Daily Devotionals

Pressure Point Week 8: Saturday

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field." Matthew 13:44 What are you living f...

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Pressure Point Week 8: Friday

So I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?” Nehemiah 6:3 There is a reason people say, "keep your e...

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Pressure Point Week 8: Thursday

And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. Colossians 3:17 If you have children in your life, you know what motivates them. They may be motivated ...

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Pressure Point Week 8: Wednesday

Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:14b-15 What comes to...

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Pressure Point Week 8: Tuesday

Look here, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit." How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? James 4:13-14a Life...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Saturday

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. James 4:10 When pride is revealed in our lives, we have three options: We can minimize it, saying that it is not that big of a problem, maximize it, dwelling on our prid...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Friday

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. James 4:8 Pride is something that tempts all of us. Unfortunately, if we give in t...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Thursday

And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." James 4:6 Pride is part of our sinful nature. When sin entered the world, pride became a natural temptation for us. We will be be...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Wednesday

You adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. James 4:4 As we read through Scripture, it becomes cle...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Tuesday

Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong-you want only what will give you pleasure. James 4:2b-3 I heard a story last Christmas about som...

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