Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: EPHESIANS 4:20-32; 6:10-18; 1 PETER 5:6-10

What would you say is the most dangerous animal in the world? Sharks, lions, snakes? If we look at the number of humans killed each year by these p…

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:4-9; 1 PETER 2:1-5

What do we need to do to become more spiritually mature? Be really self-sufficient? Come up with all the right answers to life’s questions? In 1 Peter 2:2,…

READ: PSALM 18:1-19; EPHESIANS 5:8-20

I find myself surrounded by

The lies that tangle through my mind.

It started with just one falsehood of the enemy,

One measure of deceit I did not quell with t…

READ: 1 KINGS 19:1-18; HEBREWS 12:1-3; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:54-58

A failure. That’s how Elijah saw himself as he fled for his life into the wilderness. He’d had such high hopes going into the dramatic…

READ: PSALM 25:4-9; ROMANS 8:31-39

You don’t have to do a lot of research to discover there’s an expert for pretty much everything. And these experts offer all kinds of advice, ranging from health…

READ: MATTHEW 27:27–28:10; 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26

Turiel glanced solemnly around the cemetery, noticing their planet’s tri-colored flag waving over many of the graves. He’d only lived on this plan…

READ: MATTHEW 12:36; ROMANS 14:10-14; COLOSSIANS 1:21-23

In the State of Michigan’s law, there is something called an FOIA request. FOIA stands for Freedom of Information Act and is pronounced “fo…

READ: PSALM 119:105; PROVERBS 7:1-3; ROMANS 12:2; COLOSSIANS 3:14-17

If you have a locker, is it easier to look up the locker combination every time, or to memorize the combination? You could just…

READ: GENESIS 24:1-28, 58-59; JAMES 1:5-8

In Genesis 24, we find a beautiful story of God leading and guiding a man who is called Abraham’s “servant, the elder of his household who managed all he …

READ: MATTHEW 6:25-34; LUKE 22:39-54; 1 PETER 5:6-7

I worry. I get stressed out. I spend hours or even days in dread. And then I regret it. I remember one year, I was at a fireworks show and there…

READ: ROMANS 8:18-39; HEBREWS 13:1-21

There is pouring rain outside my window as I type. November in Michigan—you never know what weather you’ll get. On November 1st, I was bundled in winter gear,…

READ: MATTHEW 5:43-47; LUKE 6:27-36; ROMANS 5:6-11; 12:14-21

It’s no secret that people can be grumpy, rude, and downright mean. Every day there’s that family member who’s being noisy, that driver…

READ: MATTHEW 23; ROMANS 12:1-2; JAMES 1:19-27

Every few weeks (or months—ahem), I have the disturbing realization that I haven’t cleaned inside the sink. I’m not talking about the basin where you…

READ: ISAIAH 62:5; 65:17; REVELATION 19:6-9; 21:1-5

Come, let’s run,

laugh in God’s sun,

ride on the wind,

let the joy begin!

Come, let’s bring

a praise offering,

a new melody,

join the harmony!

…

READ: PSALM 103:8-12; EPHESIANS 1:4-5; 2:1-10; 1 JOHN 1:9

Picture this: You and a friend are standing side by side. You each have an easel in front of you, and you’re working carefully on your own…

READ: ISAIAH 1:15-18; 57:15-21; EPHESIANS 2:1-13; 5:25-27

Some people have called the book of Isaiah the Gospel of the Old Testament. At first glance though, you might wonder why. The Gospels of M…

READ: ROMANS 6:1-4, 12-14, 20-23; 7:15-25

Nova Anadosha, Warrior of Light, drew her sword and held it ready as the enemy assassin approached. The wide hood of a jet-black cloak concealed the assas…

READ: GENESIS 32:1-12; 1 SAMUEL 30:1-6; HEBREWS 4:14-16

When you are afraid or in distress, where do you go? What do you do? Genesis 32 tells the story of Jacob preparing to see his brother Esau. …

READ: EXODUS 20:1-20; ISAIAH 53:5-12; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

Are you ever confused or discouraged when you read the Old Testament and see the Ten Commandments or all the long lists of laws God gave Hi…

READ: GALATIANS 6:8-10

I spend a lot of time at home, and sometimes that makes me feel like I’m not touching as many lives as I should. But as I thought about it more, I realized there are lots of…