds of wasted time there because of construction.” And they recommend certain restaurants they enjoyed along the way. That doesn’t mean they’re smarter than you are. They have just been further down the road. We do well to listen to godly wisdom from those who are further down the road. When have you had a tough time listening to the wisdom of those with more life experience than you? What happened? What made it difficult to listen to them? Who are some people ahead of you that you can learn from? What are some things you can seek to learn from them? PRACTICE THIS Ask advice from someone ahead of you and share some of God’s wisdom with someone in the generation after you.