Kerusso Daily Devotional

The Bible contains a huge amount of wisdom for us. It’s the Word of God, after all.

Usually, that wisdom is most valuable to us when we are living through tragedy. Those days and nights can be among …

Standing in the door of the plane, with a fierce wind whipping his whole body, Curtis wondered why he’d volunteered for the paratroopers.

It was glamorous, they said.

It’ll make a man out of you, the…

Under Construction

Have you ever visited a construction site, or lived near one?

A construction site is a unique kind of mess. Dirt and mud mingle with piles of wood, shingles, and other building mat…

Who likes to wait for what we need or want? Basically, nobody.

Of those nine elements that make up the Fruit of the Spirit, patience may be the hardest to find.

Romans 8:25 says, “But if we hope for …

We all screw up. Fail in some way. We fall short of goals or get embarrassed in some kind of career implosion. It’s easy then to feel like we’ll never win again.

That’s not how God sees you.

Jeremiah…

Do you like scary movies? Is an evening spent looking through your fingers appealing to you?

It is to a lot of people. Some of us really like to be scared!

But hopefully that doesn’t translate to rea…

Have you ever been in such a dark place that you wondered if God cares about you, or even exists? Maybe it’s all some cosmic joke, right?

We’ve all been there. Humans doubt. We doubt ourselves, we do…

The giant redwoods of the American Pacific Northwest are among nature’s most beautiful scenes. As tall as skyscrapers, and big enough to drive a truck through.

It is said that the redwoods are so pow…

At an address in Columbus Ohio in 1900, former slave Booker T. Washington kept the room spellbound. This man, who had built Tuskegee Institute to lift blacks out of economic bondage, was revered arou…

If you’ve ever been to a trade show, you know that products for the Christmas season are presented and pre-sold in July! Sort of like the Laurel & Hardy film in which they sold Christmas trees in sum…

Have you ever thought much about grace? We hear the word, but the concept itself might be a little elusive. That might be because it’s hard for humans to understand and embrace.

Grace means simply th…

Our world has rich diversity. In nature, we see almost countless stunning animal species. We linger on pictures of beautiful landscapes. Even different cultures give us amazing experiences.

There are…

Have you heard the name Sydney Carton? This character in Charles Dickens’s acclaimed novel “A Tale of Two Cities” has everything to do with sacrificial grace.

Carton is a man during the French Revolu…

People are goal-oriented. Even if you think you’re not, you really are. Maybe you don’t have a burning ambition to work in finance on Wall St., or you aren’t going to be a pro athlete any time soon. …

Are you eager to share Christ? If so, good for you! Your boldness is seen by God our Father, and it pleases him.

Often though, we get a little frustrated, if we’re honest. It seems like not enough pe…

As 2020 began, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey, killing 34 people. Over 1,500 buildings were damaged, and 76 had collapsed.

It was in one of these collapsed buildings that a young mothe…

It sounds like the beginning of a Stanley Kubrick movie.

A mass of matter—rock, dust, water—is swirling all around. Everything is mixed up. And nothing can really be seen because there is darkness ev…

The Bible uses light as a symbol and metaphor for various things. Christ Himself is the light of the world. He illuminates the darkness and the corners and hiding places we all find ourselves in.

Thi…