Daily Devotionals

Sep 25

The Closet Prayer

Sep 26

Abiding in the Secret Place

Oct 1 · Week 1 · Dwelling in His Presence

Welcome to the Secret Place

We chose this verse as the heartbeat of our ministry because it holds a promise and a condition. The promise is shelter: you will abide under the…

Oct 2 · Week 1 · Dwelling in His Presence

Be Still

We live in a noisy world, family. Notifications, news, deadlines, even good things like ministry and family can crowd out the voice of God.

Oct 3 · Week 1 · Dwelling in His Presence

Shut the Door

Jesus gave us a very practical instruction about prayer: shut the door.

Oct 4 · Week 1 · Dwelling in His Presence

One Thing

David was a king with enemies, responsibilities and a complicated family. Yet he said there was one thing he wanted most: to dwell with God and…

Oct 5 · Week 1 · Dwelling in His Presence

Fullness of Joy

Some people think that drawing close to God means a life of heaviness and rules. But David said the opposite: in His presence is fulness of joy.

Oct 6 · Week 1 · Dwelling in His Presence

Abide in the Vine

A branch does not strain to produce grapes. It simply stays connected, and fruit grows as a natural result.

Oct 7 · Week 1 · Dwelling in His Presence

Under His Wings

As we close this first week, the psalmist paints a tender picture: God covering you with His feathers, like a mother bird gathering her young under…

Oct 8 · Week 2 · A Renewed Mind

Transformed from the Inside Out

This week we step into one of my favorite places, where theology and psychology intertwine: the renewing of the mind.

Oct 9 · Week 2 · A Renewed Mind

Think on These Things

Paul wrote these words from a prison cell. He had every reason to dwell on what was unfair, painful and frightening. Instead, he gave us a filter for…

Oct 10 · Week 2 · A Renewed Mind

Taking Thoughts Captive

Family, Paul uses military language here. There is a battle, and it is fought in the mind.

Oct 11 · Week 2 · A Renewed Mind

Perfect Peace

The Hebrew phrase for "perfect peace" is shalom, shalom: peace doubled, complete, whole.

Oct 12 · Week 2 · A Renewed Mind

Power, Love and a Sound Mind

Fear is one of the most common emotions I help people work through. It shows up as worry, hesitation, people-pleasing and the constant need for control.

Oct 13 · Week 2 · A Renewed Mind

Cast Your Cares

Peter was a fisherman. He knew what it meant to cast a net: to throw it with force, far from yourself.

Oct 14 · Week 2 · A Renewed Mind

Search Me

We end this week of renewal with one of the bravest prayers in Scripture. David invites God to search him, not to condemn him, but to lead him.

Oct 15 · Week 3 · Healing Hearts

He Heals the Brokenhearted

This week we turn toward the heart and the places that still hurt.

Oct 16 · Week 3 · Healing Hearts

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

So many women and men I meet live with a critical voice inside. It says: you're not enough, you're too much, you'll never measure up.

Oct 17 · Week 3 · Healing Hearts

Forgiven to Forgive

Family, there is no healing without forgiveness. I've seen it again and again in ministry: unforgiveness keeps the wound open.

Oct 18 · Week 3 · Healing Hearts

A New Thing

Some of us are living today in the shadow of yesterday. The old failure, the old hurt, the old season keeps replaying.

Oct 19 · Week 3 · Healing Hearts

The Father Runs

In our podcast episode on the heart of the Father, we talked about this verse, and I still can't read it without being moved.

Oct 20 · Week 3 · Healing Hearts

Guard Your Heart

Healing also involves protection. Once a wound begins to heal, we need to guard it so it isn't reopened again and again.

Oct 21 · Week 3 · Healing Hearts

Come and Rest

We close our week of healing with an invitation from Jesus Himself: "Come unto me."

Oct 22 · Week 4 · Walking in Purpose

Thoughts of Peace

Now that we've dwelt in His presence, renewed our minds and brought our hearts for healing, we turn to purpose.

Oct 23 · Week 4 · Walking in Purpose

His Workmanship

The word "workmanship" comes from the Greek poiema, from which we get "poem." You are God's poem, His masterpiece, carefully crafted.

Oct 24 · Week 4 · Walking in Purpose

A Time for Everything

In our podcast episode on the four seasons of life, we talked about how purpose looks different in different seasons.

Oct 25 · Week 4 · Walking in Purpose

Ask for Wisdom

Walking in purpose requires wisdom: knowing what to do, when to do it and how.

Oct 26 · Week 4 · Walking in Purpose

Trust and Direction

Many of us want direction before we trust. Proverbs gives the opposite order: trust first, and direction follows.

Oct 27 · Week 4 · Walking in Purpose

Called to Serve

The disciples were arguing about who would be greatest. Jesus answered by pointing to Himself: He came not to be served but to serve.

Oct 28 · Week 4 · Walking in Purpose

Don't Grow Weary

As we finish this week on purpose, a word for those who are tired of doing the right thing.

Oct 29 · Days 29–30 · Sent from the Secret Place

Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks

As our thirty days come to a close, Paul gives us a simple rhythm for carrying the secret place into everyday life: rejoice, pray and give thanks.

Oct 30 · Days 29–30 · Sent from the Secret Place

Set Your Love on Him

Family, we began this journey in Psalm 91, and we end it here.