Devotional Archives for Encouragement for Today

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results. James 5:16-17 (NLT)

If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. Ecclesiastes 4:10 (NLT)

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid" (John 14:27 NIV).

"Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows; but cheer up, for I have overcome the world." John 16:33 (NLT)

"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10 (NKJV)

"I don't want your sacrifices. I want you to know God; that's more important than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6 (TLB)

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6 NIV

"For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect" (I Peter 1:18,19 NIV).

"Come unto Me and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 (NIV)

"As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:16-17 NIV).