Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: LUKE 11:1-13; ROMANS 8:15-17, 26-30

God loves being in close relationship with us. That’s why He invites us to be in communication with Him and enjoy the closeness and unity we have with Him…

READ: PSALM 37:1-7; PROVERBS 16:1-9; 19:20-22

As a young child, I dreamed of many variations of my future: a ballerina (which I was told I could never accomplish), or a nurse who flies in helicopt…

READ: EXODUS 34:5-6; MATTHEW 22:35-40; EPHESIANS 4:31-5:2

Do you ever feel like you’re failing in your relationships? I do. I often find myself asking God to help me be a better friend, daughter, …

READ: LUKE 15; JOHN 15:13; ROMANS 5:5-11

Elle’s dragon, Thon, had run away many times. But never before had he been missing for more than one rotation of the two moons. Elle had hand fed him from …

READ: ROMANS 12:1-2; PHILIPPIANS 2:13; COLOSSIANS 3:12-17

What do you think of when you hear the word “worship”? For me, I tend to think of worship music, my personal devotional time, or maybe a w…

READ: JOHN 13:34-35; GALATIANS 5:22-23; EPHESIANS 4:24-32

On the night before Jesus went to the cross, He told His followers, “As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone w…

READ: EPHESIANS 4:1-16; PHILIPPIANS 1:3-6, 9-11

Imagine for a moment you were caring for a newborn baby, and then, the day after their birth, you just expected them to be able to walk. That would …

READ: PSALM 108:1-5; JOHN 3:16-17

Your love is so great I can’t stop talking about it

I want to sing it loud

I want to share the news

I want others to see what You have done

Your l…

READ: MATTHEW 22:34-40; ACTS 9:1-20

When I worked in Japan as a young international schoolteacher, I often spent weekends exploring Tokyo’s neighborhoods or other parts of Japan. Sometimes, I’d ge…

READ: PSALM 13; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18; HEBREWS 10:36-39

There are times when I get on my knees to pray, and I don’t feel like praying. There are times when I talk to God, and it doesn’t feel lik…

READ: GENESIS 18:25; JOHN 3:16-18; ROMANS 8:1-11; 14:11-12

Do you know anyone who has been on a jury in the United States of America? In the USA, a person accused of a crime has the right to a tri…

READ: MATTHEW 12:1-14

How do you deal with conflict? I may have an unpopular approach, but I tend to address conflict head on, right away. I don’t like using the silent treatment or leaving passiv…

READ: ROMANS 12:4-10; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-27; 1 PETER 4:8-11

Not all Christians are potatoes. Let me explain. Let’s say you have a vegetable garden filled with carrots, potatoes, beans…and then you…

READ: JEREMIAH 29:11-13, 33:2-3; ROMANS 8:26-27

I have always prayed before bed; it’s something my parents started doing with me when I was little, and it stuck. But there’s one problem with this:…

READ: MATTHEW 1:23; JOHN 1:1-18; ROMANS 5:6-11

Over two thousand years ago, Jesus was born. God became human and lived on earth with other humans. Stop for a moment and think about that. Isn’t tha…

A scorching sun beats down from a red sky, hot sand making my throat and nose raw. I cough wheezily, my chest tight and vision blurry. Hours have passed since I got separated from the caravan, and I …

READ: PROVERBS 1:1-7; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30; JAMES 1:5-8; 3:13-18

The ball was out, right? It all happened so fast that I couldn’t tell. Did it touch the line? I tried to replay it in my head, but th…

READ: GALATIANS 5:16-26

SMASH! TWANG! I picked up my tennis racket off the sidewalk and moped toward the bus. Surprisingly, throwing my racket to the ground hadn’t broken it. I had lost another ma…

READ: JOHN 16:5-15; COLOSSIANS 1:3-14

The tennis team needed help. A lot of help. They desperately needed more players, and that’s why they asked me to join. I had never even held a tennis racquet…

READ: PSALMS 34:15-19; 139:1-12; 1 PETER 5:6-7

God hears when I talk to Him

His ears are always open

No matter what I have to say

He hears

God hears me when it is late at night

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