It’s easy to read Jesus’ words—“ask anything in My name and I will do it”—as if He’s handing us a blank check. But our hearts instinctively know it can’t mean asking for anything and everything without boundaries. A Christian athlete praying for sunshine and a Christian farmer praying for rain can’t both receive their wish if Christ’s name is simply a spiritual tagline.

Today’s reflection from A.B. Simpson invites us to fix our eyes on Jesus so intently that His image becomes imprinted upon every facet of our lives. Just as those Greeks approached Philip with a sincere longing—“Sir, we want to see Jesus”—we too are drawn by the Spirit into deeper vision, one that alters how we perceive everything else.

Today’s devotional from Bob Hoekstra reminds us that the Christian life begins by grace and continues by grace—not by effort, striving, or willpower. Paul’s words to the Galatians confront the absurdity of beginning with the Spirit but trying to finish the race with the flesh. The same Spirit who brought us new life is the One who grows that life within us.

Oswald Chambers invites us into the simple, stunning reality of abiding with Christ—not for a moment, not even just a day, but continually. Many of us begin well—we hear Jesus say, “Come,” and we do. We enter into sweet fellowship with Him. But then life interrupts. Worries press in, self-focus returns, and the nearness of Christ seems to drift into the background. Chambers reminds us that abiding in Christ is not situational—it’s unconditional. No life circumstance excludes His presence. He is the One who makes His home in us.

Many believers have never tasted the simplicity and joy of enjoying the Lord—not merely knowing about Him, but delighting in His presence moment by moment. Today’s devotional from Witness Lee invites us into this refreshing reality: that we can experience peace, release, and joy simply by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus.

When we first awaken to the seriousness of our call as Christ-followers, it’s common to grieve over how feeble our love for Him seems. We want to love Him more purely, more faithfully, more consistently—but we discover our love is often selfish, distracted, and weak. Yet the answer is not in trying harder to love Him more. It is in resting deeper in the truth of His great love for us.

E. Stanley Jones takes us to 1 Corinthians 7:21–22 to unveil a liberating truth: in Christ, every believer is called. Not just pastors, missionaries, or those in formal ministry—but every man, woman, and child indwelt by Christ carries a divine calling. Even a slave in Paul’s day was not without purpose, for he was “called in the Lord.” This calling sanctifies even the most mundane or constrained earthly circumstance.

Ray Stedman reminds us that the fullness of Jesus Christ is not revealed in isolated believers, but through shared life in the Body of Christ. The promise of “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them” (Matthew 18:20) isn’t about quantity, status, or visibility. It’s about presence—Christ’s presence manifesting through unity, humility, and shared dependence on Him.

Today’s reflection from A.B. Simpson reminds me that life truly shifts when Christ becomes not only our Savior but our energizing source. The psalmist paints a picture of divine vigor—“the dew of Your youth”—fresh, invincible, radiant with early-morning readiness. It’s a call to behold Jesus in His victorious glory, so vibrant and alive that weariness and small frustrations lose their power to distract.

God’s grace is not just a pardon—it’s a pathway. Today’s reflection from Bob Hoekstra reminds us that obedience isn’t born of grit but of grace. Romans 6:14 assures us that sin no longer has dominion over us—not because we’ve become better rule-keepers, but because we are no longer under the law. We are under grace. And grace does what law never could: it transforms from within.

Today’s devotional from Oswald Chambers highlights the transformative simplicity of Jesus’ invitation: Come to Me. It’s not a call to more striving or moral checklist-living, but a summons into a relationship that reorders the heart and infuses the soul with divine vitality. Chambers emphasizes that true rest isn’t passive—it’s an enlivening rest, a Spirit-sustained kind of living.

Today’s reflection from Abide Above reminds us of the staggering truth of our spiritual inheritance in Christ. Though the flesh remains present in our mortal experience, we are no longer in the flesh—we are in the Spirit, and that changes everything.

This morning’s reflection from Witness Lee presses gently yet firmly into one of the most sensitive areas of the heart—how we handle money. The Word doesn't say money itself is evil, but the love of money—a disordered craving—is a root from which all kinds of evils grow. It quietly shifts our allegiance from Christ to control, from generosity to self-preservation, from integrity to compromise.

Paul moves from instructing Timothy on church leadership to preparing him for life and ministry within a culture gone adrift. The opening verses reveal a world where people have rejected the goodness of God—denying the beauty of marriage and the nourishment of food. But Paul calls such rejection demonic, not holy. True godliness, Paul insists, receives God’s gifts with thanksgiving rather than scorn. In a world full of self-made restrictions and religious performance, Paul urges believers to see creation not through suspicion but through celebration.

God’s gospel crosses every boundary—He welcomed Cornelius (a Gentile “God‑fearer”) through his generosity, prayer, and fasting, then sovereignly orchestrated Peter’s vision to declare that Christ’s message and Spirit are for all who believe. Cornelius received the Spirit and baptism without adopting Jewish ritual law, revealing that new covenant inclusion is by faith in Christ alone, not cultural or ceremonial credentials. Peter’s realization—that no person should be deemed unclean—shattered longstanding divisions and sealed God’s corporate purposes in unity.

E. Stanley Jones draws our attention again to the rich phrase in 1 Corinthians 6:11: “you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” He highlights how our transformation—cleansing, setting apart, and being declared righteous—is rooted in the name and the Spirit. These are not mere religious terms, but anchors of divine reality.

In today’s reflection, Ray Stedman invites us to see Jesus’ instruction on prayer—“ask, seek, knock”—as more than repetition. It’s a progression. While all three come with the same promise—that God responds—the depth and persistence differ.

Jesus makes no distinction between trusting Him for spiritual needs and trusting Him for physical ones. In fact, He highlights that our Father already knows what we need—down to the very clothes on our backs and food on our tables. But material trust often feels harder. When it comes to spiritual growth or emotional comfort, we may convince ourselves we’re “trusting” even when we’re subtly leaning on our own understanding. But when the refrigerator is empty or the bills pile up, such illusions vanish.

Today’s reflection from Bob Hoekstra centers on the reassuring and instructive truth that God Himself is the One who produces obedience in us—and He alone deserves the glory for it. Hebrews 13:20–21 reminds us that it is “the God of peace” who makes us complete in every good work and works within us what is well pleasing in His sight—through Jesus Christ.

Oswald Chambers challenges us to examine what drives our pursuit of God. He warns that if we’re seeking fulfillment from life rather than from God Himself, we may be chasing self-realization, not transformation. Such seeking leads us further from God, not closer.