VITAL Life Application Devotions

Philippians 2:5-8New International Version (NIV)5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in very nature God,    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;7 rather, he made himself...

Romans 12:12-18New International Version (NIV)12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who...

1 Peter 3:1-7New International Version (NIV)3 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of...

John 2:1-10New International Version (NIV)Jesus Changes Water Into Wine2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said...

John 1:46-51New International Version (NIV)46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.“Come and see,” said Philip.47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”48 “How do you...

John 1:40-45New International Version (NIV)40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the...

Proverbs 18:24New International Version (NIV)24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.Dear Lord, I want to be a reliable friend. When I am reliable, it is a blessing. It is important to have those...