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Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens
Unlocked is a daily teen devotional, centered on God’s Word. Each day’s devotion—whether fiction, poetry, or essay—asks the question: How does Jesus and what He did affect today’s topic? With daily devotions read by our hosts, Natalie and Dylan, and questions designed to encourage discussion and a deeper walk with Christ, Unlocked invites teens to both engage with the Bible and to write and submit their own devotional pieces.
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Throw off the Chains of Guilt
READ: PSALM 103:8-12; MICAH 7:18-19; ROMANS 8:1-4 When I was a freshman in high school, I messed up. I lied and misused my parents’ trust—and I got caught. The…
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I Judged Them—Then I Remembered Me
READ: 1 SAMUEL 16:1-13; MATTHEW 7:1-5; COLOSSIANS 3:12 I was recently talking with my son about a person I didn’t know very well, so my son pulled up the…
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There You Stood
READ: PSALMS 23:1-6; 119:103-105 Looking back I see the good Every move There You stood Lessons learned Step by step Every day In Your love, I’m kept As I move…
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Burned
READ: JUDGES 17:1-6; PROVERBS 3:5-6; ISAIAH 5:13-21; 2 CORINTHIANS 7:5-13 Growing up in the country, I spent lots of time running around barefoot. So when we…
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Not Living for Ourselves Alone
READ: ROMANS 14; 1 CORINTHIANS 8:9-13; 13:4-7; GALATIANS 5:13 We live in a world that often says, “Do whatever makes you happy.” But in Romans 14:21, Paul says…
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Dead No Longer
READ: EPHESIANS 2:1-10; 3:19 Around me the scuff of thousands of feet scrapes over asphalt. A mob of the dead overtaking another city. Our leader is our…
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A Song in Your Heart
READ: 1 CHRONICLES 16:31-33; PSALM 59:16; ISAIAH 49:13 Today may be a day you woke up and looked out at the world around you and wanted no more of it. Life…
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What Is Communion?
READ: EXODUS 12:17; 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26; REVELATION 19:6-9 Communion (also called the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist) is deeply meaningful for Christians…
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Pure Milk
READ: PSALM 119:97-104; JOHN 1:1-5; 20:31; 1 PETER 2:2-3 I love milk. A tall, cold glass of milk when I’m thirsty…a bowl of cereal…ice cream, cheese, yogurt…
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Hamster Wheel Grind
READ: MATTHEW 6:9-13; 28:19-20; ROMANS 12:2; 1 JOHN 2:17 Rat race. Hamster wheel. Grind. Eat, sleep, work, Repeat. This is on my mind. Lost in the mundane…
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Following the One Who Heals
READ: JOHN 5:1-11; ACTS 5:29 “Stop. You can’t do that.” “Don’t do that, you’re embarrassing yourself.” “Come on, it’ll be fine.” We’ve all heard messages like…
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Joseph Scriven: What a Friend
READ: PROVERBS 18:24; JOHN 15:9-17 Sometimes, when we walk through dark valleys, we can more fully grasp just how faithful a friend the Son of God is to frail…
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God Is with You When You Fear
READ: PSALM 94:16-19; MATTHEW 11:28-30; ROMANS 8:38-39; 1 PETER 5:7 What makes you worry? Some people fear being in crowds—afraid that something bad will…
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Growing in the Lord
READ: GALATIANS 6:1-10; EPHESIANS 4:1-16; HEBREWS 10:23-25 When I was just starting high school, it was tough. I wasn’t getting the grades I wanted to get…
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Biblical Errors?
