Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

Have you ever played the telephone game? One person whispers a sentence in someone’s ear. That person whispers it in another’s ear and so on and so on, until it reaches the last person. That person t…

“Brianna, come on. Open the door. What’s wrong? asked Kaylin. She heard her best friend crying and pried open the door. Finding Brianna curled up on the bathroom floor, Kaylin knelt down next to her.…

I’m just gonna say itI think Thomas the disciple, commonly known as Doubting Thomas, gets a bad rap. When the other disciples witnessed the risen Christ, Thomas was absent. Thomas said he wanted visi…

Have you ever considered who you can count on when times get tough? For thirty years, I had an undetected brain tumor. While it wasn’t cancerous, it took over every part of my life and affected how …

With a pounding heart, Riley leapt off the platform for the umpteenth time. Dodging fireballs, she jumped from foothold to foothold, as heat rose from the lava below. She was almost there! Ahead was …

How cool is it that Jesus is human and God at the same time? You might be wondering how that is possible. The Bible is full of examples of Jesus showing both His humanity and deity: He has the same…

As Christians, we often wonder what our resurrection bodies will be like. It’s easy to ask, How could the body be raised? What would postmortem life even look like? Paul answers the question in 1 Co…

“What should I do? What if this doesn’t turn out? What will I do next?” These questions are overwhelming. It’s easy to start overthinking everything and become stressed out about the decisions we ha…

Have you ever heard of a hall of fame? Chances are you have, because there are so many of them for so many things. A hall of fame is made of people or even animals who are known for excelling in a ce…

The question is asked, What do you believe? I open my mouth to recite the familiar words: I believe in God, the Father almighty. But do I believe? Can I claim this testimony? I close my mouth and wo…

Thanks be to God for His innumerable, indescribable gifts. God is wondrous! He continually provides more than enough; He sustains us. He is good. He gives us many gifts: The tools to sustain our mat…

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could push away everything stressing you out and just experience peace? Life is hard in this broken world; there’s always something to keep you up at night. Wouldn’t it be …

The seminarian smiled as he walked along, clutching his Bible. Judgment Day was shaping up to be everything he had ever expected, with plenty of earthquakes and lots of angels. He caught up with ano…

Have you ever felt stuck between two phases of life? I know I have. The in-between times, as I like to call them, can be really difficult to navigate. Maybe you’re moving from middle to high school. …

Church is boring. Trust me, I know. When I was an energy-filled young boy, the decrepit, 1970s-style church buildingwith its mildew smell and lifeless musicthreatened to suffocate me. “Singing? Liste…

How much does God love you? The answer is: a lot! But sometimes a lot can be hard to picture. To show us how faithful His love is, God gave us an analogy in the Old Testament: the story of Hosea and …

You may have heard of the old TV show Father Knows BEsther The 1950s American sitcom was about a father and his family. You may or may not enjoy old black and white sitcoms, but the title brings an a…

Do you ever feel like life is all about rules? Rules at school, different rules at home, and maybe even more rules at church. Can following rules save you from sin and death? Can doing good things …

In college, I shared an apartment with a buddy. We lived in complete poverty: we owned a couch, a desk, a chair, and an old TV. Late one afternoon, I fell asleep on the floor. I heard some noise and …

Dear Unforgiveness, I nurtured you after someone hurt me. You grew in the soil of my misery, and I watered you each day with anger and frustration. Like ice, you crept into my heart, teaching me to …