VITAL Life Application Devotions

“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways … we see in a mirror dimly.”—1 Corinthians 13:11–12 Even as adults, we sometimes talk like children, think like children, and...

Genesis 2:25 New International Version (NIV) 25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Parents, if you have ever had one of your children run naked through the house after a bath, they show no embarrassment. They do not know they are not aware of...

“If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha!”—1 Corinthians 16:22 The Corinthian church had many differences. But, concluding his letter to these believers, Paul stressed that they should focus on Jesus. It was not enough to know about Him. The...

“I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”—Luke 24:49 Mount Washington is known for its wind. The annual average wind speed is just under 35 miles per hour. One day in 1934,...

“We were burdened excessively, beyond our strength … we despaired even of life. Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead … He will yet deliver us.”—2 Corinthians 1:8–10 The reality is...

“Around the throne were twenty-four thrones … twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads. Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder.”—Revelation 4:4–5 Believers know that Heaven is not...

“Whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.”—2 Corinthians 2:10–11 The Bible...