Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

It’s said the new star indicates the birth of a great prince,” said the trembling servant. The Sorcerer didn’t take the news well and immediately called for the servant’s execution. The Sorcerer’s o…

If you’ve ever run a race, you might have experienced a sudden boost of energy when you saw the finish line. Or maybe you’ve entered a contest, and when it became difficult, stayed motivated by remem…

***Editor’s Note: Today’s devotion is a fictional telling based on true biblical events. The following story is how one author imagines a day in Leah’s life.*** Three children. Three ways I tried to…

“You sure you want to do this?” the man behind the desk asks me, hoping I will change my mind. I nod. “Yep. Sure do.” The man rubs his temples, clearly agitated. “It’s my duty to tell you this is…

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 us—the remains of a people that used to be a vas…

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 early—4:00 a.m. to be exact—to booming thunder, flashes of lightning, and a downpour of rain. It was completely dark outside in the raging storm, but I heard something…

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…