Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: EXODUS 3:14-15; JOHN 4:4-42; 18:1-11

The book of John is vastly different from the other three Gospels. John carefully crafted his account to demonstrate Jesus is the great I AM (God’s perso…

The Gospel of Luke is actually part of a two-part series by Luke, called Luke-Acts. Together they show Jesus establishing His kingdom here for all of humanity and the early church living out and expa…

Who is Jesus? This is the question Mark wants his audience to wrestle with. Throughout his account of Jesus’ life, Mark shows different people, including Jesus’ disciples, as they wrestle with the sa…

Each of the four Gospels tells the story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in a way that will make the most sense to its original audience. Matthew was written to Jewish Christians, so he empha…

Have you ever wondered why the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are all so different? If they all tell the same story, why aren’t they all the same? To answer those questions, we need to unde…

Dear Jason, I was encouraged to hear about the success of the control mission and how you’re doing in Sector 2 in your most recent transmission! Here in Sector 8, things have been continuing on with…

Church has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I’m used to sitting through sermons and standing for worship sets. But there are some Sundays when I don’t want to sing. I move my lip…

When we first arrived in this valley, the lush landscape rose around us. Now it is a desert floor. The wind blows the sand, and it whistles as it hits usthe remains of a people that used to be a vast…

Fear shows its face in a lot of ugly ways. It distorts the way we view the future and the past. It creates worst-case scenarios in our minds and builds walls around our hearts. Fear is a tool of the…

“Go inside the art gallery.” The thought arises from nowhere. My body resists at the suggestion. It’s been months since I sketched and studied the great artists. “Go inside.” No one’s there. The wat…

Have you ever thought, I just want to be free? What are you struggling to free yourself from? Maybe it’s guilt, shame, fear, hatred, or addiction. Are you struggling to be free from the negative thou…

During some periods of time when the world seems particularly chaotic, I make myself turn off the news. Spring 2020 is a great example. I deleted social media from my phone and stopped scrolling thro…

One spring night I woke up very early4:00 a.m. to be exactto booming thunder, flashes of lightning, and a downpour of rain. It was completely dark outside in the raging storm, but I heard something s…

When Habakkuk observed what was going on around him in Israel, he saw a lot of people taking advantage of others and getting away with it. He wondered why God didn’t seem to take notice of this or do…

The unexpectedly cool summer weather was perfect for an evening bike ride. But, only one block from home, things became not so perfect. A lady on the sidewalk was yelling at her Chihuahua to come out…

A cup of coffee in one hand and her Bible in the other, Kalpana padded out onto the porch in her slippers to watch the sunrise. She sat down and took a noisy slurp of coffee, then leaned back and lis…

King Nebuchadnezzar had no interest in God. As the greatest king of the world’s largest empire at that time (Babylon), he considered himself greater than the deity of the tiny nation he had conquered…

***This is a letter written in the style of The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. In this fictional book, Screwtape, an experienced demon, teaches his nephew how to tempt a human into following the p…

Echoes of my mistakes, In the silence reverberate Words, images haunting Memories, clinging taunting. Drifting in unexpectedly, Fears suffocate me, I cry out your name, Jesus, free me from shame. …

Imagine your mind as one of your most precious treasures. When you possess something valuable, you want to guard and protect it from harm. This treasure that is your mind should be a safe place where…