Daily Family Devotionals - Chasing a Lion

Here are 365 daily family devotionals that I created and used when raising my children. These are written to benefit all ages, from little children to mature Christian adults.

January

January 1 – Before the Beginning
January 2 – Consequences of Sin
January 3 – When Godly Isn’t Popular
January 4 – Keep GOD in Your Plans
January 5 – Sometimes Greener Isn’t Better
January 6 – When GOD Speaks
January 7 – For Ten Righteous
January 8 – If They Had Only Trusted GOD
January 9 – When GOD Tests
January 10 – GOD Answers the Prayer of Abraham’s Servant
January 11 – The Power of the Flesh
January 12 – Deception Brings Pain
January 13 – Dealing with Dishonest People
January 14 – Trusting GOD can be Scary
January 15 – Dealing with Disappointment
January 16 – When GOD Promises
January 17 – Be Careful What You Say
January 18 – Obeying GOD Always Pays Off
January 19 – The Weight of a Guilty Conscience
January 20 – True Forgiveness and Seventeen Years
January 21 – Recognizing GOD’s Blessings
January 22 – So GOD Heard
January 23 – The Danger of Pride
January 24 – For This Purpose
January 25 – The Importance of Memorials
January 26 – GOD’s Deliverance; Man’s Response
January 27 – How Quickly We Forget
January 28 – When GOD Shows Himself
January 29 – Pattern is Important
January 30 – Animal Sacrifices
January 31 – Yahweh (Jehovah) is a Jealous GOD

February

February 1 – Willing to Give
February 2 – As the LORD Commanded
February 3 – GOD Must be Regarded as Holy
February 4 – The Levites Shall be Mine
February 5 – GOD Organizes
February 6 – Packing the Tabernacle
February 7 – Complain or Give Thanks
February 8 – A Different Spirit
February 9 – Lessons from Korah
February 10 – Good People Mess Up
February 11 – Who are You Seeking to Please?
February 12 – Be Zealous for GOD
February 13 – Receiving an Inheritance
February 14 – Your Sin will Find You Out
February 15 – Remember the Past and Learn the Lessons
February 16 – Parents, Teach Your Kids
February 17 – The LORD Crosses Ahead of You
February 18 – Have No Idols
February 19 – Do Not Misuse GOD’s Name
February 20 – Making Atonement
February 21 – Whose Opinion Matters?
February 22 – Ignorance is No Excuse
February 23 – Give GOD Your Best
February 24 – Do Not Take Advantage of One Another
February 25 – Purification
February 26 – Be Holy, for I Am Holy
February 27 – Personal Responsibility
February 28 – Attitude Matters

March

March 1 – Care for the Poor
March 2 – Laws Concerning Sexual Purity
March 3 – Send Away the Unclean
March 4 – Obey Whether You Understand or Not
March 5 – Duties of Respect and Support
March 6 – Blessed if You Obey, Cursed if You Disobey
March 7 – GOD is Forgiving
March 8 – Take These Words to Heart
March 9 – Moses Dies
March 10 – Crossing the Jordan
March 11 – Conquest of Jericho and Ai
March 12 – Always Ask GOD for Wisdom
March 13 – Caleb Receives His Land
March 14 – Land Promise Fulfilled
March 15 – Standing for Truth
March 16 – Man’s Wisdom Versus GOD’s
March 17 – The Next Generation
March 18 – Deborah and Barak
March 19 – Gideon: Fearful to Faithful
March 20 – What Goes Around Comes Around
March 21 – Don’t be Quick to Promise
March 22 – The Loyalty of Ruth
March 23 – Be Careful Who You Trust
March 24 – Sincerity Alone isn’t Enough
March 25 – Civil War in Israel
March 26 – Opposites: Hannah and Eli
March 27 – Signs of GOD Working
March 28 – Who Knows Best?
March 29 – Wait on GOD
March 30 – Partially Obeying is Disobeying
March 31 – A Cause Worth Fighting For

