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Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Apr 16, 2026 · 5m

READ: ROMANS 3:19-28; 5:6-11 With pounding heart, Riley leapt off the platform for the umpteenth time. Dodging fireballs, she jumped from foothold to foothold, as heat rose from the lava below. She was almost there! Ahead was that final jump—that final expanse of lava. She could see the cool, grassy paradise at the end of the course. Her companion, Julius, watched her dart across the expanse, fielding each obstacle with precision. One jump, two hops, a dash…and then a final jump— the most perfect leap Julius had ever seen. Oh, no! Julius watched as Riley reached out in vain toward the…