Luke 18

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
– Luke 18:14

Deuteronomy 33

“Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.”
– Deuteronomy 33:12

Psalm 43

“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”
– Psalm 43:5

Isaiah 58

“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,”
– Isaiah 58:13

Isaiah 43

“But now, this is what the LORD says—he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine”
– Isaiah 43:1

Genesis 32

“Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.”
– Genesis 32:11

Hebrews 7

“Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.”
– Hebrews 7:26

Ezekiel 32

“When I make Egypt desolate and strip the land of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD’”
– Ezekiel 32:15

Hosea 8

“Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.”
– Hosea 8:1

1 Samuel 27

“Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.”
– 1 Samuel 27:9

Short Stories and Devotional Letters to Grandchildren on Every Book and Chapter of the Bible

Recent Devotionals

Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 48

“We have heard of Moab’s pride—her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and arrogance and the haughtiness of her heart.”
~ Jeremiah 48:29

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Psalm 65

Psalm 65

“O you who hear prayer, to you all men will come.”
~ Psalm 65:2

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Amos 5

Amos 5

“Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.”
~ Amos 5:14

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Matthew 3

Matthew 3

“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.”
~ Matthew 3:16

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Luke 8

Luke 8

“My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”
~ Luke 8:21

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Song of Songs 1

Song of Songs 1

“How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.”
~ Song of Songs 1:15

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Genesis 8

Genesis 8

“Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.”
~ Genesis 8:21

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Galatians 4

Galatians 4

“Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.”
~ Galatians 4:17

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Joshua 8

Joshua 8

“You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”
~ Joshua 8:2

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1 Samuel 21

1 Samuel 21

“So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.”
~ 1 Samuel 21:13

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Acts 19

Acts 19

“But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.”
~ Acts 19:9

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Amos 8

Amos 8

“The days are coming,”’ declares the Sovereign LORD, “‘When I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.”
~ Amos 8:11

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Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 6

“Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,”’ says the LORD.”
~ Jeremiah 6:15

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Acts 22

Acts 22

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.”
~ Acts 22:3

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Deuteronomy 17

Deuteronomy 17

“take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.”
~ Deuteronomy 17:5

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1 Peter 3

1 Peter 3

“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,”
~ 1 Peter 3:15

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Ezekiel 5

Ezekiel 5

“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.”
~ Ezekiel 5:5

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1 John 5

1 John 5

“We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.”
~ 1 John 5:19

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