What is the nc daily devotional?
Join us as we read through the whole Bible in three years beginning January 2025. Each week, we read chapters of the Old and New Testaments and The Psalms, and the daily devotional highlights a scripture to guide and enrich your Bible reading.
Psalm 80
by: Garet Arnold
07/20/2026
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Psalm 80 is a heartfelt prayer asking God to restore His people after a season of discipline and suffering. The psalmist repeatedly pleads, "Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved," while describing Israel as God's vine that has been broken down and ravaged. The psalm ends with hope that God will once again strengthen His people and revive them.
Seasons of spiritual dryness should drive us toward repentance rather than despair. God delights in
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Romans 1
by: Garet Arnold
07/19/2026
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Romans 1 introduces Paul’s desire to preach the gospel in Rome and declares that the gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. Paul explains that God has revealed Himself clearly through creation, leaving humanity without excuse for rejecting Him. Because people exchanged the truth of God for lies and worshiped created things instead of the Creator, God gave them over to the consequences of their sinful desires and hardened hearts.
God’s judgment of
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Job 2-3
by: Garet Arnold
07/18/2026
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Satan was permitted to test Job further, and Job was struck with painful sores from head to toe while even his wife urged him to abandon his faith. Job refused to curse God, but his suffering became so overwhelming that chapter 3 records his raw lament as he questioned why he had been born and poured out his grief before God. Job did not lose his faith, but he honestly brought his pain into God’s presence.
The book of Job reminds us that faithfulness does not mean pretendin
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Job 1
by: Garet Arnold
07/17/2026
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Job is introduced as a righteous and God-fearing man who experienced tremendous blessing, yet behind the scenes Satan challenged the sincerity of Job’s faith. God allowed Job to be tested, and in one devastating day Job lost his livestock, servants, and all of his children. In unimaginable grief, Job mourned deeply but responded with worship, declaring, “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Faith becomes most visible not when life is
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Esther 9-10
by: Garet Arnold
07/16/2026
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When the day of destruction arrived, the Jewish people were instead given victory over those who intended to harm them, and mourning was turned into celebration. This became the foundation for the Feast of Purim, a yearly reminder that God had preserved and delivered His people. The book closes with Mordecai serving in leadership and using his position to seek the good of others rather than his own advancement.
One of the most powerful themes of Esther is that God is workin
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Esther 8
by: Garet Arnold
07/15/2026
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After Haman’s downfall, Esther pleaded with the king to stop the destruction that had been decreed against the Jewish people. Because the king’s law could not simply be revoked, a new decree was issued allowing the Jews to defend themselves, and Mordecai was elevated into Haman’s position of influence. What began as mourning and fear turned into relief and hope as God continued to preserve His people.
God’s deliverance does not always erase every consequence immediately, bu
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Psalm 79
by: Garet Arnold
07/14/2026
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Psalm 79 is a lament over Jerusalem’s destruction and the suffering of God’s people at the hands of their enemies. The psalm cries out for mercy, justice, forgiveness, and restoration while appealing to God’s name and glory. Even in devastation, the people continue turning toward God instead of away from Him.
Prayer is not reserved for peaceful seasons—it is often most powerful in seasons of grief and disappointment. God invites us to bring both our sorrow and our hope into
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Acts 28
by: Garet Arnold
07/13/2026
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After surviving the shipwreck, Paul ministers on Malta through kindness, miracles, and healing before finally arriving in Rome. Though still under guard, he continues preaching boldly and welcoming all who come to hear. The book of Acts ends not with closure but with the Gospel continuing to advance.
The mission of God does not stop because circumstances become inconvenient. Open doors and chained hands can exist at the same time.
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Acts 27
by: Garet Arnold
07/12/2026
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Paul is transported by ship toward Rome and becomes caught in a violent storm that threatens everyone aboard. Though a prisoner, Paul becomes the calmest and most faith-filled voice on the ship, encouraging everyone because God had promised preservation. After great loss and fear, the ship is destroyed but every life is spared exactly as God said.
Peace does not come from controlling the storm but from trusting the God who stands above it. When others panic, believers have
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Esther 7
by: Garet Arnold
07/11/2026
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At the second banquet, Esther revealed her identity as a Jew and courageously exposed Haman’s plan to destroy her people. The king’s anger burned against Haman, and in a dramatic reversal Haman was executed on the very gallows he had built for Mordecai. What began as hidden fear turned into public deliverance as God overturned evil through courage and providence.
Pride often builds the very trap it eventually falls into, while humility and faith place us where God can work.
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Esther 6
by: Garet Arnold
07/10/2026
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That night the king could not sleep and ordered the royal records to be read, discovering that Mordecai had never been rewarded for uncovering the assassination plot. In an ironic reversal, Haman arrived intending to request Mordecai’s execution but instead was ordered to publicly honor Mordecai throughout the city. God’s unseen providence turned the entire direction of events without Esther or Mordecai controlling any of it.
God is working even in the details that seem ran
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Esther 5
by: Garet Arnold
07/09/2026
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Esther courageously approached the king and unexpectedly found favor in his sight, receiving an invitation to ask for what she wanted. Rather than immediately revealing Haman’s plot, she wisely invited the king and Haman to two banquets, showing patience and discernment. Meanwhile, Haman left proud and confident until seeing Mordecai again filled him with anger and led him to prepare gallows for Mordecai’s execution.
Wisdom is not always loud or rushed; sometimes faith wait
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Esther 4
by: Garet Arnold
07/08/2026
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When Mordecai learned of the decree, he mourned publicly and urged Esther to intervene with the king on behalf of her people. Esther hesitated because approaching the king uninvited could cost her life, but Mordecai challenged her with the possibility that she had come to her position “for such a time as this.” Esther called for fasting and resolved to act, saying, “If I perish, I perish.”
God’s calling often meets us at the intersection of fear and opportunity. Esther 4 re
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Esther 3
by: Garet Arnold
07/07/2026
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Haman was elevated to a position of authority in the kingdom, and everyone was commanded to bow before him, but Mordecai refused. Enraged by Mordecai’s refusal, Haman’s anger grew beyond one man and he plotted to destroy all the Jewish people throughout the empire, convincing the king to issue a decree for their destruction. What looked like a political decision was actually the beginning of a spiritual and covenant crisis for God’s people.
There are moments when faithfulne
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Psalm 78B
by: Garet Arnold
07/06/2026
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The second half of Psalm 78 continues recounting Israel’s repeated rebellion despite God’s repeated mercy and deliverance. God disciplines His people but never abandons His covenant purposes, eventually choosing Judah, Zion, and David to shepherd His people. The psalm ends with hope as God provides a faithful shepherd after generations of failure.
Human failure does not cancel God’s faithfulness. Even when people fall short again and again, God continues working His redempt
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