One Verse Devotional

“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” We need to keep this verse close to us at all times. If you have ever experienced heartache, pain, or disappointment in your life, this verse is for you. I love this verse because it is the answer to so many questions. How many times have you looked at God and asked, “Lord, I don’t know how I’m going to get through this. I don’t know how I can overcome this pain. I don’t know how I can face this sickness. I don’t know how we’re going to pay this bill. Are You there? Can You help me?” Have you asked those questions. I have. And for each of those situations, Jeremiah 32:27 is the answer. Keep this verse in your wallet. Keep it in your purse. And when you have one of those deep life questions, take it out and read God’s answer. “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” No, Lord. There isn’t.

Are you letting some things replace the best God has for your life? On today’s One Verse, Jeremiah is gonna drop a Truth bomb on us. In Jeremiah 10, God and Jeremiah have a conversation about how crazy it it that men will hire a craftsman to cut down a tree and carve an idol. How does that even compare to God? Well, we probably don’t have a lot of “worthless wooden idols” in our house. Or do we? I know I have some electronic idols. An idol is anything that can pull us away from God.

God has a plan for your life, a plan for Hope and a future. Your past may be filled with mistakes and regrets. You current reality may be uncertain and you aren’t where you hoped you would be. But God has not forgotten you. He has a plan for your life. He wants to protect you from harm. He wants to give you a future. He is your Hope.

Jeremiah didn’t have the easiest life. He even told God that He deceived him. That’s pretty bold. Our One Verse today comes just two verses later. Even though Jeremiah was frustrated, he knew that God’s message was a fire in his bones he could not contain. I love this verse. I think this is a rally cry for anyone who desires to be a Light Bearer and a true follower of Jesus. The message of Love of Jesus is like a fire we cannot control. We don’t need to be preaching on the street corners. But for anyone that is serious about following Jesus, His message will pour out of us.

One of the deepest needs that every person shares is to “know and be known”. In today’s One Verse, we learn that God knows you. He loves you. He has a plan for you. We are in the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah was an Old Testament prophet who, frankly, had a pretty tough life. Yet, with all the pain he went through, we still find some of the most uplifting and encouraging verses in the Bible in His writings. Today, God wants you to know that He loves you, He knows you deeply, and He created a plan for your life before you were even born. That is how special you are to God!

We all need a little encouragement. For me, Tuesday was rough. Thank you to everyone who reach out. Let us continue to reflect the Love of Jesus to others who need it and build them up, as well.

I prayed for you today. Right on the podcast. If you need some prayer and you are wondering what God has for your future, today’s One Verse is for you.

When we trust God, He lets us in on His plans. Do you have some questions for God? I do. Right now, my family is in the middle of a transition. We are happy where we are at, but we know it isn’t long term. We have some serious God questions. How long will this take? What are we supposed to do next? That is why I love today’s One Verse. It promises us that if we trust God and fear Him with awe and respect, He will let us in on His plans. He will trust us and confide in us. The One Verse Devotional Bible study is provided by Phosphorus Project. About the One Verse Devotional Podcast One Verse is a short, free podcast devotional designed to help you grow closer to God through less than 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Is it hard to find time to spend with God and grow your Christian faith? The One Verse Devotional is a short, 5 minute podcast where we grow deeper in our faith through just one verse a day, Monday through Friday. A practical and encouraging look at the Bible, now you can spend time with God wheneve

Are you taking responsibility for your own spiritual life or just blindly following someone else? Do you take your Bible to church? Do you follow along with your pastor on the Bible App? Or do you just take for granted that whatever they project on the screen is actually in the Bible? No, I am not saying your pastor is lying to you. I am saying that we should be taking responsibility for our own spiritual life. In our One Verse, the Berean Jews were comparing everything that Paul taught against what Scripture taught. I think it would be wise for us to do the same. You aren’t showing disrespect to your pastor. Instead, you are learning how to feed yourself. The One Verse Devotional Bible study is provided by Phosphorus Project. About the One Verse Devotional Podcast One Verse is a short, free podcast devotional designed to help you grow closer to God through less than 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Is it hard to find time to spend with God and grow your Christian faith? The One Verse Devotional is a short, 5