READ: PSALM 119:103-105; LUKE 1:1-4; 2 PETER 1:16-21 Have you ever heard someone say that the Bible is full of errors? Biblical teachings can be tough, which…
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Measuring Up
READ: EPHESIANS 1:4-14; 2:4-10; 1 PETER 2:4-10 “You have NO idea how much pressure that is,” Maura said, tossing her hair over her shoulder. Along with over…
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Hidden Keys
READ: PSALM 91; JOHN 1:35-39, 43-46; 4:28-30 Would you give the key to your home to just anyone? Probably not! Usually we guard those spare keys, securing them…
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Dangerous
READ: MATTHEW 16:24-26; 28:16-20; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-11; PHILIPPIANS 1:12-26 Somewhere along the way, I got the idea that Christians should always run toward…
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The Writing on the Wall
READ: PSALMS 9:10; 56:3; ACTS 16:22-36; PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7, 12-13 Jesus, help me, Rowan cried inwardly as he heard the clang of a heavy door close behind him…
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It All Points to You
READ: PSALMS 19:1-6, 14; 103:12 I feel it in the warmth of the sun on my face, A gentle reminder of Your love and Your grace. I hear it in the whipping wind…
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The Whole World in His Hands
READ: ROMANS 8:18-25, 38-39; REVELATION 1:13-16 Yuna spent her lonely days peering through her lens, gazing upon the planet that was no longer her home. The…
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Knot Enough
READ: PSALMS 16:11; 63:1-8; JEREMIAH 2:5-13; JOHN 10:10 Growing up, I admired my mom’s ability to sew everything from Christmas decorations to Easter dresses…
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Out of Style
READ: PROVERBS 18:21; EPHESIANS 4:14-32; JAMES 3:1-18 I grew up wearing lots of hand-me-downs from my aunts, a few friends, and an older cousin. Once, I got a…
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Seeing the Face of God
READ: GENESIS 27:41-45; 32:3-6; 33:1-11; ROMANS 5:6-11 The story of Jacob and Esau is a roller coaster. These twin brothers started fighting before they were…
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Grow the Habit and Come to Love It
READ: PSALM 119:97-104 I used to read my Bible because I felt like it was something I was supposed to do. I thought I had to read a chapter a day, minimum, and…
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Entrust It to God
READ: PROVERBS 3:1-8; MATTHEW 11:28-30; JAMES 1:5 When I try to figure my life out, that’s when it tends to feel the most overwhelming and confusing. When I…
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Old Potatoes
READ: ISAIAH 55:9; ROMANS 8:28-39; 11:33-36 “I’m not going to make you take out any stinky potatoes this time.” My grandma laughed as my sisters and I entered…
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Shining in the Darkness
READ: PSALM 27:1; JOHN 1:1-5; 8:12; 16:33; COLOSSIANS 1:11-22 How do you detect a fake? The best way to spot counterfeits is to be intimately familiar with the…
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Surrender
READ: PSALM 46; MATTHEW 11:28-30 Holding, grasping tightly, Hands clenched, Heart clenched, Tightly. Out of fear, mistrust. Must not lose what I worked to get…
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Scared but Willing
READ: MATTHEW 28:18-20; LUKE 12:11-12; 1 PETER 3:15-18 Recently, I volunteered to help teach at my church’s weeklong Vacation Bible School (VBS). I was super…
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Walking in Darkness?
READ: MATTHEW 5:14-16; PHILIPPIANS 2:15-16; 1 JOHN 1:5-7 Every night, after darkness falls, my sister and I don headlamps and head outside to close up our…
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Never Alone
READ: JOSHUA 1:9; ISAIAH 41:10; JOHN 14:16-20; ROMANS 8:35-39 “Bye!” I called to my parents. As they walked down the hall to leave, I ducked into the college…
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Small Asks
READ: PSALM 55:17; PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7; COLOSSIANS 4:2 Have you ever chosen not to pray about something because it felt too small, too unimportant to talk to the…
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Christians R Us
READ: ROMANS 10:1-4; EPHESIANS 2:8-10; PHILIPPIANS 3:8-9; HEBREWS 9:14-15 Imagine you’re in a superstore full of what the Bible calls “good works”—all the…
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The God Who Cries
READ: JOHN 11:1-45 John 11:35 is famous for being the shortest verse in the Bible: “Jesus wept.” We can so easily overlook just how powerful those two words…
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Everything Points to Jesus
READ: MATTHEW 5:17-19; LUKE 24:27, 44-45; JOHN 3:16-17; 5:39-47; 20:31 Have you ever heard that “everything in the Bible points to Jesus”? That seems kind of…
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Know Your History
READ: JOB 8:8-10; ROMANS 3:21-26; 15:4; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:6-12 When I visited Gettysburg for the first time, my imagination whirred to life. I wanted to know…
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We Need to Talk (Part 3)
