Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: ROMANS 8:1; HEBREWS 4:14-16; 1 JOHN 1:8–2:2

I’d just arrived in a new-to-me country on the other side of the world. I had left a sweltering summer in Florida, where I lived…and landed in a b…

READ: PSALMS 6; 42; JOHN 11:1-44

When was the last time you had a good cry? I’m not talking about letting a few tears go and moving on with your day, but an all-out, feels like your heart is break…

READ: PSALM 34:18; ISAIAH 41:10; MATTHEW 5:4; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4

Editor’s note: Today’s devotional reading discusses sexual abuse.

As an eleven-year-old, I was shy and awkward. My father moved…

READ: EPHESIANS 4:11-32; JAMES 3:2-10

Picture this. You’re on your favorite social media app, and you come across someone saying blatantly untrue things. You’re understandably frustrated. How coul…

READ: PSALM 46:1-11; LUKE 19:10; JOHN 8:12; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-11

Feeling so down Laying on the ground Tears fall from my eyes Then I get a surprise A hand on my back Comforting, not an attack Som…

READ: ISAIAH 53; ROMANS 12:15; HEBREWS 4:14-16

Have you ever met someone who just gets what you’re going through? It can be so comforting. I experience this often with my friends who are parents.

READ: MATTHEW 6:25-33; EPHESIANS 3:14-21; 1 PETER 5:7

Have you ever been walking or driving along and noticed a cluster of colorful flowers just off the road? No one planted them there, but they’r…

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13; 2 TIMOTHY 2:22; JAMES 1:12-15; 4:7

What sins do you struggle with the most? In other words, in what situations do you find it’s harder to love God and your neighbors thr…

READ: ROMANS 12:1-13; JAMES 4:6-10

I genuinely wanted to figure this out on my own. But I couldn’t. It was time to ask for help.

I’d been in Romania just a few weeks. Wanting to acclimate to my…

READ: MATTHEW 10:29-31; ROMANS 8:28-29; 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9; HEBREWS 13:5

Are you going through a stressful time? Is life really hard?

In every hard time, we are seen. We are known, and we are l…

READ: GENESIS 16:1-13; PSALM 139; HEBREWS 13:5

If there was a list of all the people in the Bible who had a reason to feel invisible, Hagar would no doubt be near the top. As Sarai’s Egyptian slav…

READ: JOHN 13:31-38; 15:1-17; 1 JOHN 3:16-18; 4:19

Have you ever heard the expression, “They talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk”? It’s a way of saying that people’s actions don’t match their w…

READ: GENESIS 1:26-27; JOHN 3:16-17; REVELATION 5:9; 7:9-10

Have you ever watched a florist arrange different flowers into a bouquet? It’s fascinating to see all those blooms come together into a …

READ: ROMANS 5:1-5; 12:15

BOOM! A clap of thunder shook the rounded windows of Habitation Enclosure 150 in the Tuuli province of the planet Terra.

“That sounded awfully close,” said Lillah with…

READ: EXODUS 14:14; PSALMS 23:1-3; 127:2; MATTHEW 11:25-30

Are you, like me, constantly asking God to move and work and make your life different? There are things I’ve prayed about over and over a…

READ: DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9; LUKE 11:1-13

In the churches I’ve grown up in, prayers were almost always made up on the spot. And these prayers are great! But lately, I’ve also been appreciating pre-wri…

READ: PROVERBS 11:14; 12:15; 15:22; 20:18

Do you have people in your life who want to give you advice, like parents, teachers, pastors, counselors, or coaches? They want us to listen to what they …

READ: MATTHEW 11:28-30; GALATIANS 1:10; COLOSSIANS 3:23-24

Have you ever felt pressure to get straight As or be the best athlete on the field? There are so many things in this world telling us to …

READ: MATTHEW 11:28-30; 14:13-23; MARK 5:21-43

One of my biggest pet peeves is slow walkers. I remember in high school I would inwardly scream when I was caught behind someone dillydallying. And n…

READ: PSALMS 23:5-6; 34:8; HABAKKUK 3:17-19; JAMES 1:17

In the goodness of the Lord I will rejoice! He has given Life to me— His sinless sacrifice set me free. In the goodness of the Lord I will …