“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!" Our One Verse today comes from the book of Joshua. Joshua was the leader of Israel in the Old Testament after Moses. He took the Israelites into the Promised Land. At the end of his life, after years of service and leadership to his people. He made one of his final addresses. In a sense, he drew a line in the sand. You can serve whoever you want to serve, but me and my household will continue to serve the Lord. What an inspiring message! He could of said anything, but this wise, old leader new what really mattered. Stay close to God. My prayer is this will be a phrase you live by in your own life. Will you serve the Lord?

God has invited you to participate in His grand story. Yesterday, we learned that God has already given us everything we need to live our purpose. Today’s One Verse is the very next verse. In 2 Peter 1:4, we learn that God has given us His great and precious promises. God’s promises are awesome! But our One Verse doesn’t stop there. It lets us know why we have these promises… Because God has invited us into His story. We have been given a role to play, and He wants us to participate in what He is doing.

God has already given you everything you need to live your purpose. Do you know God’s will for your life? Have you discovered your purpose? A lot of people struggle with this. We think, “Well, if I just had this gift or that person’s skills. If only had (fill in the blank), I would be able to find God’s will for my life and live out my purpose. Well, today’s One Verse teaches us that we have been given everything we need. It’s like our Spiritual DNA. You have the gifts, skills, personality, and passion to live out God’s purpose for your life.

This is the 500th episode of the One Verse Devotional podcast! I can hardly believe it. A little over two years ago, I had no idea how to create or produce a podcast. Yet, I felt like it was a God thing. I dove in deep and learned everything I could, quickly. I launched the One Verse Devotional with a lot of uncertainty, but even more passion. Since then, I’ve heard from so many people who have said they appreciate the devotional and that it helps them connect to God on a daily basis. This brings me such joy, knowing that I can share in small part of their faith journey. I wanted you to hear from some of my friends, as well as other community members. Today’s episode is a different (and longer!). Listen in as listeners, just like you, share some of their favorite One Verses with us today. I was honored that they were willing to give me their time. I truly love you all. I am here because of you. I do very little promotion of the podcast. It has grown to more than 12,000 downloads a month all because of YOU! Pl

Prayer is powerful. It is how we communicate with God. But I take prayer for granted many times. Do you? In the book of 1st Timothy, the Apostle Paul is mentoring Timothy and, literally tells him to start with prayer, first. Have we forgotten the importance of prayer, today? I get so busy that I rarely find myself on my knees. Our One Verse, 1 Timothy 2:1, gives us three unique prayers that we should be investing in: petitions, intercession, and thanksgiving. Let’s take some time to pray today: for friends, for family, for our leaders, and for the troubles and injustices in our world. But don’t stop there. Let’s also give thanks to God for all that He is doing (and will do!) in our lives. The One Verse Devotional Bible study is provided by Phosphorus Project. About the One Verse Devotional Podcast One Verse is a short, free podcast devotional designed to help you grow closer to God through less than 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Is it hard to find time to spend with God and grow your Christian faith? The On

God can do more than we ask or even imagine, and His power is at work in your life. I don’t know about you, but I can imagine a lot! Yet, today’s One Verse teaches us that God can do more than we can ask or even imagine! And it doesn’t stop there. Paul reminds us that God is at work in our lives. If we are followers of Jesus, His power lives within us. This isn’t the self-help “tap into your potential” kind of power. This is the Power of God living inside you. God is at work behind the scenes even when we don’t realize it. We can now face the future and our greatest challenges knowing that we have a loving God who cares for us, and nothing is too big for Him! The One Verse Devotional Bible study is provided by Phosphorus Project. About the One Verse Devotional Podcast One Verse is a short, free podcast devotional designed to help you grow closer to God through less than 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Is it hard to find time to spend with God and grow your Christian faith? The One Verse Devotional is a short,

