Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: EPHESIANS 6:18-20; 1 TIMOTHY 2:1; JAMES 5:15-17

Are you familiar with the most famous of all missionaries? His name was Paul. He preached the gospel to numerous people soon after Jesus was r…

READ: PSALM 27:7-10; JOHN 14:18-20; ROMANS 8:31-39

It can feel terrible to feel all alone in the world. Whether you’re going through a time when you don’t have a lot of friends in your life or you…

READ: MATTHEW 20:16; MARK 9:33-37; GALATIANS 5:13-16; PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11

Have you ever been picked on? Or have you made fun of others for being different? In our broken world, this is an all-too-p…

READ: EPHESIANS 2:1-10; 3:14-21; 6:10-18

Ephesians is a short book—only six chapters. Paul wrote this letter to the church in Ephesus, but everything in it is for us as well!

This small letter …

READ: PROVERBS 17:17; 27:17; ECCLESIASTES 4:9-10; JOHN 15:12-15

Do you ever meet someone and think something like, “I hope your weirdness matches my weirdness, so we can be friends”? I do! The Bib…

READ: LUKE 15:1-7; ROMANS 7:15–8:4, 38-39; 2 PETER 1:3-4

When kittens are rescued and placed in a new family, they have a lot to learn—which usually includes learning not to scratch the furniture!…

READ: 1 CHRONICLES 29:10-14; PSALM 62:5-8; EPHESIANS 2:4-10

Emil hadn’t dreamt about dinosaurs since he was eight. Yet here he was with a full-sized Tyrannosaurus rex, in a top hat no less, right …

READ: EXODUS 15:13; PSALM 36:7; ISAIAH 54:10

Unfailing love of Jesus,
unending mercy renewed,

Unfailing strength in my weakness—
for your name is Faithful and True.

Unceasing comfort in sorrow,
untold …

READ: ISAIAH 61:1-3; JOHN 16:16-33; REVELATION 21:1-5

Every seven weeks, I watch an IV drip two hours’ worth of liquid medication into my arm. That’s the reality of a chronic illness— it’s never-e…

READ: LUKE 24:1-49

After Jesus was raised from the dead, the women who went to the tomb were surprised to find it empty. Then angels appeared and told them Jesus had risen! So the women rushed bac…

READ: MATTHEW 13:1-9; JOHN 15:1-17; 19:41–20:18

John 20 contains one of my favorite scenes in all of Scripture. On Easter Sunday, Jesus’s disciples discovered His tomb was empty, but they had not …

READ: MARK 16:5-7; LUKE 24:1-53

You might have grown up hearing the “Easter story” and the gospel message over and over again. Maybe you understand that Jesus died, that He rose…that He was dead a…

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 15

One day, unless Jesus returns first, I will die. And honestly, that’s a scary thought for me. I’ve known Jesus as my Savior for as long as I can remember, and I trust that H…

READ: GENESIS 3:14-21; JOHN 19:1-22

As an author, I love being able to write full circle endings—when all the loose ends are tied up and the reader is satisfied by the end. There are a lot of full…

READ: PSALM 23:4; MATTHEW 26:69-75; JOHN 21:15-19

Do you know what it feels like to be betrayed? Maybe you’ve had a family member or a friend violate your trust or turn their back on you when you …

READ: ISAIAH 43:1; 49:13-16; 53:5-6; JOHN 20:24-27

Have you ever had something with your name on it—like a keychain, a necklace, a bag, or a jersey? Do you have a hard time finding things with you…

READ: 1 PETER 1:1-5, 18-23; ROMANS 3:25-26; REVELATION 1:4-6

Even though I’m in my twenties now, my family still dyes eggs every Easter. It’s a tradition we’ve kept since I was little. In fact, I …

READ: GENESIS 37:18-28; 50:19-21; ROMANS 8:28

When Joseph was seventeen years old, his brothers wanted to kill him. So they threw him into a pit, then sat down and ate lunch. After lunch, they pul…

READ: MATTHEW 21:1-11; PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11

The governor was coming into town. Moriah had been waiting weeks to catch even a glimpse of the man. He was supposed to stay for the festival week and bri…

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18; 1 PETER 1:3-8

“AH-CHOO!” That sound is not usually good news. It could mean someone is coming down with a cold. Sneezes and other symptoms show us the effects of germs on…