VITAL Life Application Devotions

1 Samuel 2:29-30New International Version (NIV)29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people...

Proverbs 20:3-7New International Version (NIV)3 It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,    but every fool is quick to quarrel.4 Sluggards do not plow in season;    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.5 The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,    but...

Ephesians 6:1-4New International Version (NIV)6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the...

Psalm 20:1-5New International Version (NIV)Psalm 20:1-51 May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;    may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.2 May he send you help from the sanctuary    and grant you support from Zion.3 May he remember all your...

Ephesians 4:25-32New International Version (NIV)25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do...

Psalm 57:7-11New International Version (NIV)7 My heart, O God, is steadfast,    my heart is steadfast;    I will sing and make music.8 Awake, my soul!    Awake, harp and lyre!    I will awaken the dawn.9 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;    I will sing of...

Matthew 16:23-28New International Version (NIV)23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be...