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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.
Episodes
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensA Psalm of Thanksgiving
When you read Psalm 136, you might see why I’ve called it a psalm of thanksgiving. The first three verses say, Give thanks. This Psalm was written to be a…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensSpeaking Well
There have been times in my life when I would hear hurtful words, especially when I made a mistake. But there were also moments when I would speak harshly and…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Righteous Will Live by His Faith
Military conflict breaks out. A tsunami hits. Justice is not accomplished. Christians are martyred. Violence escalates. At times, it seems there are unanswered…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensEarthly Treasures and Heavenly Treasures
We often feel like we have to be a certain way or reach a certain goal because that’s what will make the people around us respect us. I have struggled with…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensJesus Has Power
Jesus had the power to heal sickness. He had the power to forgive sins. He still does. You can trust Him with everything because He is great and powerful…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensNot Enough
When life is busy, our minds are constantly full of things we have to do, places we have to go, and people we have to see. It’s very easy to find ourselves…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensFrom Suffering to Salvation: 1 Peter
Do you ever think about eternity? As a little kid, I used to lie awake at night, thinking about what it would be like to live forever and ever and everwith no…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensPour Out Your Heart
Why is this happening, God? When will it stop? Tears fell as I poured out my heart and journaled to the Lord. I had prayed for a particular person in my life…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensA Morning Reminder
READ: PSALM 73:26; LAMENTATIONS 3:21-23; MATTHEW 11:28-30 When my alarm clock first went off, I did not want to rise; I laid within my bed awhile; It held me…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensOpen and Honest
We all have them: thoughts or desires that pop into our headssome uninvited, others invited. There have been many times when, after such a thought, I was…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensHow Can the Law Be Good?
Ready for Bible trivia? What is the longest chapter in the Bible? The answer: Psalm 119, with a whopping 176 verses! Though it’s long, this psalm is all about…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Throne
Glistening gold, embedded with rubies, topaz, emeralds, sapphires, amethysts, and pearlsthe throne beckoned for something, or someone, to sit upon it. What…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod Knows You
If only they took the time to really know me…. If only they took the time to ask how I’m doing… If only they understood my interests and what I want my life to…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensIn the Hurt
There are things in my life that I had once that I don’t have anymore. There are relationships that were once a big deal to me that were taken from me and are…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensCalming the Storm
Have you ever witnessed an incredible storm? These amazing forces of nature can be mind-blowingand dangerous. One of Jesus’s well-known miracles happened in…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Just God
Injustice is everywhere; just look outside. It’s hard not to see injustice. Why does God allow it? Humans have been wondering this for a long time. Psalm 73…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensListen and Live
If you listen, you can hear it: the wind moving branches of trees long dead, these creaking bones that ache to live again. You hear it in the weary words of a…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensRest for the Weary
READ: PSALM 62; MATTHEW 11:25–12:8 The nightmares had started again. It had only been a few nights, and already I felt like I was sleepwalking through the…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensStrength from God
God, not in my own strength I can’t do this alone God, not without your help I am too weak to press on God, not without your promises I can’t keep going God…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensAdopted
I am adopted. From what I hear from my parents, adopting me was not an easy task! Lots of paperwork, government background checks, and other miscellaneous…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensBorrowed Prayers
Sometimes, I don’t know how to pray for people. And that’s a bummer, because Jesus calls us to pray for othersfor our friends, our leaders, and even our…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Healer of Broken Hearts
In our day-to-day lives, we meet different people who affect us in different ways. Some say and do things that break our hearts and cause us tears. Some of the…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensPass It On
When I talk about my mom, it’s easy to become emotional. After losing my mom in 2020, I wondered at the ways she mirrored God’s grace. In moments when I stood…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensDon’t Give Up Your Service
We can serve God in many different waysin our families, at church, at school, and beyond. But sometimes, we can get discouraged when we feel like our service…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Dead of Night
By day, the town of Goshen was like any other. People went to work, children went to school, and families gathered to share a meal at suppertime. But after…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensHe’s Still the Same
How quickly the grass changes. From green to brown to covered in white snow How quickly the trees shift First orange, then bare and gray How quickly the air…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensNew Beginnings
We all have times in our lives when we mess up and things are not right. We all have times when we feel guilty and dirty. We want to make things better, but we…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensTo Glorify God: Johannes Kepler
The science of astronomy studies the heavensplanets, moons, stars, and more. In 1571 a boy was born in Württemberg, Germany who became one of the most famous…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensIn Times of Anxiety
In and out, I remind myself There’s no air in this room My lungs collapsing Pathogens attacking Brain on fire Keep it in, I remind myself This will have to end…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Return of the Serpent
In reading the narrative of David and Goliath, I noticed a small detail, and it got me thinking. The first seven verses of 1 Samuel 17 detail Goliath’s very…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod's Timing
READ: PROVERBS 19:21; ROMANS 8:28; 2 PETER 3:8-9; PSALM 31:15 I’m fourteen, and something I need to be constantly reminded of is that I don’t need to rush…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Geese Listen
We live by a lake in the northwEsther If we awoke from a twenty-year-long nap, like in the story of Rip Van Winkle, and we didn’t know what month it was, we…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensCounterfeit
In most crime shows there is at least one episode involving something counterfeit: currency, artwork, even identities. While many of these shows depict the…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGood Morning!
