Devotionals
Made for This
Read: Exodus 3:1-6 God called to him. (v. 4) Many kindergarten teachers ask children on the first day of school, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Jon Opgenorth January 17, 2026
Read: Exodus 3:1-6 God called to him. (v. 4) Many kindergarten teachers ask children on the first day of school, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Read: Matthew 28:16-20 I am with you always. (v. 20) Has there been a time in your life when you wished you sensed Jesus’s presence with you? I felt Jesus’s
Read: Matthew 26:14-16; 47-50 Friend, do what you came to do. (v. 50) Betrayal is never pretty. When someone who was loyal to you turns against you, it hurts. You
Read: Luke 22:39-46 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. (v. 44) The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines agony as experiencing “intense pain of mind or body.” Other similar words are
Read: John 17:20-26 I in them and you in me . . . (v. 23) Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, prayed, “Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind
Read: Mark 11:15-19 He overturned the tables . . . (v. 15) In Brené Brown’s book Atlas of the Heart, the author defines anger as “an emotion that we feel
Read: John 11:32-37 Jesus wept. (v. 35) As humans the deep sorrow of grief will be part of all of our lives. We know that death is a part of
Read: Matthew 11:25-30 You will find rest for your souls. (v. 29) Are you physically tired, or even extremely fatigued? Are you emotionally or spiritually exhausted? Are you weary of
Read: Matthew 11:1-6 Are you the one who is to come? (v. 3) Have you faced despair? Have you spent time in that dark place where hope is fleeting or