Viktor Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who wrote the book, “Man’s Search for Meaning” where he discovered that at the core of all people is a need to find purpose. Frankl said, “What man actually needs is... the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.” What does this have to do with our One Verse today? Everything! Paul said in Philippians 3:14: “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Paul lived with meaning. He had purpose as he pressed on to strive for the goal God placed in his life. Viktor Frankl said we actually get in trouble when we just sit around and wonder about life. Does God love me? Does God hear me? Does God have a purpose for my life? Instead, we need to get busy! Meaning and purpose comes from diving into a goal and a project. This is what we see in the life of Paul. He was striving toward the goal God placed in his life to win the prize. For us, I think it’s time to get off the couch. It’s time

Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice so we could receive the ultimate gift. Matthew 27:50 is the verse that changed history. In this moment, Jesus took on the weight of the world. He bore the wrongdoings of every man and woman that has ever lived or ever will live. Jesus paid the sin-debt of death for all of humanity. In the beginning, God and humankind enjoyed a perfect relationship, spending everyday together. But sin changed that. God is perfect and holy, and He can not associate with sin, evil, or injustice. It is against His very nature. By our own sin, we had separated ourselves from God. And only one penalty could heal our sin-debt: death. Blood would need to be shed. It was the only way. Jesus lived a perfect life in an imperfect world. He was innocent, the one human that did not need to appease the blood-debt. But He stood in our place. He took on our debt and paid the price with His life. Now, through His death, our debt has been paid. And through His resurrection, death and hell and sin have been conq

We are just a few days away from Easter Sunday, and we are looking at a verse every day this week out of the last week of Jesus’s life here on earth. Today’s One Verse comes from the Last Supper. Jesus gives us a new command. You might remember from earlier this week that Jesus quoted the Old Testament with He was asked what the greatest commandment was. He was answering an “expert” in the law who was trying to trick Him. So Jesus quoted the Old Testament law to turn the tables on this expert. But today Jesus is in the upper room with his closest disciples and gives us all a new commandment. What is this new commandment that Jesus gives us? To love one another as Jesus has loved us. As we enter Easter weekend, let’s remember how much Jesus gave for us because of His Love and show that same love for others that we encounter each and every day. The One Verse Devotional Bible study is provided by Phosphorus Project. About the One Verse Devotional Podcast One Verse is a short, free podcast devotional designed to

How can we effectively love our neighbor? Today’s One Verse is like “part 2” of yesterday’s verse. In this story, Jesus is being tested by one of the “experts” of the law. While Jesus normally answered one question with another question, this time He had no problem putting this guy in his place. But through this interaction, we are able to discover the first and second greatest commandments. Jesus said “all the laws and prophets hang on these two commandments.” What did he mean? Can the entire Christian life be summarized in just two commands? And if this is true, that means if we learn how to love God and love people, we would be well on our way to living a life full of worship and purpose! The One Verse Devotional Bible study is provided by Phosphorus Project. About the One Verse Devotional Podcast One Verse is a short, free podcast devotional designed to help you grow closer to God through less than 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Is it hard to find time to spend with God and grow your Christian faith? The

Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind. As we look to Easter, we are looking at a verse, each day, from the last week of Jesus’s life. It’s funny how many times Jesus doesn’t answer a direct question in the Bible. He usually answers a question with another question. He wants people to think and dive deeper. That is, until someone is trying to test Jesus. Then He doesn’t mess around! Well, today’s One Verse is one of those times. It is during Holy Week, the last week before Jesus goes to the cross. An “expert” in the law is trying to test Jesus, and we get to listen in and hear from Jesus as He answers the question: “Which is the greatest commandment?” The One Verse Devotional Bible study is provided by Phosphorus Project. About the One Verse Devotional Podcast One Verse is a short, free podcast devotional designed to help you grow closer to God through less than 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Is it hard to find time to spend with God and grow your Christian fai