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!

How to Handle Irritating Moments TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 08, 2025 “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.” 2 PETER 1:5-7 PONDER THIS In the early stages of life, humans are weak, out of control, and prone to tantrums. As we grow and mature, these things change. The same is true in spiritual growth. Are you under control? How about your sexual desires? How about your appetite for food? How about your sleep? How about your recreation? How about your quiet time? How do you respond to the inconvenient moments of life? I spilled something the other day; I hit it with my hand. It went all over my stuff on my desk and ran into my papers that I had stacked neatly. My first thought was, “What purpose is all of that? Why would that happen?” Then I thought, “Thank You God for that if for no other reason than to help develop my patience.” This ordinary work God is doing in us equips us for the moments when our circumstances are less than ideal. He prepares us for the hard moments and the persecution we face. Preparation and maturity for the big moments in life are built through daily life with God. What are some things in the list in 2 Peter 5:7 that God is developing in you? Which one is the most challenging for you? Have you invited God to work on that struggle? How might you do that now? PRACTICE THIS Confess to a friend where you are struggling to grow in your faith. Invite your friend to keep you accountable as you pursue God in that area.

What Are You Hungry For TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 07, 2025 PONDER THIS “For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “‘A dog returns to his own vomit,’ and, ‘a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.’” 2 PETER 2:20-22 PRACTICE THIS Did you know your nature determines your appetite? For example, a pig has an appetite for slop. A dog will return to his own vomit. Sheep prefer green pastures. What do you feed on? What really blesses you? Do you have an appetite for the Word of God? Not only does nature determine appetite, but nature also determines behavior. What’s the nature of an eagle? It’s to fly. What is the nature of a fish? It’s to swim. What is the nature of a Christian? It is to live the Christian life. Nature determines appetite. Nature determines behavior. Nature determines environment. Squirrels climb trees, moles borrow under the ground, and fish swim in the water. You can tell whether you are a child of God by the environment you seek out. Nature determines association. Sheep gather in flocks, fish in schools, and Christians in church. Those with the Spirit of God live according to His nature, not Man’s. What are the things that are easy for you to do? What makes you inclined toward those things? What is your appetite for the things of God? What are the things of God you don’t have an appetite for?

Repentance and Faith on Repeat TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 06, 2025 “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” COLOSSIANS 2:6-7 PONDER THIS The way to live the Christian life is the same way you got the Christian life. It’s just repentance and faith, repentance and faith, repentance and faith. You say, “Well, I already repented.” Well, so did I when I got saved, but I’ve done far more repenting and trusting in Christ after I got saved than I did when I got saved. When I got saved, I gave all I knew of me to all I knew of Jesus, but I knew very little about either one. You never reach a place in your Christian life where you don’t need to repent. Joyce came up to my study the other day, the sunlight was coming in the window, and she looked at the glass-top table and said, “Look at that dust.” I said, “Honey, if it hadn’t been for that sunlight you’d never have seen that dust.” A person who says, “I don’t need any more repentance,” is not walking in the light. The closer you get to the Lord, the more imperfections you see in your own life. Walk with Christ in repentance and faith. If you’ll do that, you will discover the treasures that are in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance is turning from self; faith is turning to Jesus. And the more you turn from yourself and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ, the more real He will be to you. When was the last time you repented? Is this something you practice regularly? Why or why not? What are some of the reasons we neglect to walk in repentance and faith? What needs to change for you to do so? PRACTICE THIS Pray and confess to God how you need to grow in repentance and faith.

Taste and See TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 05, 2025 “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.” PSALM 34:8-9 PONDER THIS I love mangos. They are delicious when they are fresh. But suppose somebody brings you a mango. It’s beautiful on the outside. You could say it looks good. If you put it up to your nose and smell it, you might say it smells good. But how do you really know it’s good? Somebody may tell you, “I enjoy mangos. They’re wonderful.” That’s their testimony. But when someone says, “Here, try,” that’s an invitation to experience. A Christian with an experience is never at the mercy of any argument. When you have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, no one can argue against that. Do you remember the story of the man born blind who Jesus healed? The Pharisees and rulers said, “Who healed you? What were his credentials? Explain all of it.” He couldn’t explain it all, but he said, “One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see” (John 9:25). A believing person has the evidence on the inside. God saved me in my middle teens. I had a passing interest in the Word of God, and over time God grew my interest. I’ve spent my life studying this book, pouring over it. I am more convinced that the Bible is the Word of God than I was when I started as a young preacher. I’m not finding hidden flaws. I’m finding hidden beauties. I have experienced the Word of God to be true. I hope you have too. What have been some of your formative experiences with God? What have you learned about Him from those experiences? What are some ways you experience God today? What does it look like to make your relationship with Him a priority? PRACTICE THIS Listen to someone’s experience with God and share yours.

