Devotional Message Jesus prays for something that seems impossible: complete unity among His followers. “I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity” reveals…

Devotional Message Paul reminds Timothy—and you—of what the Spirit actually gives: “The Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” Timidity shrinks…

Devotional Message Paul connects creation to new creation: “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts.” The same God who spoke…

Devotional Message Jesus promises a future realization: “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” “That…

Devotional Message Paul describes something beyond intellectual knowledge: “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” This isn’t information you learn from a book or doctrine…

Devotional Message Paul reveals what he calls a mystery—something hidden for ages but now made known: “The glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you.” For centuries, people…

Devotional Message Paul dismantles every division humanity uses to separate itself: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female.” These weren’t minor…

Devotional Message Paul declares a mystery that transforms everything: “For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.” You died—not will die someday or should try…

Devotional Message Paul states what “we know”—not what we hope might happen someday but what’s already true: “Our old self was crucified with him.” Past tense, completed action, finished reality.…

Devotional Message Paul describes transformation that begins internally: “To be made new in the attitude of your minds.” Not behavior modification from outside in but renewal from inside out, starting…