Devotional Message Paul declares something that defies natural understanding: “God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” When Christ rose…

Devotional Message Paul asks a question that should fundamentally alter how you see yourself: “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your…

Devotional Message John describes the endless supply available to you: “Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.” Christ’s fullness is inexhaustible—not limited…

Devotional Message Paul describes transformation that happens through contemplation: “We all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image.” Unveiled faces suggests nothing blocking…

Devotional Message Peter makes a staggering claim: “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature.”…

Devotional Message Paul doesn’t say you were in darkness but that “you were once darkness”—not surrounded by it but composed of it, defined by it, identified with it completely. Darkness…

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…