Singing at midnight in a Philippian prison: Paul, Silas and the jailer in Acts 16
In Acts 16, Paul and Silas are beaten and locked in the inner prison at Philippi. At midnight they pray and sing hymns, an earthquake opens…
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Devotionals
Short Bible-based devotionals to encourage your faith each day.
Water into wine: the wedding at Cana and Jesus’s first sign
In John 2, Jesus, his mother and his disciples attend a wedding at Cana in Galilee. When the wine runs out, Mary tells Jesus. He has…
“Did not our heart burn within us?”: the road to Emmaus in Luke 24
On the day of the resurrection, two disciples walk sadly from Jerusalem to Emmaus. A stranger joins them and explains the Scriptures. At dinner, when he…
“But if not”: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace
In Daniel 3, King Nebuchadnezzar orders everyone to bow to a golden image. Three young Jewish officials, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, refuse. Threatened with a burning…
“Speak; for thy servant heareth”: the boy Samuel hears God’s call
In 1 Samuel 3, the young Samuel is serving under the priest Eli at Shiloh when he hears a voice calling his name in the night.…
A night visit and the most famous verse in the Bible: Nicodemus in John 3
In John 3, Nicodemus, a Pharisee and ruler of the Jews, comes to Jesus by night. Jesus tells him that a man must be "born again"…
Five loaves, two fishes and a boy’s lunch: the feeding of the five thousand
The feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle of Jesus, apart from the resurrection, recorded in all four Gospels. In John's account, a boy…
A bush that burned but was not consumed: Moses meets God in Exodus 3
In Exodus 3, Moses, a fugitive shepherd in Midian, sees a bush burning without being consumed. God speaks from the bush, calls him to lead Israel…
“Not my will, but thine”: Jesus prays in Gethsemane
On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus went to Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives to pray. In deep distress, He asked the Father to take…
Fire on Mount Carmel: Elijah and the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18
In 1 Kings 18, after three years of drought, the prophet Elijah challenges 450 prophets of Baal to a contest on Mount Carmel. They call on…