April

April 1 – Loyalty Versus Jealousy
April 2 – David Flees Saul and Gains Support
April 3 – GOD Saves David but not Priests
April 4 – David’s Further Travels
April 5 – Saul and His Sons Die
April 6 – David Becomes King
April 7 – David Captures Jerusalem; Uzzah Struck Dead
April 8 – The Ark Returns to Jerusalem
April 9 – David is Rewarded for Obeying God
April 10 – David Commits a Terrible Sin
April 11 – GOD Gives the Victory
April 12 – Amnon, Tamar and Absalom
April 13 – Absalom Rebels Against David
April 14 – Absalom is Killed in Battle
April 15 – David Returns to Jerusalem
April 16 – The Discipline of GOD
April 17 – David Organizes the Levites in Preparation for the Temple
April 18 – Solomon Made King
April 19 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 1)
April 20 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 2)
April 21 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 3)
April 22 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 4)
April 23 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 5)
April 24 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 6)
April 25 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 7)
April 26 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 8)
April 27 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 9)
April 28 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 10)
April 29 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 11)
April 30 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 12)

May

May 1 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 13)
May 2 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 14)
May 3 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 15)
May 4 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 16)
May 5 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 17)
May 6 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 18)
May 7 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 19)
May 8 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 20)
May 9 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 21)
May 10 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 22)
May 11 – The Desire of Power Corrupts Many
May 12 – Recognizing the Value of Wisdom
May 13 – Solomon Builds the Temple
May 14 – Solomon Dedicates the Temple
May 15 – Solomon’s Prosperity
May 16 – The Importance of Wisdom
May 17 – Fear GOD and Trust in Him
May 18 – The Importance of Discipline
May 19 – Pride and Humility
May 20 – Self-control, Patience and Tempers
May 21 – Wise and Truthful Speech
May 22 – Disharmony and Strife
May 23 – Wealth, Giving and Work
May 24 – Proverbs About Children
May 25 – The Virtuous Wife
May 26 – The Beauty of True Love
May 27 – Solomon Turns Away from GOD
May 28 – The Search for Meaning
May 29 – Meaningless Human Pursuits
May 30 – Wisdom in Considering Man’s End
May 31 – Life’s True Meaning

June

June 1 – Judah and Israel Divide
June 2 – Idolatry and Strife Continue in Judah, Israel
June 3 – Asa and Jehoshaphat
June 4 – Elijah’s Roller Coaster
June 5 – Ahab, the Pouting King
June 6 – GOD Fights for Judah
June 7 – Elijah Taken Up
June 8 – GOD Defeats Moab with Water
June 9 – Obadiah’s Prophecy Against Edom
June 10 – Chariots of Fire and Naaman is Healed
June 11 – GOD Purges Judah and Israel
June 12 – Joash Becomes King of Judah
June 13 – The Prophecy of Joel
June 14 – Joash Abandons GOD
June 15 – Amaziah in Judah; Jeroboam II in Israel
June 16 – Lessons from Jonah
June 17 – Hosea: GOD’s Object Lesson to Israel
June 18 – GOD’s Case Against Israel
June 19 – GOD Stands Ever Ready to Forgive
June 20 – Amos: Prepare to Meet Your GOD, O Israel
June 21 – Judgment is Coming; Turn and Live
June 22 – The Sins Keep Piling Up for Judah, Israel
June 23 – GOD Sends Isaiah to Judah
June 24 – Isaiah Volunteers to be GOD’s Messenger
June 25 – Micah’s Prophecy to Judah (Part 1)
June 26 – Micah’s Prophecy to Judah (Part 2)
June 27 – Micah’s Prophecy to Judah (Part 3)
June 28 – Early Beginnings of Captivity
June 29 – Isaiah Prophesies about the Savior
June 30 – Judah Defeated by Israel and Aram

