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Daily Devotional
Hope in Life’s RiptidesAugust 6, 2026 - 7:00 am
Kindness Delivered to Your DoorAugust 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Greener Grass TrapAugust 4, 2026 - 7:00 am
Fireworks Fade, Freedom LastsAugust 3, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Power of a PauseAugust 2, 2026 - 7:00 am
What To Do with Unanswered PrayersAugust 1, 2026 - 7:00 am
Rescued From Life’s RiptideJuly 31, 2026 - 7:00 am
Clear Truth in an Upside-Down WorldJuly 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
Wisdom Works When You ListenJuly 29, 2026 - 7:00 am
Trusting God in the FreefallJuly 28, 2026 - 7:00 am
HEART OF THE ARTIST
Holding on Through HeartbreakJuly 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
Faith That Falls ForwardJune 18, 2026 - 7:00 am
From Dusty Bibles to Daily BreadJune 14, 2026 - 7:00 am
Leaving No SurvivorsJune 7, 2026 - 7:00 am
When Joy Fills RoomsMay 31, 2026 - 7:00 am
STORIES ABOUT SONGS
One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Gospel Still Changes EverythingJuly 12, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Beauty in the Broken RoadJune 28, 2026 - 7:00 am- From Dusty Bibles to Daily BreadJune 14, 2026 - 7:00 am
- Leaving No SurvivorsJune 7, 2026 - 7:00 am
Stories About Songs
- One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Gospel Still Changes EverythingJuly 12, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Beauty in the Broken RoadJune 28, 2026 - 7:00 am
- From Dusty Bibles to Daily BreadJune 14, 2026 - 7:00 am
- Leaving No SurvivorsJune 7, 2026 - 7:00 am
No Rebrand Required
Daily Devotional, Denise PaganoSo, I need to talk to you about my sweet puppy, Porsche, because apparently she is reinventing herself.
Out of nowhere—and I mean out of nowhere—this dog has decided she likes to bury bones. We’ve lived in this house for years. She’s had bones her entire one-year of existence. Never once has she thought, you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to act like a squirrel and prepare for winter. But this week? She’s outside digging.
I mean digging.
And I’m standing there, a full-grown, fifty-something woman, watching my dog have what I can only describe as a personality rebrand. She digs the hole, places the bone in it, covers it dramatically, steps back proudly, and then five minutes later, she forgets where she put it.
Now she’s pacing the yard like somebody betrayed her. Meanwhile, I am over here using the same casserole dish from 1998.
But there is One who doesn’t wake up reinventing Himself.
God doesn’t have mood swings or forget His promises like they’re buried somewhere out of reach. What He says stands. What He starts, He doesn’t abandon.
God is not like me or Porsche—He is steady.
And maybe that’s what you need to remember today.
Because life changes. People change. Plans change. Some days, even you don’t feel like the same person you were a week ago.
But God doesn’t change.
The same God who was faithful yesterday will be faithful today. The promises He made haven’t expired. The love He showed you hasn’t diminished. The grace He offered hasn’t run dry.
Numbers reminds us that God does not lie or change His mind. If He says He will be with you, He will. If He says He loves you, He does. If He says He is working, even when you can’t see it, He is.
If you’re anything like me, that’s comforting. Because while the rest of us are constantly changing, God never needs a rebrand.
He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Daughter, I See You
Brenda Price, Daily DevotionalHere’s a message from the Father’s heart to that busy girl.
“She thinks I don’t see her. The busy one, the strong one, and the one who smiles at meetings, answers every email, but cries in the car with the music turned up. She thinks her loneliness is invisible, but it echoes in my heart.
I saw her that morning she couldn’t get out of bed. I was with her that night when she wondered if anyone would notice if she disappeared, and I heard her when she finally whispered, ‘God, do you see me?’
Yes, daughter, I see you.
I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. You are not just noticed. You are known, cherished, held, and loved even in silence.
Even in loneliness, I am near. I am not just God of the whole world. I am the God who sees you. Even when your strength runs out where no one else can see, my love does not shrink back. It stretches wider, longer, deeper, and higher than your thoughts can reach. You are not unseen. You are fully known and fully loved right here, in this moment.
So, when you feel hidden in your exhaustion or alone in the quiet, remember this: I am closer than you think, and My love has never left you.
My prayer for you this Father’s Day is that you would truly experience what Paul prayed for in Ephesians—that you would have the power to understand how wide, how long, how high, and how deep Christ’s love really is.
Not just know it in your head.
Experience it in your heart.
Because God’s love was never meant to be merely understood.
It was meant to be received.
Because when you begin to grasp even a small part of God’s love for you, everything changes.
May you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Joy At The Door
Bri Dunn, Daily DevotionalThere’s nothing like when “Dada” comes home.
Most evenings, it’s just me and Lennox. The toys are scattered, dinner plates sit half-finished, and you can feel it… He’s getting tired of me. Not in a harsh way, just in a toddler kind of way.
My husband Chris works another evening job, and I’m grateful for it. I really am, but when that door unlocks at the end of the day and Lennox sees Chris, everything changes. His eyes light up. He shouts for joy, and just like that, he’s gone.
There’s no hesitation and no dragging his feet. His whole body is basically saying, “See ya Mom, I’m going to my dad.”
It’s not because anyone told him to, but because something deep inside my son knows— Dada’s arms are where I belong.
I believe we were made for that kind of response. It is God-given.
Somewhere along the way, though, we learn to hesitate. We get distracted. We carry disappointments, responsibilities, and burdens that weigh us down. Sometimes life doesn’t feel joyful at all.
And yet, the invitation hasn’t changed.
Habakkuk wrote those words during a season when everything around him seemed uncertain. Yet he made a choice: “I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation.”
Not because life was easy, but because God was still good.
God is our Father, and He is near. What would it look like to turn towards Him with that same instinctive joy? To rejoice in the God of your salvation and to drop whatever you’re holding to let love—not obligation, fear, or routine—be the thing that moves you?
And maybe faith, at its core, isn’t as complicated as we’ve made it. Maybe it looks a lot like that small pair of feet hitting the floor, heart wide open, running toward the Father who just walked in the room.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT