Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

READ: PSALM 16:11; PHILIPPIANS 4:4; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18

April Fools’ Day is biblical. Many would stare at me or raise an eyebrow if I said that, but it’s true. April Fools’ Day is a day when p…

This is a special episode of Unlocked featuring not only Dylan and Natalie together (sort of 😁) but hosted by Josh, who produces each podcast episode!

Since Josh began editing the podcast, he has …

READ: ROMANS 12:6-8; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-12; 1 TIMOTHY 4:12-14

Have you ever had a teacher, mentor, or parent speak into your life in a way that you will always remember? When I was a junior in hig…

READ: PSALM 139:13-16; EPHESIANS 3:17-19

Lately I have had one skin issue right after another. Just when one blemish starts to fade and I start to feel better about my appearance, another appears …

READ: MATTHEW 4:1-11; HEBREWS 4:14-16

"We need to start cleaning out and organizing.” I groan when I hear my mom say those words. Digging through stuff, sorting, and deciding what to keep, give aw…

READ: GENESIS 33:1-11; LUKE 15:11-24

When I think of Esau, I picture a smelly, hairy, revenge-seeking man (Genesis 27). As the firstborn twin of Isaac and Rebekah, he is tricked and mistreated by …

READ: PSALMS 46:1-3; 102:25-27; MALACHI 3:6; JAMES 1:17

The world changed for everyone in 2020. I know my family experienced some big changes in that year. Then 2021 brought even more changes for …

READ: ECCLESIASTES 2:11; MATTHEW 6:19–7:12; COLOSSIANS 3:17

When someone talks about their achievements in a video game, people who share their passion for gaming will often celebrate with them! B…

READ: ISAIAH 55:1; LUKE 5:29-32; COLOSSIANS 3:12-15

"Why is there an empty seat?” Banji asked after swallowing a warm bite of soup. “Is someone else joining us?”

Banji, Laz, and Sera enjoyed th…

READ: PSALMS 23:1-6; 46:8-11; ISAIAH 25:6; LAMENTATIONS 3:24-26

This darkness wasn’t just pitch black like the night or chilled like a cave deep within the terrain, no, it was consuming, alive, an…

READ: ROMANS 8:26-30; HEBREWS 13:20-21; JAMES 1:2-8

"I don’t know, Lord,” I said. This was two weeks ago. I was sitting in my car before worship practice. For the last two years, I have been follo…

READ: GENESIS 3; ROMANS 8:19-39; GALATIANS 3:13-14

I love trees. They’re strong, and beautiful, and their shade feels great on a hot day. The real reason I like them so much, though, has nothing t…

READ: 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17

I just started a Bible-reading plan that encouraged me—encouraged me—to skim through the chapters that I was going to be reading. This plan lists so many chapters to read p…

READ: DANIEL 6:16-23; MATTHEW 19:26; ROMANS 1:20; 1 PETER 1:3-5

The sky at night is one of the most amazing sights in the world. Thousands of stars hang against a dark sky, with the moon lighting …

READ: MATTHEW 5:21-22; JAMES 2:10; ROMANS 3:23-24

Every year in the college basketball tournament called March Madness, four sets of teams, numbered one to sixteen, are assigned to play each other…

READ: PSALM 33:6-15; HEBREWS 13:8

Rain was in the forecast again today, But there’s none falling, only clouds. The weather never seems to be What we’re expecting, what is said to be coming. She t…

READ: JAMES 5:13-20; 1 JOHN 5:13-15

As a freshman student attending college in the hub of Nashville, Tennessee, I took it upon myself to explore the best coffee stops in the area. One afternoon I …

READ: MARK 10:13-16

Even though I would be one among a crowd of thousands, I was completely confident I could meet the President of the United States of America. As a child, I joined one of my cla…

READ: ESTHER 4:1-17; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:57

In the book of Esther, a young Jewish orphan named Esther is living in captivity in Persia, being raised by her older cousin, Mordecai. Esther is most like…

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…