What Does God’s Word Do? TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 04, 2025 “But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17 PONDER THIS The one thing that is lasting and has stood the test of time is the Word of God. If you don’t sow the word, you’re not going to have a crop. People are not saved by your testimony. They’re not saved by your ideas. They’re not saved by your philosophy. They are saved by the Word and the Holy Spirit. The Word is also instrumental in sanctification. Paul says that he gives these Scriptures, “that the man of God may be perfect” (2 Timothy 3:16, KJV). That doesn’t mean sinless. There’s not a person alive who is sinless. The word perfect means mature. God wants us to grow up. You will never be a strong, mature Christian until you get in the Word of God. The Scriptures are necessary for salvation. They’re necessary for sanctification. And they’re necessary for service. Paul goes on to say, “thoroughly equipped for every good work.” The idea is of a soldier’s equipment when going into battle. God does not send you into battle unarmed; He gives you the equipment for the battle, for service. We have faith in the Word of God, and it equips us at every level. Whether you are a new believer, diving in deeper, or ready to serve, you need the Word of God. How do you prioritize time in the Word? What are some ways you can grow in making God’s Word a priority? How has God’s Word equipped you? PRACTICE THIS Spend some extra time in the Word of God and write down a verse that stands out to you. Put it in a place you will see regularly.

Break the Chain TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 03, 2025 “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” 2 PETER 1:2-4 PONDER THIS Have you ever seen an elephant in the circus? The elephant will generally have an iron ring around one of his rear legs. That ring will be connected to a chain and a stake in the ground. And the animal can only go as far as the chain will allow. Now here is the interesting thing. That stake is not very deep in the ground. That elephant could pull it out at any time. But he never tries because he thinks he cannot. He has been trained to believe he cannot pull the chain free. Many people have been trained by the devil in that same way. You don’t understand the power you have. And Satan’s got you chained by some little insignificant thing when God wants to set you free and to make you what you ought to be. Grace comes through the knowledge of Jesus. He gives the peace that all of us need—peace with God and with one another. And power comes through the knowledge of Jesus Christ. But if you don’t know God’s promises, you can’t claim them. To be free, you need to know and stand on the promises of God. What are some of the promises of God? Which ones are hard to trust? Which ones have you held onto at various times? How have God’s promises helped you through difficult times? Who is a friend that needs to hear the promises of God right now? PRACTICE THIS Encourage someone else in the promises of God.

Know and Grow TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 02, 2025 “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 PETER 1:5-8 PONDER THIS For years, I carried a card to remind me of several material details about my wife. It is hard to buy a gift for someone if you don’t know the size she wears and other specifics. This card had her shoe size, glove size, dress size, and other various facts about her. I included every important detail I wanted to remember. Imagine you wanted to know about my wife, so I pulled out that card and handed it to you. You would know about her, but you would not know her. Now you can sit in a church and get all the facts about God. That is knowledge. But what you need is an intimate relationship with Him. In Philippians 3:10, Paul gives the ambition of his life and says: “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection.” You may think, “Wait a minute, Paul. You wrote this later on in your ministry. Are you telling me you have been an apostle, and you are still saying you want to know Jesus?” The answer is yes. I don’t care how much you know Him today; you can still know Him better. The only way to know somebody is to spend time with him. We are to spend time with Jesus. I know Joyce because I spend a lot of time with her. Spend time with God, in the Word, in prayer, and in silence. Grow deeper in relationship with Him. In what areas of your relationship with God do you find it difficult to grow? When was a time you felt close to God? What did you learn about Him in that time? How do you regularly spend time with Him? PRACTICE THIS If possible, spend time outside in silence, meditating on God’s truth and enjoying His presence.

An Explosion of Love TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 01, 2025 “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” 1 JOHN 3:16-18 PONDER THIS The Church believes in the permanence of marriage. But there are many whose homes have been broken by divorce. What do we do with that? Do we turn them away? No! In the name of Jesus, we open our arms and say, “You’re welcome here,” and share Christ’s love and hope. We’re against pornography. It’s terrible. It is antithetical to true love, but so many today struggle with it. How do we interact with these people? Do we step on them? Or do we offer help to them and extend to them the grace of Christ? We believe same-sex relationships are contrary to the Word of God, but what do we do to those who believe differently? Do we criticize them, put them down? Or do we reach out a loving hand to lift up and give help? The Church needs to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ. If we would be bright lights in a dark world, we need to be known not merely for what we’re against, but for what we’re for. What we need is an explosion of random acts of love that display the love of Jesus Christ. Who are the people most difficult for you to love? What are some ways you can show Christ’s love to these people? When has someone’s love and care made a difference in your life? How did it point you to Christ’s love? PRACTICE THIS Show love to someone it is difficult to love and commit to pray for him or her regularly.

