VITAL Life Application Devotions

Philippians 1:6 "And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in...

1 Corinthians 2:14 "But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of...

Philippians 3:16 "Only let us hold true to what we have already attained and walk and order our lives by that."  The preceding verses mention that we need to be pressing forward toward the goal—to win the prize. In V: 16, it speaks of holding true to what we have...

Matthew 6:34 "So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble."    There is so much in life we can be anxious about, but by worrying about it we only magnify the...

Psalm 84:10 "For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness."   One day with the Lord is better than a...

Romans 6:21-22 "But then what benefit (return) did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None] for the end of those things is death. But now since you have been set free from sin and have become the slaves of God, you have your present reward in...

Matthew 6:33 "But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides."   There is such a fundamental truth in this scripture. How...