Daily Devotionals for Christians from Heartlight.org
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Heartlight.org’s resources include free Bible-based devotionals to help deepen your faith each day. They offer a total of 11 daily devotionals to help you grow closer to God. These include six short-but-profound devotionals and five in-depth devotionals that help you live for Jesus each day. Their devotionals are 100% free, and we’ve provided the latest feeds from a selection of the devotionals below. To see the full range, visit https://www.heartlight.org/devotionals/. Also freely available on their website are uplifting articles and inspirational images.
Morning & Evening from Heartlight 'Morning and Evening' is the classic daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
- Colossians 2:6 - Morning Devotional for Nov. 8th
"As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord."—Colossians 2:6Morning ThoughtThe life of faith is represented as receiving-an act which implies the very opposite of anything like merit. It is simply the acceptance of a gift. As the earth drinks in the rain, as the sea receives the streams, as night accepts light from the stars, so we, giving nothing, partake freely of the grace of God. The saints are not, by nature, wells, or streams, they are but cisterns into which the living water flows; they are empty vessels into which God pours his salvation. The idea of receiving implies a sense of realization, making the matter a reality. One cannot very well receive a shadow; we receive that which is substantial: so is it in the life of faith, Christ becomes real to us. While we are without faith, Jesus is a mere name to us-a person who lived a long while ago, so long ago that his life is only a history to us now! By an act of faith Jesus becomes a real person in the consciousness of our heart. But receiving also means grasping or getting possession of. The thing which I receive becomes my own: I appropriate to myself that which is given. When I receive Jesus, he becomes my Saviour, so mine that neither life nor death shall be able to rob me of him. All this is to receive Christ-to take him as God's free gift; to realize him in my heart, and to appropriate him as mine. Salvation may be described as the blind receiving sight, the deaf receiving hearing, the dead receiving life; but we have not only received these blessings, we have received CHRIST JESUS himself. It is true that he gave us life from the dead. He gave us pardon of sin; he gave us imputed righteousness. These are all precious things, but we are not content with them; we have received Christ himself. The Son of God has been poured into us, and we have received him, and appropriated him. What a heartful Jesus must be, for heaven itself cannot contain him! Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Written by Charles H. Spurgeon.
Morning & Evening from Heartlight 'Morning and Evening' is the classic daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
- Mark 14:14 - Evening Devotional for Nov. 8th
"The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?"—Mark 14:14Evening ThoughtJerusalem at the time of the passover was one great inn; each householder had invited his own friends, but no one had invited the Saviour, and he had no dwelling of his own. It was by his own supernatural power that he found himself an upper room in which to keep the feast. It is so even to this day-Jesus is not received among the sons of men save only where by his supernatural power and grace he makes the heart anew. All doors are open enough to the prince of darkness, but Jesus must clear a way for himself or lodge in the streets. It was through the mysterious power exerted by our Lord that the householder raised no question, but at once cheerfully and joyfully opened his guestchamber. Who he was, and what he was, we do not know, but he readily accepted the honour which the Redeemer proposed to confer upon him. In like manner it is still discovered who are the Lord's chosen, and who are not; for when the gospel comes to some, they fight against it, and will not have it, but where men receive it, welcoming it, this is a sure indication that there is a secret work going on in the soul, and that God has chosen them unto eternal life. Are you willing, dear reader, to receive Christ? then there is no difficulty in the way; Christ will be your guest; his own power is working with you, making you willing. What an honour to entertain the Son of God! The heaven of heavens cannot contain him, and yet he condescends to find a house within our hearts! We are not worthy that he should come under our roof, but what an unutterable privilege when he condescends to enter! for then he makes a feast, and causes us to feast with him upon royal dainties, we sit at a banquet where the viands are immortal, and give immortality to those who feed thereon. Blessed among the sons of Adam is he who entertains the angels' Lord. Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Written by Charles H. Spurgeon.
Praying with Paul from Heartlight Eldon Degge turns the apostle Paul's writings into daily, powerful prayers.
- Submission
Ephesians 5:21-6:9Dear Father,Help all of us who reverence Christ to be submissive to each other, even as he submitted himself to the people about him so that he could be their servant-king.Help wives and husbands submit to each other. Help wives to be respectful. Help husbands to be loving and considerate.Help parents and children submit to each other. Help children to obey their parents. Help parents to act in the best interest of their children, not provoking them.Help employers and employees submit to each other. Help employees render the work for which they are paid. Help employers to be fair, to show kindness.Help all your people everywhere to live even as Jesus did.In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.
God's Holy Fire from Heartlight God's Holy Fire is a daily devotional about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
- Power over Our Misdeeds
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.—Romans 8:13 NIVKey Thought"Try harder!" That's the dominant message a lot of folks hear out of religion, especially as religion deals with chronic misbehavior and addictive sin. Yet nearly all of us know from experience that trying harder is only part of what we need. Oh yes, many do need more passion to live for Jesus, but simply trying harder doesn't give us any more passion and nearly always sets us up for greater failure and disappointment. The bottom line of the matter is made clear in Romans chapters 3-8: We cannot be righteous on our own efforts, no matter how hard we try! In fact, such an approach to holiness left Paul saying these words: "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?" (Romans 7:24). Paul's answer is two-fold: First, God sent Jesus as the sacrifice needed for forgiveness of our sin. Second, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to empower us to live the life that God wants us to live. The Holy Spirit, when given reign in our hearts, produces fruit that reflects the character and compassion of God (Galatians 5:22-23) and transforms us to become like Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). Part of this transformation includes the power to move past our addictive sins and find life. When the Holy Spirit is allowed to work in our lives, we are changed because the Spirit has power over sin, death, and destruction.Today's PrayerO God, my Abba Father, thank you for the gift of grace that you gave me in Jesus. Thank you for the power of the Holy Spirit set loose in my life. I ask that you do release your Spirit's power to help me overcome the misdeeds of my body and transform me to become more and more like Jesus each day. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. The Thoughts and Prayer for God's Holy Fire are written by Phil Ware. Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.Scripture quotations marked MESSAGE are taken from THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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