Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: PSALMS 9:7-10; 33:4-5; MICAH 6:8

He almost made it. My friend Cliff had almost sat all the way down in his desk when the tardy bell rang. But still, our ninth-grade civics teacher counted my…

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:5-9; 2 PETER 3:9; 1 JOHN 4:19

Have you ever worked behind the scenes in a theater production? Much of the work that goes into making a show great—designing the set, moving se…

READ: GENESIS 8:22; PSALM 46:1-7; 104:19; HEBREWS 13:5-8

Today is an equinox! On two different days every year, day and night are the same length. All around the world, the day lasts twelve hours …

READ: JOHN 1:12; GALATIANS 4:4-7; COLOSSIANS 1:9-14

Imagine you were royalty…and didn’t know it. Here’s the scene: you were kidnapped as a baby. Then, after years and years, your family finds you!…

READ: MATTHEW 3:1-17; 4:12-17; JOHN 4:13-14; ACTS 3:19-21

I thought this would quench my thirst

I’ve felt so empty

And this promised to fulfill

But something is wrong

I’m so caught up

READ: GENESIS 1:27, 31; EPHESIANS 1:2-10; 3:14-19

You might not believe you are good enough, but to the God who created the universe and every human on earth, you are enough.

You might find it …

READ: GENESIS 1:27; LUKE 8:1-3; MATTHEW 27:45-56

Sometimes, when I look at our broken world and I see more and more ways that women have been treated as less than men, I just get overwhelmed. Some…

READ: PSALM 77:11-12; ROMANS 15:4; 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17

Do you find parts of the Bible boring to read? You’re not alone. The Bible was written by lots of people who were inspired by the Holy Spirit, …

READ: ACTS 2:42-47; EPHESIANS 2:13-22; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:11

When God created Adam, He said that people shouldn’t be alone. And so, God created Eve. From the beginning, God created people for commu…

READ: PSALM 13:1-6; MATTHEW 11:28-30; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-11; HEBREWS 4:14-16

I am tired, so ready to give in

I am weak, I cannot stand on my own

I need rest, some way to take a break

I nee…

READ: ROMANS 12:15; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-14, 25-27; GALATIANS 6:2

Have you ever had a really bad ear infection? For such a small part of the body, the ear really makes a big difference! If your ear…

READ: PSALM 139:13-16; PROVERBS 14:30; JOHN 10:7-11

“If only I could be like Carter,” I wished for the millionth time. “Just naturally confident.” Trudging through the crowds on my way home, I tho…

READ: MATTHEW 5:13-16; COLOSSIANS 4:2-6

In Matthew 5:13-16 and Colossians 4:2-6, we read that Christians are like salt. But what does that mean? What does salt do in practical terms? And how does …

READ: ISAIAH 26:19; EZEKIEL 37:1-14; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-20, 51-52

Earth will give birth to you.

Your body, as it decomposes, will scatter particles back into the biosphere of our planet. This …

READ: MATTHEW 5:43-47; LUKE 21:9-11; JOHN 14:1; 1 JOHN 4:19

War. Terrorism. Violence of all kinds. In a world that’s broken by sin where these terrible events are the reality—and in an age of unen…

READ: PSALMS 34:1-22; 61:1-2; 121:1-8; 139:1-5

When I whisper

Answer me, God

When I scream

Be the One who hears

When I can’t speak

Hear my thoughts

When I break

Pu…

I adored the cowboy boots Papa bought me at the feed store. But running in them for gym class had gotten difficult. I just had to find my missing purple sneakers; they were my only other shoes approp…

READ: EXODUS 34:5-7; MATTHEW 18:23-35; ROMANS 2:4

Patience is a virtue we all need. It took me many years to realize my need for this virtue. This realization came to me when I had a misunderstand…

READ: JOHN 5:17; ROMANS 8:18-28, 38-39; REVELATION 21:1-5

Have you ever stopped to really look at a piece of wood? Straight lines, intermingled with lots of circles and twists—that’s the diverse b…

READ: COLOSSIANS 4:2-6; TITUS 3:1-9

I love Jesus, and I love talking to people about Jesus. I always have. But I’ve definitely made some mistakes in how I tell non-Christians about Him. So, I’m go…