Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: ROMANS 8:16-17, 28-39; EPHESIANS 2:1-10; 1 PETER 5:8-11

I can’t do this. I’m worthless. I’m a failure. I’ll never be enough.

Sometimes our minds can be our own worst enemy, telling us thi…

READ: MATTHEW 6:31-34; 22:37-39; 28:18-20; 1 PETER 4:8-11

When I was in my final year of high school, I dreaded the moment when people asked me, “Do you know what you want to do?” It felt like som…

READ: ROMANS 10:14-15; EPHESIANS 2:10; 2 TIMOTHY 4:2

In the year 1838, near Gainesville, Alabama, a girl named Maria Fearing was born into slavery. While she was still a kid, she heard her white m…

READ: PSALM 9:9-10; JOHN 14:16-21; ROMANS 5:5-8; 8:16, 35-39

One morning, I rushed into my parents’ room to say, “Good morning.” Mom removed her wedding ring and shoved it to the bottom of her jew…

READ: EPHESIANS 2:4-9; 3:12-21

One of the things that bothered me about God while I was growing up was that I thought He just loved me because He had to. I learned that God loved the whole world (…

READ: PSALMS 103:1-22; 139:7-12; JOHN 14:16-18

Have you ever heard someone say, “I really feel the Lord’s presence?” I hear this most often after or during a worship service. Whether it be a churc…

READ: JOHN 8:32; EPHESIANS 6:10-20

I participate in a unique physical therapy program for a spine condition I have. Before getting into a swimming pool, I snap on a wide, thick flotation belt, whi…

READ: PSALMS 40:1-3; 119:1-16; 1 JOHN 1:8–2:2

Tanisha stepped off her lander onto the strange planet. The ground was soft, almost gelatinous. Odd formations surrounded her. But when she took a ste…

READ: LEVITICUS 19:4; JOHN 4:1-26; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:14

When things get tough, my instinct is to run—run to everything else and away from what is causing me pain and stress. I run to overworking. I…

READ: ZECHARIAH 13:7-9; 1 PETER 1:3-25

The image of fire appears many times in the Bible. For example, in Exodus 13, God comes as a guiding pillar of fire to the Israelites. And in 1 Kings 18, He …

READ: PSALM 103; ISAIAH 1:18

Egg-eaters are one of a chicken keeper’s worst nightmares. Nothing can ruin your day faster than when you head out to the henhouse, only to discover your hens have sma…

READ: JUDGES 3:12-30; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-31; 2 CORINTHIANS 12:6-10

In a world that prized normal, I was abnormal. A left-hander in a world of righties. For me, being left-handed meant not learning…

READ: EXODUS 13:21-22; 40:34-38; DEUTERONOMY 1:33; PSALM 73:25-27

Have you ever been between houses or apartments? When you had to leave one home, but you didn’t have another home to go to? That’s…

READ: PSALM 107; ROMANS 5:1-10; 15:1-13

Our world is constantly changing, and our individual lives are no different. At any given moment, the most mundane of days can be altered by some life-chang…

READ: LUKE 15:11-32

I was reading through the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 recently, and instead of paying attention to the parts of the story that I normally would or that are normally pr…

READ: PSALM 23; ROMANS 8:28-29; JAMES 1:5

My dog, Gibson, wakes me up very early every morning. Some mornings I just feed him, and other mornings I take the time to let him outside. But either way…

READ: JAMES 1:2-4; 1 PETER 2:21-23

Do you remember the last time you had a cold? Maybe you had a scratchy, sore throat, congested sinuses, body aches, a fever, or all of those at once. Colds can b…

READ: EXODUS 12:31-42; MATTHEW 4:1-11

Have you ever seen a desert before? Maybe you’ve been to Arizona, New Mexico, or Southern California, where some of the terrain is desert. The land is often r…

READ: MATTHEW 21:12-16; REVELATION 4:8-11; 5:8-14

God is ever being praised— His land, His sea, His sky, His waves! All creation His glory sings— Every creature extols Him King! Angels halleluja…

READ: PSALM 119:97-104; JEREMIAH 15:15-17; MATTHEW 4:4

What is your favorite food? Think about how good it feels to eat that food, especially when you’re hungry! Now, listen to what the prophet Je…