VITAL Life Application Devotions

James 4:11-12New Living Translation (NLT) Warning against Judging Others 11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to...

James 4:8-17New Living Translation (NLT) 8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.9 Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and...

James 4:1-7New Living Translation (NLT) Drawing Close to God 4 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others...

Ezekiel 22:17-22New Living Translation (NLT) The Lord’s Refining Furnace 17 Then this message came to me from the Lord: 18 “Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over—a useless...

Ezekiel 22:1-7New Living Translation (NLT) The Sins of Jerusalem 22 Now this message came to me from the Lord: 2 “Son of man, are you ready to judge Jerusalem? Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? Publicly denounce her detestable sins, 3 and give her this...

1 Peter 2:13-17New Living Translation (NLT) Respecting People in Authority 13 For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state, 14 or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish those who do wrong and to...

1 Peter 2:9-12New Living Translation (NLT) 9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his...