Every Word is a one-minute, Bible-based devotional presented by John Bradshaw, designed to provide a daily dose of spiritual reflection in the midst of a busy schedule.
You can't go wrong. “For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.” - Revelation 4:11 (NKJV)
They've been doing it for years. “They that worship [God] must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.” - John 4:24 (KJV)
That was next-level spite. “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.” - Acts 9:13 (NKJV)
He saved as many as Schindler. “He who wins souls is wise.” - Proverbs 11:30 (NKJV)
You'll be remembered for something. “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.” - Acts 3:19 (NKJV)
Can we trust God when things don't work out? “Fear not, for I am with you.” - Isaiah 43:5 (NKJV)
Hopefully we can learn. “Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” - Ephesians 6:4 (KJV)
The man with the golden arm. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” - 1 John 1:7 (NKJV)
Grace isn't a free pass. “Go and sin no more.” - John 8:11 (NKJV)
Don't condemn yourself. “Neither do I condemn you.” - John 8:11 (NKJV)
It becomes slavery. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” - 2 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV)
It doesn't mean God isn't leading you. “And it came to pass, when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan,… the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; that they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.” - Joshua 9:1–2 (KJV)
Some mistakes can be costly. “Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” - Romans 6:13 (KJV)
You can't always know what's beneath the surface. “Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another.” - Colossians 3:12-13 (NKJV)
The $50,000 gift. “Be kind to one another.” - Ephesians 4:32 (NKJV)
It is possible for you. “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” - Proverbs 16:32 (NKJV)
Back then, it was a death sentence. “And Jesus answering said, ‘Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?'” - Luke 17:17 (KJV)
You'll wonder why you waited so long. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” - Exodus 20:8-10 (KJV)
Some things are important. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” - Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
The best decision of all. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” - Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
This wasn't just life advice. “He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.” - Matthew 10:1 (KJV)
The authorities were watching. “Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” - Revelation 20:12 (KJV)
This life is for learning. “The wrath of the Lord was aroused against the people.” - Numbers 11:33 (NKJV)
He won't force you. “But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed,… the Lord struck the people with a very great plague.” - Numbers 11:33 (NKJV)
She turned back to her faith. “Come, and let us return unto the Lord.” - Hosea 6:1 (KJV)
You'll begin to thrive. “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” - Matthew 9:2 (NKJV)
I would have been there when the bomb exploded. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” - Romans 8:28 (KJV)
More pyramids than Egypt. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” - Psalm 116:15 (KJV)
Be remembered for the right reasons. “The righteous man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him.” - Proverbs 20:7 (NKJV)
Shun it like the plague. “The wages of sin is death.” - Romans 6:23 (KJV)
Food fight! “Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” - Jonah 1:17 (KJV)
There has to be a better way. “Leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” - Matthew 5:24 (NKJV)
The rest doesn't really matter. “The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.” - Proverbs 11:3 (KJV)
Dr. Christiaan Barnard was not the first. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” - Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV)
Figure out how to get along. “Now I plead with you,… that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” - 1 Corinthians 1:10 (NKJV)
God still works miracles. “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.” - Joel 2:28 (KJV)
Your relationship with God will flourish. “Though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.” - 2 Corinthians 4:16 (NASB)
You become part of the problem. “Honour the king.” - 1 Peter 2:17 (KJV)
Committed to the greater good. “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.” - Romans 13:1 (KJV)
The devil will find out. “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” - 1 Timothy 6:6 (KJV)
Not my style… “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” - Philippians 4:8 (KJV)
That seems like a lot. “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” - Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
“5,000 miles of hell.” “So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.” - Romans 8:8-9 (NKJV)
Money can do a lot. “Honor the Lord with your possessions.” - Proverbs 3:9 (NKJV)
The Galapagos of Africa. “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” - John 12:32 (KJV)