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5 Minutes with God

If you’ve got five minutes, the Lord has something to say. Each devotional is an invitation — a spark from His Word to stir your heart. But the true treasure is in the Action: five minutes you set aside to be with Him. It’s there, in His presence, that the Holy Spirit fills your lamp with oil, transforms your heart, and aligns your life with His. This is your daily time with the King — not just learning about Him, but knowing Him, walking with Him, and being made ready for the Bridegroom’s return.

Short. Simple. Powerful. And really — it’s only five minutes. Who doesn’t have five minutes for the King?

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These short, Scripture-anchored devotionals coincide with the Tyndale One Year Bible. Each day is a devotional created from that specific day’s verses and they include at least one passage of scripture, one clear insight, one simple action, and a short prayer—so you can walk with Jesus each day, not just think about Him.

  • Behold the Power of God

    Behold the Power of God

    Sometimes we spend so much time watching the problem that we forget to watch God. What looks like nothing happening may actually be God arranging things we know nothing about. So keep praying. Keep listening. Keep obeying. And pay attention. God says, “Behold the power of God. Pay attention to Me and watch what I…

  • The Gift We Forget We Have

    The Gift We Forget We Have

    The Holy Spirit is not a small gift. He is God with us and God within us. Too often, we encounter something impossible and immediately calculate what we can do. But the power doesn’t come from us. It comes from Him. Maybe the question isn’t, “Do I have enough power?” Maybe it’s, “Do I believe…

  • What Will You Do With It?

    What Will You Do With It?

    We rarely stop to think about the simple fact that we’re alive. Every breath, every morning, and every ordinary day is a gift from God. Today the Holy Spirit whispered this Gem of Knowledge to me, “Breathe deep and feel life enter your lungs. I give life and I take it away. What will you…

  • Only a Glimpse

    Only a Glimpse

    Have you ever stood beside the ocean and felt incredibly small? The waves crash against the shore with a force we can’t control. The wind can bend trees and move storm clouds across the sky. Thunder can shake the house. Everything in creation can makes us stop and stare with awe and wonder. yet, it…

  • Learning the Ways of Heaven

    How do we become content with God and shift our desires from worldly things to Kingdom things? I believe the Lord shows us how that change happens in this Gem of Knowledge whispered today by His Holy Spirit: “Heaven is different than earth. It is where I am and where I operate. When you focus…

  • When Everything Still Isn’t Enough

    We live in a world constantly telling us we need more to be happy and we are often left unsatisfied. But God offers us something completely different then the world – He offers us Him! “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” — Matthew 6:33…


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Test everything by the Word and the Spirit (John 16:13)