Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-11

Have you ever thought, “I’d give all my money for that”? We may have this thought about possessions we really want to have, but it also may occur to us when someone we l…

READ: EPHESIANS 6:13-18; HEBREWS 4:12

Have you ever tried to cut food with a dull knife? The process can be frustrating—and messy! Similarly, a dull pencil can hardly write, and a dull chisel will…

READ: PSALMS 34:4-10; 46:1-3; JEREMIAH 29:13-14; 1 PETER 5:6-7

Since I was eleven, I would write down the exciting points of my life and put them in my journal. It was a way to acknowledge all the…

READ: MATTHEW 28:20; ROMANS 8:12-25; REVELATION 2:12-17

Just when you think it can’t get any darker, I murmured as I watched over the hidden compound where we had to bring more Believers that morn…

READ: 1 SAMUEL 20:41-42; ROMANS 12:10, 15-16

Do you ever feel ashamed for crying? Sometimes, it can feel like we need to be tough and strong, not weepy. But that’s not what we see in the Bible.

READ: PSALMS 27; 63; 84

We sing of Your power, We lift up Your might, We praise Your goodness and grace! We exalt You as holy, We kneel to Your Name— But for a glimpse of Thy face. In Your face i…

READ: GALATIANS 5:16-25, 6:7-10; COLOSSIANS 3:1-17

Have you ever thought about how your habits form you and take you places? For example, if you have a habit of brushing your teeth every day, your…

READ: ISAIAH 41:10; JOHN 14:18; 15:12-15; HEBREWS 13:5

Have people ever let you down so much that you don’t want to get up again? I know I have felt like this many times. Or maybe you see all of y…

READ: ROMANS 12:16-21; EPHESIANS 4:31-32; 2 TIMOTHY 2:22-26

Have you ever worked on a complex math problem, only to realize that you made a mistake partway through? By the time you get to the end,…

READ: MATTHEW 14:22-23; LUKE 5:16; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18

Have you ever had to face the same problem over and over again? I think we all have from time to time. A few months ago, I had a difficul…

READ: LUKE 11:9-13; JOHN 16:1-15; EPHESIANS 1:18

In college, I had a professor who started class discussions about readings by showing us a picture of a lightning bolt striking the earth. Then she…

READ: PSALMS 32:1-11; 103:4; JOHN 8:12; ACTS 26:9-18

Blinking open his eyes he looked out into darkness.

“How long have I been here?” he asked the darkness.

“Innumerable days,” came the mela…

READ: PSALMS 62:5-8; 87:7; ISAIAH 1:18; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30

Sure is the hope of our righteousness, pure is the Word of the Lord; He is the rock of my salvation, He alone is my reward. “Come now, l…

READ: JOHN 13:1-17; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:15-21; 1 PETER 2:21-25

A few days after arriving in Romania as a missionary, I discovered two things: First, one of the sandals I had brought along, hoping they…

READ: PSALM 90:4; JAMES 4:13-14; 2 PETER 3:8

Have you ever heard the saying, “Life is short, and then you die”?

That saying certainly applies to cicadas. Cicadas are big, noisy bugs that look k…

READ: EPHESIANS 4:22–5:2; HEBREWS 12:1-3; 2 PETER 1:3-9

Do you have vivid dreams? I dream vividly almost every night. Once, I had a hilarious dream about a team of ostriches flying, pulling me on …

READ: PSALM 139:13-16; ISAIAH 49:15; ROMANS 5:1-11

Have you ever felt undervalued? You try to speak and state your views, but people disregard them, ignoring your ideas or even ridiculing them. Pe…

READ: PSALM 10:4; MATTHEW 11:28-30; PHILIPPIANS 2:5-13; 1 PETER 5:5-7

One of the things that gives me the greatest anxiety in life is thinking about what others think of me. I worry about what the…

READ: PSALM 19:9-10; JOHN 1:1-5, 15; LUKE 4:14-21; HEBREWS 4:12

Of all the things I learned at Bible college, the most important thing I learned was from Dr. Kroeze. In every class, Dr. Kroeze’s e…

READ: MATTHEW 7:1-5; ROMANS 8:1; JAMES 3

Yesterday, we talked about how the little habits we maintain as Christians can make a big difference. I shared the story of how I forgot to post informatio…