Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds. James 1:2 NIV God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battleground. Some people have a…
What to Do in Despair or Fear
Deflect Despair [God] gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Corinthians 15:57 NIV There is a story about Martin Luther going through a period of discouragement and depression. For days his long face graced the family table and dampened the family’s home life. One day his wife came to the breakfast…
Rebuilding Relationships
Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy. — Hebrews 12:14 Is there a relationship you need to rebuild? Too often people are filled with regret and guilt because they failed to reach out to someone with whom they were at odds — and then death intervenes and it’s…
Heaven and Earth Rejoice
Imagine the scene in Bethlehem. It was the night of nights, and yet it had begun as every other night had before it. In Bethlehem’s houses mothers lay their children down to sleep. In the courtyards of the inn some camels lay down to rest. In the fields the sheep lay down while the shepherds sat near their fires. In the heavens…
Happy Thanksgiving!: The Right Attitude
Now, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious name. — 1 Chronicles 29:13 The Pilgrim Fathers who landed at Plymouth to settle in what became the United States of America can teach us an important lesson about giving thanks. During that first long winter, seven times as many graves were made…
One More Time!
One More Time! [My word] will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. — Isaiah 55:11 I remember hearing a professor say that during His earthly ministry Jesus probably repeated Himself more than five hundred times. In college I had a professor…
The Miracle of Christmas
God Sent His Son In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. — Colossians 2:9 On that first Christmas night in Bethlehem, God was manifested in the flesh. — 1 Timothy 3:16 This manifestation was in the person of Jesus Christ. What an incredible truth! Think of it: the God of the universe…
All for Love
Editor’s Note: We have been so blessed to feature much of Billy Graham’s writing in Devotionals Daily over the last five years, and this season we can’t think of Holy Week without remembering him and his legacy. He had a lot to say over the years about Christ’s death and resurrection — what he has…
Friends With God
Editor’s Note: Billy Graham has spent a lifetime evangelizing those who don’t yet know Jesus, exhorting believers, and encouraging us to remember who He is and who we are in Him. Enjoy these two short devotionals from Dr. Graham’s devotional Our God of Comfort and Hope. There is a friend who sticks closer than a…
He Shall Reign Forever
There’s more to Christmas than the cradle and the Cross. There’s also the crown. Chiseled into the cornerstone of the United Nations building is a quotation from the Bible that has never yet been fulfilled. Taken from Isaiah 2:4, it reads, They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,…