July

July 1 – Isaiah’s Prophecy against Assyria, Moab, and Damascus
July 2 – Hezekiah: A Son Unlike His Father
July 3 – Isaiah Prophesies about Babylon’s Fall
July 4 – One Life to Live; Make it Count
July 5 – Isaiah Foretells of the LORD’s Salvation
July 6 – Meaningless Worship
July 7 – Isaiah Prophesies of a Spiritual Awakening
July 8 – Israel Falls
July 9 – Isaiah Warns Judah Against Trusting in Egypt, Ethiopia
July 10 – Hezekiah’s Last Years
July 11 – Manasseh Leads Judah to Sin
July 12 – Isaiah Prophesies GOD’s Message of Comfort
July 13 – GOD’s Future for Israel
July 14 – Cyrus, GOD’s Future Instrument
July 15 – Babylon Will Fall
July 16 – Exiled, but Never Forgotten
July 17 – Isaiah Foretells the Messiah’s Suffering and Victory
July 18 – A Future of Hope
July 19 – Three Important Truths from the Mind of GOD
July 20 – A Message of Hope in Times of Despair
July 21 – A Sober Reminder from GOD
July 22 – Nahum’s Prophecy against Nineveh
July 23 – Josiah, the Child King
July 24 – Zephaniah: The Coming Day of the LORD
July 25 – Jeremiah Called to Prophesy
July 26 – GOD Doesn’t Enjoy Punishing His Children
July 27 – Ask for the Ancient Paths
July 28 – Half-hearted Won’t Work
July 29 – Three Examples of GOD’s Wisdom
July 30 – Jeremiah’s Linen Belt
July 31 – Trust in the LORD, not in Man

August

August 1 – GOD’s Pottery Lessons
August 2 – Josiah’s Sweeping Reforms
August 3 – Josiah Dies in Battle
August 4 – Destruction Coming for Egypt, Philistines
August 5 – Habakkuk Questions, GOD Responds
August 6 – First Deportation from Judah
August 7 – Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll
August 8 – Daniel Rises to Power in Babylon
August 9 – Jehoiakim Dies
August 10 – The Great Deportation
August 11 – Satan’s False Message of ‘Peace’
August 12 – GOD Rebukes False Prophets
August 13 – GOD Will Destroy Babylon
August 14 – GOD Says Medes Will Defeat Babylon
August 15 – GOD Calls Ezekiel
August 16 – GOD Shows Ezekiel Israel’s Idolatry
August 17 – When GOD Punishes a Country
August 18 – Personal Accountability
August 19 – GOD Protects His Name
August 20 – GOD Equates Israel, Judah to Prostitutes
August 21 – GOD Kills Ezekiel’s Wife As A Sign
August 22 – King Zedekiah Refuses Mercy
August 23 – Prosperity Will Return for Israel
August 24 – GOD Reveals More Details of the Messiah, New Covenant
August 25 – GOD Will Avenge His People
August 26 – Ezekiel’s Theme: Jehovah is the Sovereign LORD
August 27 – Suffering Humbles the Proud
August 28 – Jerusalem Falls
August 29 – Lamentations (Part 1)
August 30 – Lamentations (Part 2)
August 31 – A Remnant of Judah Flees to Egypt

September

September 1 – Bad Shepherds and The Good Shepherd
September 2 – Ezekiel’s Vision of Dry Bones
September 3 – Repent and Live
September 4 – The Fiery Furnace
September 5 – Ezekiel’s Vision of a New Temple (Part 1)
September 6 – Ezekiel’s Vision of a New Temple (Part 2)
September 7 – Nebuchadnezzar Humbled
September 8 – Job’s Great Loss
September 9 – Only GOD Knows Why
September 10 – Longing for an Advocate
September 11 – Life is Short, Hope in Resurrection
September 12 – Effectively Comforting the Grieving
September 13 – My Redeemer Lives
September 14 – Wicked People May Prosper Temporarily
September 15 – Wisdom Comes from GOD
September 16 – Sometimes Young People Must Confront the Older
September 17 – GOD Corrects Job and His Friends
September 18 – Psalms from Exile
September 19 – Exiles Remember Jerusalem
September 20 – Daniel’s Visions of Future Kingdoms
September 21 – The Writing on the Wall
September 22 – Daniel in the Lions’ Den
September 23 – First Return to Jerusalem
September 24 – Daniel’s Final Vision
September 25 – Temple Construction Opposed
September 26 – Preaching of Haggai and Zechariah
September 27 – Zechariah’s Eight Visions
September 28 – What GOD Wants
September 29 – The Inconsistency of Man
September 30 – Praise GOD for His Goodness

