Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: ISAIAH 53:2-6; ROMANS 8:17-39; REVELATION 21:3-4

At age seventeen, Joni Eareckson Tada awoke after a diving accident—paralyzed from the shoulders down. Thus began her new life—from a wheelch…

Why do we do kind things for other people? If we really examine our motives,/is it so we’ll win points with them and make them like us? Or do we think doing good deeds will win us points with God?.In…

When you start worrying about things happening in your life or in the world around you, look at the stars..If it isn’t dark out and you can’t see the stars,/then look at the wildflowers..If it’s too …

When you were little, did you ever dress up as royaltymaking paper crowns, walking around in old fancy clothes from a dress-upbin, or sitting on imaginary thrones and bossing around the people of you…

Wind colder than the day before swarmed into the shallow mountain cavern/and bit at the exposed skin on the back of Mior’s neck that she hadn’t been/able to cover with her cloak. She shivered, readju…

Do you know the story of Paul? He was not a good guy when he was young, and he went by the name Saul. He had Christians arrested. In Acts 7:548:2, we see how Saul stood by in support while Stephen wa…

One of my favorite parts of our family vacations at the beach was boogieboarding. My sister and I picked out boogieboards with colorful designs at the store, packing them into the car loaded with our…

I struggle with making decisions. I have some perfectionistic tendencies, so I spend too much time thinking about choices that don’t matter much in the long run. And in the past, I’ve let myself sit …

Let my life, here, nowBe about You, let me follow.Let my future, each step, decision Be about You, not my own opinion.Let the air I breathe, filling me Be air from You, fresh and free.Let my heart, …

We’ve all been hurt by others. Sometimes, it’s a family member or a friend. Sometimes, it’s a stranger. When we are hurt, it can be hard to know how to react. As we deal with our pain, there are some…

I am writing this from La Presa, a small town in Atenas, Costa Rica. There
are mangos, star fruits, and bananas scattered across the lawn. Toucans are
perched in the trees, and iguanas are sunbathing…

What school subject do you like the least? Even though I love to write, I
always loathed English classespecially grammar. Diagraming sentences,
parts of speech, verb tenses it wasn’t my thing. So im…

I lived in a city of mirrors. As I attempted to amble surreptitiously down
the street to my destination, I nervously adjusted my mirrored glasses.
Everyone wore them in the city. In fact, removing yo…

Sometimes, it’s easy to become intimidated or even jealous of other
Christians. “Alondra is so good at teachingwould I be a better Christian
if I could teach like she can? Blake always knows how to s…

Until recently, I didn’t realize how often Paul had help writing his
letters to the churches in the New Testament. I knew that God inspired and
directed Paul to write these letters, but it never occu…

Have you ever had to help a toddler learn a basic task, like putting on
shoes or using a fork? While the process can be cute, it can also be long
and frustrating. But no matter how challenging the jo…

“Ninety-eight, ninety-nine and that makes one hundred, I counted aloud
while another volunteer added the total to the app on my phone. My family
and I had volunteered to pick up trash surrounding a l…

What are worms good for? Well, they help the earth breathe. As worms burrow
through the ground, they let fresh air through the soil. The more they eat
and digest the soil, the better it is for growin…

In those Dark Ages before smartphones, streaming, and DVDs, there was VHS,
which is what I grew up with. Whenever I wanted to watch my favorite
movies, I would pop the VHS (video home system) tape in…

Have you ever prayed and prayed for something to happen, something that you
know is good and right, something thatby all logicseems like it should
happen and it doesn’t? What then? Well, John the Ba…