Quick Devotions

Quick devotions post on Facebook and our website intended to both share the Good News of Jesus and serve as quick discipleship for Christians.

Cry Out to the Lord

Can I be honest for a moment? There are moments I deeply struggle to trust the Lord and keep the faith. Though Jesus has been faithful and unfailing in His love, the old me still screams into every situation that I can’t trust Him. So even though I realize only God can do what I’m powerless to do, I turn everywhere else first before confessing only He can.

 

Today what I believe Scripture teaches is God wants us to honestly and humbly come to Him. Bring every doubt, every fear, every frustration, every crisis, every failure and seek His healing and restoration. Come to Him weary and burdened, but don’t stay that way (Matthew 11:28). When we come we will find true rest, mercy and grace to help in every time of need.

By Daniel Higginbotham, ago

God Will Never Leave You

As the sun sets on another day, I know nights can be hard and lonley. I can remember night after night as a 15 year old praying the same prayer: God please don’t abandon me like my dad did. Years before I surrendered my life to God I struggled with an important truth: God my Father in heaven has a perfect, unfailing, faithful love for me.

 

Tonight maybe someone you love has abandoned you. Maybe someone made a promise and broke it and your heart in the process. No matter who has failed you, left you, or abandoned you, God never will. In fact, nothing and no one in all creation will ever separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:38-39).

By Daniel Higginbotham, ago

Oh How I Need Jesus

As a new day ramps up, I hope that you know in Jesus we find rest for our souls. In the hustle and bustle of every day life, we can slowly become weary and overwhelmed but here in the presence of Jesus we will find true rest and peace for our souls. Here in Christ we find a peace that passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7).
 
Often pride can keep us from coming to Jesus. “I don’t need a crutch”. “God helps those who help themselves”. “God can’t love me, I’ve just done too much”. The lies we tell ourselves vary but when we refuse to acknowledge our desperate need for Jesus we will never experience the life God created us to know. Today, come with every anxiety and cast it at Jesus feet (1 Peter 5:7) and before the throne of God you will find mercy and grace to help in your time of need (Hebrews 4:16).
 
My prayer for you and I today is that we would realize just how desperately we need Jesus. I also pray that we would remember God loves us with a love that surpasses understanding. Through our faith in Jesus we are promised that nothing and no one can ever separate us from God’s love (Romans 8:38-39). Today let us find great joy in the grace and mercy of our good God.
By Daniel Higginbotham, ago