Devotions for Faith and Prayer

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines…—Habakkuk 3:17 (NIV)

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.”—Matthew 13:45-46 (NIV)

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.—Romans 12:12 (NIV)

There are six things the Lord hates…. and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.—Proverbs 6:16, 19 (NIV)

“Everything is possible for one who believes.”—Mark 9:23 (NIV)

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”—John 11:25-26 (NIV)

Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’—Luke 19:20-21 (NIV)

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?—Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)

“Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail.”—Luke 22:31-32 (NKJV)