October

October 1 – It’s Good to Sing to GOD
October 2 – Zechariah’s Final Vision
October 3 – Esther Becomes Queen
October 4 – Esther Saves the Jews
October 5 – Malachi’s Message of Repentance
October 6 – Ezra Leads the Second Return to Jerusalem
October 7 – The Cost of Repentance
October 8 – Nehemiah Starts Rebuilding Jerusalem’s Walls
October 9 – Nehemiah Completes Rebuilding the Walls
October 10 – Redistribution of the Population
October 11 – Ezra Reads the Law of Moses
October 12 – Without Strong Leadership, People Fall Away
October 13 – Genealogies of Israel
October 14 – Conclusion of the Genealogies
October 15 – Old Testament Recap
October 16 – Summary of the Apocrypha
October 17 – Changes Between the Testaments
October 18 – Jesus is God the Word
October 19 – The Genealogies of Jesus
October 20 – Jesus is Born
October 21 – Jesus, the Wise Young Boy
October 22 – Jesus is Baptized, Commended, and Tempted
October 23 – Jesus’ Early Work in Judea, Samaria, and Galilee
October 24 – Jesus Begins the Great Galilean Ministry
October 25 – Jesus Heals, Opposition Grows
October 26 – The Sermon on the Mount
October 27 – Which One Loved More?
October 28 – Jesus’ Strong Rebukes
October 29 – Jesus Taught in Parables
October 30 – Jesus, Don’t You Care?
October 31 – Jesus Promises Conflict

November

November 1 – Jesus Walks on Water
November 2 – Jesus Feeds 4,000 People
November 3 – Losing for the Sake of Finding
November 4 – If Anyone is Thirsty
November 5 – Jesus: the Light, the Gate, and the Good Shepherd
November 6 – Who is My Neighbor?
November 7 – Jesus Continues Teaching by Parables
November 8 – Jesus Raises Lazarus
November 9 – For the Love of Money
November 10 – The Final Week, Sunday and Monday
November 11 – The Final Week, Tuesday Morning
November 12 – Prophecy of Judgments
November 13 – The Final Week, Wednesday
November 14 – The Upper Room
November 15 – The Vine and the Branches
November 16 – Jesus is Betrayed, Arrested
November 17 – Jesus is Sentenced to Death
November 18 – Jesus Dies Upon the Cross
November 19 – Jesus is Raised from the Dead
November 20 – The Holy Spirit Comes, Peter Preaches Jesus
November 21 – Persecution of Christians Begins; the Church Grows
November 22 – Stephen Dies for Jesus
November 23 – Jesus Calls Saul of Tarsus
November 24 – Salvation Spreads to All Nations
November 25 – Simple Christianity
November 26 – Galatians: True Children of Abraham
November 27 – Paul’s Second Missionary Journey
November 28 – 1 Thessalonians: Details of Jesus’ Return, Judgment
November 29 – 2 Thessalonians: Work Hard
November 30 – 1 Corinthians (part 1)

December

December 1 – 1 Corinthians (part 2) – Don’t Divorce
December 2 – 1 Corinthians (part 3) – The Greatest Gift is Love
December 3 – 1 Corinthians (part 4) – Promises of the Resurrection
December 4 – Godly Repentance and Cheerful Giving
December 5 – Christ’s Strength Perfected in Weakness
December 6 – Every Person is Guilty of Sin
December 7 – Romans: Salvation at Work
December 8 – The Gospel Produces Faith
December 9 – Practical Life Lessons
December 10 – Paul Travels to Jerusalem
December 11 – Paul Arrested in Jerusalem
December 12 – Paul before Felix, Festus and Agrippa
December 13 – Paul Travels to Rome
December 14 – Paul’s Letter to the Colossians
December 15 – Ephesians: Relationships and Armor
December 16 – Philippians: Always Rejoice
December 17 – Pursue Godliness, Don’t Love Money
December 18 – The Kindness of GOD
December 19 – 2 Timothy: Paul’s Final Letter
December 20 – Letters from James and Jude
December 21 – Your Redemption Payment
December 22 – GOD’s Will for You
December 23 – The Roles of Christ
December 24 – When You Follow a Shadow
December 25 – Run While Looking at Jesus
December 26 – Love GOD, Love Each Other
December 27 – Revelation (part 1)
December 28 – Revelation (part 2)
December 29 – Revelation (part 3)
December 30 – Revelation (part 4)
December 31 – Revelation (part 5)