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.
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)
God won't pay you back. “Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” - James 2:17 (NKJV)
There are things in the Bible like that. “Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?” - Job 11:7 (NKJV)
You are treasured. “‘They shall be mine,' says the Lord of hosts, ‘on the day that I make them my jewels.'” - Malachi 3:17 (NKJV)
The opportunity to look forward. “There shall be no more death.” - Revelation 21:4 (KJV)
True faith is so much simpler. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.” - Acts 16:31 (NKJV)
People will want to go. “How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” - Romans 10:15 (KJV)
People can have that issue. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
Nothing is too hard for God. “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” - Matthew 24:14 (KJV)
You never get it back. “So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.” - Ephesians 5:15-16 (NASB)
There were allegations of bribery and corruption. “You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.” - Deuteronomy 16:19 (NKJV)
Jesus is coming back soon. “There was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood." - Revelation 6:12 (KJV)
We'll see a whole lot more. “...removes kings, and raises up kings.” - Daniel 2:21 (NKJV)
They might be in a rough place. “And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.” - Luke 6:31 (NKJV)
It's a big tourist attraction. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice.” - Romans 12:1 (KJV)
It was the happiest place in the world. “You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” - Psalm 16:11 (NKJV)
Preparation for that great day. “Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.” - Genesis 11:7 (KJV)
The road doesn't exist. “All the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.” - Joshua 3:17 (KJV)
That's always a little sobering… “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him?” - Psalm 8:3-4 (NKJV)
That's everything. “When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.” - 2 Timothy 1:5 (NKJV)
There's something seriously wrong. “Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” - Philippians 2:1-2 (NKJV)
It's very possible. “When they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.” - Matthew 2:11 (KJV)
The luster wears off. “When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.” - Romans 6:20-21 (NKJV)
They were warned. “Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.” - Proverbs 19:20 (NKJV)
What's attracting your attention? “...looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” - Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
Your life will take on a whole new meaning. “Come over into Macedonia, and help us.” - Acts 16:9 (KJV)
Christianity asks for more. “For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.” - 1 Peter 2:20 (NKJV)
How can they sleep at night? “...speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.” - 1 Timothy 4:2 (KJV)
This is where sin gets you. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” - 2 Timothy 3:1 (KJV)