Daily Devotion: The World Asleep by James Meikle

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:16-23 KJV

Key Verse:  "Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished."
- 1 Corinthians 15:18 KJV

The whole world is, with respect to the future eternal state, as it were, fast asleep. In this night of universal darkness and ignorance, the greater part are dreaming in their sleep, and believing themselves to be wide awake, are verily persuaded that their delusions are real, because their dreams are regular. Yes, like night-walkers, they perform the actions of a busy world in their sleep; and, confident that they are in the full use and exercise of their reason, they wage war, they buy and sell, they marry and are given in marriage, and weary and fatigue themselves in this continual dream. Now, who can persuade us in a dream, that we ourselves are dreaming? This is the true but melancholy condition of the most part of mankind—They dream, while they think themselves to be awake, and slumber over the day of life, while they seem to exert the greatest activity to obtain solid and substantial good.

Daily Devotion: Do You See What I See? by Wil Pounds

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:11-18 KJV

Key Verse:  "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." - 2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV

"Christ in you the hope of glory," wrote the apostle Paul. It is one of the greatest blessings of the Christian life that we share the image of Jesus Christ and go "from glory to glory."

Daily Devotion: Jesus, The Great I AM by J.E. Smith

Bible Reading: Revelation 1:1-8 KJV 

Key Verse:  "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
- Revelation 1:8 KJV

When John beheld the glorified Christ on the Isle of Patmos, he saw not merely the Jesus who once walked the dusty roads of Galilee, but the eternal, sovereign Lord who reigns before all beginnings and beyond all endings. The voice that spoke from heaven declared, “I am Alpha and Omega.” These are not just titles of time, but revelations of timeless glory. Jesus is the great “I AM,” the self-existent One who depends on none and sustains all.

Daily Devotion: Your Will Be Done by Octavius Winslow

Bible Reading: Matthew 6:10 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."
- Matthew 6:10 KJV

The holy Leighton has remarked, that to say from the heart, "your will be done," constitutes the very essence of sanctification. There is much truth in this; more, perhaps, than strikes the mind at the first view. Before conversion, the will, the governing principle of the soul, is the seat of all opposition to God. It rises against God- His government, His law, His providence, His grace, His Son; yes, all that appertains to God, the unrenewed will of man is hostile to. Here lies the depth of man's unholiness. The will is against God; and so long as it refuses to obey Him, the creature must remain unholy. 

Daily Devotion: He Has Said by Charles Spurgeon

Bible Reading: Hebrews 13:1-8 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
- Hebrews 13:5 KJV

If we can only grasp these words by faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt will not be slain by this two-edged sword? What fear is there which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow from the bow of God's covenant? Will not the distresses of life and the pangs of death; will not the corruptions within, and the snares without; will not the trials from above, and the temptations from beneath—all seem but light afflictions, when we can hide ourselves beneath the bulwark of "He has said"? Yes! whether for delight in our quietude, or for strength in our conflict, "He has said" must be our daily resort.

Daily Devotion: The World Hates You by J.C. Philpot

Bible Reading: John 15:17-24 KJV 

Key Verse:  "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." - John 15:19 KJV

If you walk in the fear of God, and follow in the footsteps of a persecuted and despised Jesus, the world will hate and despise you as it hated and despised him, as he himself declares, "If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you." God himself has put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent (Gen. 3:15); and nothing will secure you from the manifestation of this enmity if you are on Christ's side. Neither rank, nor property, nor learning, nor education, nor amiability, nor the profusest deeds of liberality, nor the greatest uprightness of conduct, will stave off the scorn of men, if you are a sincere follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, and carry out in practice what you hold in principle.

Daily Devotion: Jesus Explains The Parable Of The Sower by Favell Lee Mortimer

Bible Reading: Matthew 13:10-17 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?"
- Matthew 13:10 KJV

We have much reason to rejoice that our blessed Savior explained the parable of the Sower; for had he not done so, many different opinions respecting its meaning would have been held, but now the signification is fixed and certain. We will, however, defer the consideration of it until we read our Lord's explanation.