Daily Devotion: Happy Is The Man Whom God Corrects by J. R. Miller

Bible Reading: Job 5:17-24 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:"
- Job 5:17 KJV

He is not happy at the time! No one enjoys having troubles, sufferings, sorrows. Therefore this verse appears very strange to some people. They cannot understand it. It is contrary to all their thoughts of happiness. Of course, the word happy is not used here in the world's sense. In the world's estimation, "happiness is the pleasure that comes from the things that happen. It depends on personal comfort, on prosperous circumstances, on kindly and congenial conditions. When these are taken away the happiness is destroyed."

Daily Devotion: Encouragement To The Desponding by John MacDuff

Bible Reading: John 6:34-41 KJV 

Key Verse:  "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."
- John 6:37 KJV

Cast out! My soul! how often might this have been your history! You have cast off your God — might He not often have cast out you? Yes! cast you out as fuel for the fire of His wrath — a sapless, fruitless cumberer! And, notwithstanding all your ungrateful requital for His unmerited forbearance — yet He is still declaring, "As I live, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies!" Your sins may be legion — the sand of the sea may be their befitting type — the thought of their vileness and aggravation may be ready to overwhelm you; but be still! your patient God waits to be gracious! Oh! be deeply humbled and softened because of your guilt, and resolve to dedicate yourself anew to His service, and so coming, He will by no means cast you out!

Daily Devotion: Persecution or a Great Awakening by J.E. Smith

Bible Reading: John 15:20-27 KJV

Key Verse:  "Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also."
- John 15:20 KJV

Paul David Washer (born 1961) is an American Protestant Christian evangelist affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Washer reports converting to Christianity while studying to become an oil and gas lawyer at the University of Texas at Austin. He moved to Peru where he became a missionary for 10 years.

Daily Devotion: Private Experience

Bible Reading: 2 Peter 3:2-9 KJV

Key Verse:  "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
- 2 Peter 3:8 KJV

O the wonderful condescension of God! If he looks into heaven, among thrones and dominions, seraphim and cherubim—it is humility, stupendous humility. How much more when he casts his caring eyes on this inferior world of ours! But still most of all, when he hears the cries, and answers the requests, of one who is infinitely less than the least of all his mercies! "You have heard, and I am revived; you have answered me, and I am confirmed in my belief of your love towards me. Lord! henceforth let all my love be yours and on you let all my faith depend."

Daily Devotion: Carefully Read Warning Label by Wil Pounds

Bible Reading: John 1:4-11 KJV 

Key Verse:  "He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not."
- John 1:10 KJV

Depravity. That is not a beautiful word. It means that the corruption of sin has extended to all aspects of our nature, including our entire being. Because of that corruption there is nothing man can do to merit or influence in any way a saving relationship with a holy God.

Daily Devotion: We Are Glad When We Are Weak by Octavius Winslow

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 13:7-14 KJV

Key Verse:  "For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection."
- 2 Corinthians 13:9 KJV

Seek larger degrees of grace. Let your standard be the loftiest, and your aim the highest. Place no limit to that which God has not limited. Never cease expecting until He ceases giving. If you are satisfied with your present measure of grace, a worse sign you could not have. To be content with being stationary in the divine life places you in a doubtful position. It is an essential property of grace that it grows. It is the immortal seed of God, and must, from its very nature, germinate. 

Daily Devotion: From The Fullness Of His Grace by Charles Spurgeon

Bible Reading: John 1:11-18 KJV

Key Verse:  "And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace."
- John 1:16 KJV

These words tell us that there is a fullness in Christ. There is a fullness of essential Deity, for "in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead." There is a fullness of perfect manhood, for in Him, bodily, that Godhead was revealed. There is a fullness of atoning efficacy in His blood, for "the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin." There is a fullness of justifying righteousness in His life, for "there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." There is a fullness of divine prevalence in His plea, for "He is able to save to the uttermost, all who come unto God by Him; seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them." There is a fullness of victory in His death, for through death He destroyed him who had the power of death, that is the devil. There is a fullness of efficacy in His resurrection from the dead, for by it "we are begotten again unto a lively hope." There is a fullness of triumph in His ascension, for "when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and received gifts for men."