Out-Live and Out-Give TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 31, 2025 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.” 1 PETER 3:15-16 PONDER THIS Living as a light means your life will be different because you follow Christ. You will be blameless. That doesn’t mean sinless, but you will be blameless. Verse 15 says people are going to ask questions because of the hope that’s in you. Why? Because they can see something different about you. The way you live and the hope you have sets you apart in this hopeless, dying world. People are to see your life—at school, in the neighborhood, on the job—standing out like a diamond in a coal mine, like a gardenia in a garbage can. You should be different. You need to out-love, out-live, out-give, out-pray, out-witness the people of this world. Are you willing to do that? It requires sacrifice. You want others to believe in us and what we believe in? Let them see your good works. When we begin to live this way, others will begin to ask us, “What makes you tick? What is the reason for the hope that is in you?” And we get to tell them all about Jesus. How is your life different from the people around you? How is it the same? Who in your life has lived differently for Christ? What have you learned from them? PRACTICE THIS Encourage someone you know who lives differently because of Jesus.

Strength Under Control TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 30, 2025 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” 1 PETER 3:15 PONDER THIS If we would be bright lights in a dark world, we must practice genuine humility. This is no time to strut in arrogance. Peter says to share our hope, “with meekness and fear.” Meekness is not weakness; it is strength under control. Fear is not trembling at what is happening around us; it is holy reverence for Almighty God. You can have reasons for your faith, but people will not be won by arguments alone, not by the ballot box, and not by organization. So many people think of Bible believers as people of arrogance. They think of us as hatemongers. They think of us as intolerant. We must be very careful that we do not use angry rhetoric when we respond to them. James 1:19-20 says, “So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” Your anger does not bring about God’s righteousness. We must humble ourselves before God and invite Him to move instead of speaking with our own agenda. What does it look like to answer someone with humility and love? Where is it most difficult for you to respond with love? What is your reaction to those opposed to Christ? PRACTICE THIS Confess to God when you have lacked humility and love. Ask Him to help you share His hope and love with others.

Do You Know What You Believe? TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 29, 2025 “Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, ‘Whatever could this mean?’” ACTS 2:7-12 PONDER THIS Is there something about you that is unexplainable according to human wisdom? Can you explain your story apart from Jesus Christ? Has anybody ever asked you, “What is the reason for your hope?” You are to sanctify the Lord in your heart, and you are to be ready to share the hope that lives inside of you. I’m appalled at how little the average Christian knows about what to believe. One man asked a woman, “What do you believe?” She said, “I believe what my church believes.” He asked, “Well, what does your church believe?” And she told him, “My church believes what I believe.” Then he wondered, “Well, what do you both believe?” And she responded, “Oh, we believe the same thing.” Are you being changed by the hope of Jesus so that your life looks different than the lives of those around you? Are you ready to share that hope with others? When has someone asked you about the reason for your faith? How did you respond? How ready are you to share your faith with others today? PRACTICE THIS Share with others your hope in Christ. Ask about their hope and listen to their responses.

The Dynamo of God TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 28, 2025 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’” ROMANS 1:16-17 PONDER THIS The word power in this verse is the word we get dynamite from. It’s the Greek word dunamis. It’s the dynamite of the Gospel. There’s power in the Gospel. Only the Gospel of Jesus can blow sin out. That power can make a crooked man straight, make an impure woman pure, make an alcoholic sober, and give a hope that is steadfast and sure. Jesus doesn’t just forgive you and then you have a big explosion, and all the dust settles. He comes into you and gives you a power that energizes you and works through you. That is the dynamo of God, His Holy Spirit. When you receive Christ, God doesn’t just wind you up and let you go on your own. We go and we operate in His power. How have you seen the power of the Gospel at work? Who are some people you are hesitant to share the Gospel with? How are you encouraged to remember God’s Gospel power? PRACTICE THIS Make a list of people you know need Christ but you are hesitant to share with. Ask God to equip you to share with them as He desires.

The Two Great Abilities TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL May 27, 2025 “Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.” ROMANS 1:13-15 PONDER THIS Paul was flexible to the missionary opportunity. He said, “I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.” May I tell you what it takes to have the missionary heart? It’s not speaking ability, not intellectual ability, not physical or financial ability, not personality. If you have those things, well and good. Use them for Christ. But the two great abilities that are needed are these: dependability and availability. Could you say with the Apostle Paul, “I am ready to live as a Christian should live? I am ready to pray. I am ready to give. I am ready to go. I am ready to die, if need be”? Many of us instead say, “I can’t go.” We give excuses. But no cause should take precedence over the call of God on your life. Are you a lawyer today? Your law practice is not more important than the call of God on your life. Are you a doctor today? Your medicine is not more important than the call of God on your life. God may have you where you are right now for a reason, but if God were to reach in and break up your plans, are you flexible? Are you willing to change course because you’re surrendered to Him? What are some ways we can prepare ourselves to listen to God when He calls? When has God called you to do something unexpected? How did you react? How did you seek to trust Him through it? PRACTICE THIS Ask God where He is leading you right now and spend time listening for His direction.