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The mornings so far

Every devotional, newest first — from all six sections. Each one is a verse, a gentle word, and a prayer to carry into the day.

168 devotionals · six sections · free to read

Psalm 32:1, KJV

The happiness of the forgiven

David's word for the forgiven state isn't relieved or acquitted. It's blessed — happy.

5 August 2026 · 1 min read

1 John 4:8, KJV

God is love

Not merely loving on his better days — love, at the core, always.

4 August 2026 · 1 min read

Matthew 5:14, KJV

Set on a hill

Jesus did not ask you to become light. He said you are.

3 August 2026 · 1 min read

Proverbs 20:7, KJV

The just man's inheritance

What a father's integrity quietly deposits in his children's account.

3 August 2026 · 1 min read

Psalm 40:2, KJV

Out of the horrible pit

David's rescue had stages: brought up, set down, steadied, given a song.

2 August 2026 · 1 min read

Psalm 103:13, KJV

Like as a father

The tenderness you feel for your children is a scale model of something vast.

2 August 2026 · 1 min read

James 1:17, KJV

The Father of lights

Every good thing on your table traces back to one Giver — who never flickers.

1 August 2026 · 1 min read

Psalm 51:7, KJV

Whiter than snow

David's plea after his worst failure — and the cleansing that answers it.

31 July 2026 · 1 min read

Deuteronomy 31:8, KJV

Already there

The promise Moses gave Joshua on handover day: the LORD goes before thee.

31 July 2026 · 1 min read

1 Samuel 7:12, KJV

Hitherto hath the LORD helped

Samuel's stone of remembrance — the case for tomorrow is built from yesterdays.

30 July 2026 · 1 min read

John 14:27, KJV

Peace, left for you

Jesus' bequest to his friends was not safety, but his own peace.

29 July 2026 · 1 min read

Isaiah 40:11, KJV

Gently led

One clause of Isaiah written directly for the ones carrying little ones — He gently leads those with young.

29 July 2026 · 1 min read

Psalm 40:17, KJV

He thinks of you

David's boldest comfort: I am poor and needy — yet the Lord thinketh upon me.

28 July 2026 · 1 min read

Psalm 119:105, KJV

Thy word is a lamp

Scripture lights the next step — which is all a walking person needs.

27 July 2026 · 1 min read

1 Kings 2:2, KJV

Shew thyself a man

David's deathbed charge to his son — and what the old king actually meant by manhood.

27 July 2026 · 1 min read

1 Corinthians 15:58, KJV

Not in vain

In the Lord, no faithful work evaporates — none of it.

26 July 2026 · 1 min read

Zechariah 4:6, KJV

Not by might

Zerubbabel's mountain moved — but not the way mountains usually do.

25 July 2026 · 1 min read

Mark 6:31, KJV

Come ye apart

Jesus' remedy for a crowded life: come away and rest a while.

24 July 2026 · 1 min read

Nehemiah 8:10, KJV

The joy of the LORD

Nehemiah's crowd wept at the reading — and were told joy was their strength.

23 July 2026 · 1 min read

Psalm 23:3, KJV

He restoreth my soul

Souls wear down like paths. The Shepherd repairs them.

22 July 2026 · 1 min read

Romans 10:9, KJV

Mouth and heart

The whole entrance requirement, stated in one verse — and neither part is a performance.

22 July 2026 · 1 min read

Psalm 31:15, KJV

My times are in thy hand

The calendar is not in charge. The hands that hold it are.

21 July 2026 · 1 min read

Proverbs 18:24, KJV

Closer than a brother

There is a friendship that holds when others thin out.

20 July 2026 · 1 min read

Mark 10:14, KJV

Let the children come

The disciples saw an interruption. Jesus saw the kingdom arriving at knee height.

20 July 2026 · 1 min read