Kerusso Daily Devotional

Are you the kind of person everyone looks at and assumes you are strong and together?

You too, huh? Many of us look fine on the outside, but the human condition is often much different on the inside.

China in the 19th century was as remote and mysterious a place as has ever existed. Its countless villages, mountains, and hidden places were a challenge for inhabitants.

Imagine what it was like for…

Do you remember the last time you laughed? Do you remember the last time you laughed from sheer joy?

Many of us don’t. The weight of life presses down on us. It weakens us.

Proverbs 31:25 says this o…

With the tech boom has come concerns that we are being surveilled. That’s not conspiracy; it’s actually fact.

But no one in this world knows everything about us. There is still some privacy, some pla…

Have you ever noticed how much we love ritual and form in religion? We become so good at it, so obsessed with it, that we lose sight of the essence of what it means to be a Christian.

To know God.

Th…

If you wonder what is the best way to share your faith and defend it in the modern world, it might help to look at past examples.

In the Bible, the husband-and-wife team of Priscilla and Aquila share…

Defending the faith can sometimes be a subjective thing. As examples of extremes, we have seen the Crusades, and the modern form is perhaps an aggressive “pitch” to someone who isn’t a believer.

The …

In every generation, it falls to believers to spend some time in defending our worldview as Christians. Honestly, it’s not the nicest part of the gig, but it’s necessary.

Usually, it involves simply …

Ever have the pleasure of waking up in a cozy cabin…after you’ve let the fire go out from the night before? If you don’t get out of bed and put more wood in, the squirrels or raccoons aren’t going to…

Don’t you just love the diversity God put into the world? He created harmony and balance everywhere, including our individual “best time of the day” to be creative and productive.

Some are “up with t…

No matter who you are, there has been some time in your life that loneliness closed you in like dark curtains in a cold house.

Being alone can be healing, and it can be depressing. If you are experie…

Jesus spent a lot of time giving out wisdom in the form of stories. Once, he told His disciples a story that illustrated the importance of understanding that God never quits us, and we should not qui…

One of the things that mark a healthy society is the consistency between generations. In other words, adults who care about the future for their children will invest the time to make sure tomorrow is…

Today, just stop and consider that we are talking one-on-one. We’re just talking over coffee.

You seem like something is really getting to you. Are you about to give up on something important? If so,…

Usually, when we’re looking for some kind of emotional lifeline to get us through the day, we only want to know what God can do for us.

How do we get that peace of mind we desperately need?

One compo…

Jill felt like she couldn’t keep up anymore. Four years out of college, she was doing well in her chosen career.

But it had not only taken her far from home, it took her away from the values she had …

Carl loved working on his farm. He loved the solitude and sense of accomplishment.

One day though, working alone, he was injured severely. In fact, if he didn’t get to the hospital, he would likely d…

Does your life feel out of control? Are you experiencing that common feeling of weaving down a busy highway, about to crash?

It’s a metaphor for life that most internalize at some point. All of a sud…

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…

Billy Joel says that his hit song, “Pressure” really is about the pressures of daily life: providing for your family, putting food on the table, and career obstacles.

Even the way he sings the song, …