READ: PROVERBS 15:32; 27:17; EPHESIANS 4:1-6, 15-16 Imagine a confrontation between two guy friends from the perspective of the one being confronted. Josh…
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The Confrontation (Part 2)
READ: MATTHEW 18:15-17; GALATIANS 5:13–6:2 So now that you’ve decided to confront your Christian friend about their sin, how do you do it well? According to…
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Do I Say Something? (Part 1)
READ: MATTHEW 7:1-5; 1 CORINTHIANS 5:9-13 The lifelong question: When do I confront someone about a sin I’ve noticed in their life? As Christians, the gospel…
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Loving Pumpkin
READ: EXODUS 34:6; ECCLESIASTES 4:9-12; LUKE 15:1-7; EPHESIANS 4:2 I recently adopted a rescued cat from my local animal shelter. She had been at the shelter…
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C. S. Lewis: A Reluctant Christian
READ: PSALM 19; MATTHEW 22:37-39; PHILIPPIANS 1:9 The author C. S. Lewis is considered one of the most influential Christian apologists of his time. He taught…
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Talking About Hair
READ: MATTHEW 10:29-31; ROMANS 8:35-39; 1 PETER 5:7 Sometimes it feels like no one really sees us. But that’s not true. God notices us. God cares about us. God…
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Splintered Trust
READ: PSALM 55 Smiles, charm, Perfect friends Watching you. Your back is turned, Whispering begins. Nasty remarks, A chuckle heard. Comments, jibes Grind you…
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Rest
READ: GENESIS 2:1-3; 1 KINGS 19:1-9; MATTHEW 11:28-30 I couldn’t sleep. My irritating cough kept me awake in the middle of the night. “Don’t go into work if…
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Stranded and Alone
READ: JOHN 8:12; 1 JOHN 1:5–2:2 This is Captain Rodriguez, leaving another message. It’s been about ten Earth days since the accident. It’s difficult to tell…
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Hard Things, Holy Strength
READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7; HEBREWS 12:1-3; JAMES 1:2-4, 12 Sometimes God uses everyday things to show us deep truths. I recently had to take apart a drawer in…
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Shout Out to God
READ: MARK 10:13-14, 46-52; JOHN 1:4-5; 1 JOHN 1:7 You’ve probably heard little kids cry out, “Mama, Daddy! Help me!” And if they are in great need, they shout…
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Adopted by Love
READ: LUKE 15:3-10; EPHESIANS 1:3-6; 1 JOHN 3:1-3 Our youngest son came to us by airplane, traveling over half a day to reach us in Seattle. I will never…
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God's Plan: More Than We Can Imagine
READ: 1 SAMUEL 2:1-10; EPHESIANS 3:14-21; HEBREWS 13:8 Have you ever prayed, Lord, what is your plan for my life? You’re not alone. Becoming an adult can be…
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Eat Every Day!
READ: MATTHEW 6:11; JOHN 6:25-69 The other night as I sat down to another meal, I got to wondering. As I ate with my family, I wondered even more: What’s with…
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Bible Study Blessings
READ: ACTS 2:42-47; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:9-11; HEBREWS 10:23-25 What do you picture when you hear the word church? Perhaps you feel a rush of excitement as you…
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The Peace of the Covenant
READ: GENESIS 15; ACTS 3:25; HEBREWS 13:20-21 Have you ever worried about losing your relationship with God? I used to worry God would give up on me if I…
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For Aid I Call: A Lament
READ: PSALM 7:1; PROVERBS 18:10; HEBREWS 13:6Oh Lord, are Your ears stone? From times of old I have cried out for aid, but no answer have I received. To the…
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A Broken World
READ: PSALM 27:10; ROMANS 8:28-29, 38-39; HEBREWS 13:5 I don’t remember how my parents told me the news. I don’t remember what words they used or even where I…
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Nature of Prayer
READ: JEREMIAH 29:12-13; JAMES 5:13-16 As a teen, I learned about the practice of prayer: simply communicating with God—both talking to Him and listening to…
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The Finish Runway
READ: ACTS 20:22-24; 1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27; HEBREWS 12:1-3 Tau entered his coordinates into the dashboard computer, and his location popped up on the screen…
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Our Responsibility Toward the Government
READ: PSALM 118:9, PROVERBS 29:2; 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-4 Where I live in the United States, the 4th of July tends to be a holiday dominated by fireworks, parades…
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For Good
READ: GENESIS 37:17-28; 50:15-21; PSALM 23:4-6 Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery. They sold him! I have younger siblings. And I admit there have been…
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Popular
READ: JOHN 3:16-17; ROMANS 15:1-7; 1 PETER 2:22-24 Our need for love and appreciation is written deeply into our nature. We want to be seen and accepted by…