DAILY DEVOTIONS with MICHELE

Today's Scripture | John 12:32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself. Horses straining towards the fight, soldiers bravely brandishing their swords, and banners flying proudly in the wind – we can picture the battle scenes of old.While the conflict raged and...

Today's Scripture | Romans 3:23 …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… We all suffer from a common condition, are afflicted with the same problem. That sickness is called sin. We were born with this condition, and we will struggle with it until we breathe...

Do you think you are too young? Jesus taught the rabbis when he was nine years old. Too old? Abraham fathered a child at 100. Not educated? A handful of unlearned fishermen changed the world. Not well-connected? You do know the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!

Today's Scripture | Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Typically, we are excited at the beginning of...

For the believer, hope is based on the evidence found in the Word of God. Hope is based on the substance of what God has done in the past – knowing that if He has done it before, He can do it again in our lives.

We feel supreme love for One we have never seen and talk to someone that we have not touched. We empty ourselves to become full, decreasing so that Christ might increase. We lower ourselves to become servants of all so that we will rise up as the first. When we are at our absolute weakest, He makes us strong.

God has given us the power to reach our potential. We must seize every opportunity to put the talents that He has given us to work and act upon the dreams that He has dropped into our hearts. Nothing is impossible to those that believe they can!

Today's Scripture | Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house…he got down upon his knees three times a day prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. Giving thanks is so important to being able to hear...

Jesus taught us to love and forgive one another, and He taught us the pattern for doing both.