Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: ISAIAH 40:28-31; 41:9-14

We all want to be strong and able to get through the tough things in life without falling apart. You might be someone who prides yourself in your strength, or you mi…

READ: PSALM 46; MATTHEW 14:22-33; HEBREWS 13:8

One of my family’s favorite summer activities is going boating. The water sport we do most often is wake surfing, which is like surfing on the ocean,…

READ: LUKE 22:19-20; ACTS 2:42-47; 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26

Jesus has a habit of taking something ordinary and making it incredible. Take bread and wine, for example. During Jesus’s life on earth, b…

READ: MARK 2:13-17; LUKE 19:1-10; ROMANS 3:9-26

“We’ve got churches of Christians. I’d like to see a church of all sinners!” my coworker joked. I stopped and looked at him. He and another coworker…

READ: JUDGES 13:2-5, 16:26-30; LUKE 1:26-33; PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11

The story of Samson’s life is really fascinating, and it contains many parallels to the story of Jesus’s life. Let’s take a closer l…

READ: PSALM 42; ZEPHANIAH 3:17; HEBREWS 12:2; REVELATION 19:6-9

My twelfth-grade English teacher taught me to love Haiku, a form of poetry that originated in Japan. These short, three-line poems a…

READ: PSALMS 63:1-7; MATTHEW 6:19-34; GALATIANS 2:16-21; 2 TIMOTHY 3:10-17

Why are you reading this devotional? I remember being told that if I didn’t do my devotions I would have a bad day. “So, …

READ: ACTS 1:7-11; 2 PETER 3:1-13

So…where is He?

It’s been 2,000 years since Jesus ascended into heaven, promising to return the same way He ascended and to set the world to rights. The church…

READ: PSALM 119:25-40; EPHESIANS 1:18-23; HEBREWS 12:1-3

Hebrews 12:1-2 holds some of my favorite words in the Bible: “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on J…

READ: PSALM 34:1-8; MATTHEW 6:25-34; JOHN 14:1-7; PHILIPPIANS 4:4-9

Why do we worry when we know that God loves us? Why do we let our hearts become troubled when we know that Jesus warns us agains…

READ: 1 JOHN 4:7-12

Maybe you know someone who claimed to love God but hurt you or someone you care about. Maybe you watched in the news as a pastor got arrested for hurting someone or pulling off…

READ: PHILIPPIANS 3:12-14

I just keep sinning even though I know Jesus—I’ll never get it!

Have you ever been frustrated with yourself for sinning? Have you felt like you should be able to get i…

READ: PSALM 103:11-12; ISAIAH 43:25; MALACHI 3:16-17

Do you ever wonder what you were like when you were a baby? In addition to photos stored on computers, phones, and in albums, some families kee…

READ: LUKE 18:31-34; 23:26-49; MARK 16:1-8

If I were there
Would I just stare
As they bound my Savior?

If I lived during that time
Would I deny
That I ever knew Him?

If I witnessed all they did to Him 
W…

READ: PSALM 107:1; ROMANS 8:31-39; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7

I was out of ideas for where to look. Finally, I pulled out my journal, grabbed a pen, and wrote, “Lord, please help me find my grammar textboo…

READ: GENESIS 1:6-10, 14-19; PSALM 19:1-2

Have you ever been overwhelmed by the beauty of the sky? Whether it’s the rolling clouds on a summer day, a golden sunset, or the twinkling stars at night…

READ: ISAIAH 53:4-11; ROMANS 5:6-11; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

Second Corinthians 5:21 says, “God made him [Jesus] who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God…

READ: PSALMS 36:5; 148:7; EPHESIANS 3:14-21

The ocean makes me nervous. I really don’t like movies where people are lost at sea—especially if they’re stuck on some sort of tiny raft and no one kno…

READ: PSALM 23

As Ronan neared the end of his journey, he entered the Valley of the Shadow. It was so dark he could barely make out the path. The moon hid behind the clouds, casting weird shadows …

READ: PSALM 36:7; MATTHEW 6:25-34; 23:37

Life can be so hard sometimes. Maybe you’re facing a challenging situation at school, or your parents are getting a divorce, or you got a scary medical dia…