VITAL Life Application Devotions

Luke 4:16-20   New International Version 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found...

Matthew 28:16-20   New International Version The Great Commission 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All...

Acts 12   New International Version   Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison 12 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw...

Psalm 123 A song of ascents. 1 I lift up my eyes to you,     to you who sit enthroned in heaven. 2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,     as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God,...

If I forget you, Jerusalem,   may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth   if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem   my highest joy. — Psalm 137:5-6 In Jeremiah 50:19, God says, “But I will bring Israel back to...

The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” — Genesis 12:1 Whenever we leave what is comfortable to us for the sake of following God, we don’t lose ourselves. Rather, when we trade what is...

I will make you into a great nation,   and I will bless you; I will make your name great   and you will be a blessing. — Genesis 12:2 God promised that Abraham would be blessed, famous, and the father of a great nation. However, the verse concludes with the best part...