Connect the sunday message to your week!
These short devotionals help bridge the gap between sunday services. We pray this resource will help you grow in your journey with Jesus! If you'd like to join the New Testament-in-a-year reading, additional scripture for that is provided at the bottom of each section.
Day 1
Anchored in the Word
Reading: Joshua 1:7-8
Devotional: God commanded Joshua to keep His Word constantly before him — not occasionally, not conveniently, but day and night. The Word of God is not a supplement to your life; it is the anchor of your life. When storms rise, and they will rise, the believer who has saturated his heart with Scripture does not drift. He holds. A buoy tossed by ocean waves does not float away because a chain connects it to something immovable beneath the surface. That immovable foundation is Jesus Christ, revealed through His Word. Open it. Read it. Listen to it. Let it anchor you today.
Reflection: What is one practical step you can take this week to spend more consistent time in Scripture?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 2
Reading: Joshua 1:7-8
Devotional: God commanded Joshua to keep His Word constantly before him — not occasionally, not conveniently, but day and night. The Word of God is not a supplement to your life; it is the anchor of your life. When storms rise, and they will rise, the believer who has saturated his heart with Scripture does not drift. He holds. A buoy tossed by ocean waves does not float away because a chain connects it to something immovable beneath the surface. That immovable foundation is Jesus Christ, revealed through His Word. Open it. Read it. Listen to it. Let it anchor you today.
Reflection: What is one practical step you can take this week to spend more consistent time in Scripture?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 2
Day 2
Guarding Your Influences
Reading: Joshua 23:7-13
Devotional: Joshua warned Israel with unmistakable clarity: the people you align yourself with will shape the direction of your life. This is not a racial warning — it is a spiritual one. Light and darkness do not coexist peacefully. Darkness does not require power to exist; it simply fills the space where light is absent. But you carry the light of God within you. The question is whether the relationships surrounding you are drawing you closer to Christ or pulling you quietly away. Examine your closest influences honestly and prayerfully. The company you keep today shapes the person you become tomorrow.
Reflection: Are there relationships in your life right now that are consistently pulling you away from God rather than toward Him?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 3
Reading: Joshua 23:7-13
Devotional: Joshua warned Israel with unmistakable clarity: the people you align yourself with will shape the direction of your life. This is not a racial warning — it is a spiritual one. Light and darkness do not coexist peacefully. Darkness does not require power to exist; it simply fills the space where light is absent. But you carry the light of God within you. The question is whether the relationships surrounding you are drawing you closer to Christ or pulling you quietly away. Examine your closest influences honestly and prayerfully. The company you keep today shapes the person you become tomorrow.
Reflection: Are there relationships in your life right now that are consistently pulling you away from God rather than toward Him?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 3
Day 3
Clinging to the Lord
Reading: Joshua 23:8-11
Devotional: The Hebrew word for "cling" in Joshua 23:8 is the same word used in Genesis 2:24 to describe a husband cleaving to his wife. Joshua was not using casual language. He was describing an intimate, devoted, relentless pursuit of God. This is what faithfulness looks like — not a distant acknowledgment of God's existence, but a daily, deliberate drawing close to His presence. Jesus echoed this in John 15 when He called His disciples to abide in Him. One man clinging to the Lord, according to Joshua 23:10, could put a thousand to flight. Imagine what a life fully surrendered to God can accomplish.
Reflection: In what areas of your life have you been keeping God at a comfortable distance rather than clinging to Him fully?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 4
Reading: Joshua 23:8-11
Devotional: The Hebrew word for "cling" in Joshua 23:8 is the same word used in Genesis 2:24 to describe a husband cleaving to his wife. Joshua was not using casual language. He was describing an intimate, devoted, relentless pursuit of God. This is what faithfulness looks like — not a distant acknowledgment of God's existence, but a daily, deliberate drawing close to His presence. Jesus echoed this in John 15 when He called His disciples to abide in Him. One man clinging to the Lord, according to Joshua 23:10, could put a thousand to flight. Imagine what a life fully surrendered to God can accomplish.
Reflection: In what areas of your life have you been keeping God at a comfortable distance rather than clinging to Him fully?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 4
Day 4
Freedom From What Holds You Back
Reading: Isaiah 61:1-3
Devotional: Jesus stood in the synagogue and declared that He had come to set captives free. That declaration was not only for the people in that room that day — it is for you today. Whatever chain has followed you into this week, whether it is anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, or shame, it does not have the final word over your life. God does not simply save people and leave them bound. He saves and He liberates. You cannot run well when chains are wrapped around your ankles. The same power that raised Jesus from the grave is available to break what is holding you back. Surrender it today.
Reflection: What is one area of bondage or persistent struggle that you have not yet fully surrendered to God in prayer?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 5
Reading: Isaiah 61:1-3
Devotional: Jesus stood in the synagogue and declared that He had come to set captives free. That declaration was not only for the people in that room that day — it is for you today. Whatever chain has followed you into this week, whether it is anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, or shame, it does not have the final word over your life. God does not simply save people and leave them bound. He saves and He liberates. You cannot run well when chains are wrapped around your ankles. The same power that raised Jesus from the grave is available to break what is holding you back. Surrender it today.
Reflection: What is one area of bondage or persistent struggle that you have not yet fully surrendered to God in prayer?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 5
Day 5
Finish Strong
Reading: 2 Timothy 4:7-8
Devotional: Paul wrote his final words to Timothy from a prison cell, facing execution, and declared that he had fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith. He was not coasting. He was not bitter. He was not retreating. He was finishing strong. Joshua, at the very end of his life, gathered an entire nation and challenged them not to drift but to press forward. The finish line is not a place to slow down — it is a place to accelerate. Whatever season of life you are in right now, God is not finished with you. Stay faithful. Keep taking territory. Finish well.
Reflection: What would it look like for you to finish this season of your life stronger than you started it?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 6
Reading: 2 Timothy 4:7-8
Devotional: Paul wrote his final words to Timothy from a prison cell, facing execution, and declared that he had fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith. He was not coasting. He was not bitter. He was not retreating. He was finishing strong. Joshua, at the very end of his life, gathered an entire nation and challenged them not to drift but to press forward. The finish line is not a place to slow down — it is a place to accelerate. Whatever season of life you are in right now, God is not finished with you. Stay faithful. Keep taking territory. Finish well.
Reflection: What would it look like for you to finish this season of your life stronger than you started it?
New Testament-in-a-Year Reading: 2 Corinthians 6