Are you a morning person? I am an early bird, and I love to start most days with a brisk walk. I greet the people I meet with a Good morning! Not everyone…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensPeanut Butter and Jelly Cake
When I was in fifth grade, I made a unique request of my mom. For my birthday, I wanted a homemade cake with homemade icing. Specifically, I asked for frosting…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod Is the Perfect Father
Humans are flawed, but God is not. Humans mess up, hurt us, or abandon us, but God never will. Humans pretend to love, run out of love, and turn love into…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensDisobeying Authorities
Years back, my nephew told what he had experienced. His mother, who at the time was not a Christian (she has since been saved), was trying to take him and his…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Song Maker
Thick and impenetrable silence hung over the village. For as long as the villagers could remember, no one had spoken a word, not even a whisper. A command from…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Out-of-Control Cretans
One of the first missionaries, Paul, left Titus on the island of Crete to oversee the new churches there and appoint elders in every town. Titus may have been…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensPut on the New
Put on is a phrase we use every day. Because on a daily basis, we do the physical act of putting on clothes and shoes in order to be clothed. Just as we get…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensSurprised by Grace
READ: PSALM 51:1-2; MICAH 7:18; MATTHEW 5:7; EPHESIANS 2:8 Wouldn’t these magnets make great souvenirs from my trip? I thought, browsing the little shop high…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensNo Longer Ashamed
There was a point in my life when I was so ashamed that I didn’t want to associate or talk with people. I had messed up so badly that I didn’t see myself as…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensI Confess
I confess the things I did. And the things I didn’t do but should have done. I confess letting anger explode And bitterness smolder inside. I confess that I…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensBrokenness
God doesn’t despise our brokenness. He doesn’t look down on us when we are hurting. He doesn’t think less of us because we are broken. God loves the broken. He…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensNothing Can Separate
Not five days had passed since we began our journey, and already we had seen trouble. My brother and I dragged our tired bodies down the road, our dented…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensYou Have Done It All
You have done it all, God You created the sky, the earth You saved me when I was still a sinner You have written my name in heaven You have done it all, God…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensMy Shepherd
Psalm 23:1 says, The Lord is my shepherd. Did you know you can read this verse many times, and it can reflect something a bit different each time? This happens…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensFor Such a Time as This
In the book of Esther, a Jew becomes queen of a gentile (or non-Jewish) nation that stretches from India to Cush (the upper Nile region). This kingdom is…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensLoving with God’s Love
Years back, I shared a house with a friend. This friend had a niece who also lived with us. For some reason, this girl harbored a dislike for me. Whenever…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensPieces of a Whole
We live in a culture that’s full of divisiondivision that leads to differences in ideas, differences in politics, and even to war. We hear terms like cultural…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensSearching for Life (Part 2)
Jax! Celine pointed eagerly to her microscope. Come look at this. Jax put down the test tube he was holding and walked over to her. Thanks to the artificial…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensSearching for Life (Part 1)
As Celine peered through the window of her submersible, she could see the edge of Saturn’s rings looming through the gap in the ice above her. I’m approaching…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensPoison Stew
A big bowl of stew is a comforting food when you’re hungry on a cold day. It’s a great meal to share…unless you put poisonous ingredients in it! If you like…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod Has Your Back
It’s okay to not be okay. It’s okay to admit that you don’t have the answers. It’s okay to struggle. Just know that God has your back. If you’ve put your trust…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensUnchanging God
Have you ever been on the brink of a major transition? New schools, new jobs, new homes, new friendsthese changes can be good, but they can also be painful…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensBurden or Gift?
Have you ever felt like an outsider because of your faith? Maybe people judge you, or even avoid you, because you are a Christian. Sometimes, it feels like…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensIs God Angry at Me?
At a young age, I was afraid of God. I grew up being taught that God is perfect and would be angry at me when I commit a sin or break His commandments. I had…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensBeing Still
When life starts to get crazy, sometimes we dart between one task and the next. When you get toward the end of the school year and there is a lot you need to…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensHow Do I Know If It’s True Love?
If you’ve been dating someone for a while and you really like them, you may start asking yourself, Is this love? How do I know? The Bible has tons to say about…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensI Am the Vine
What does it mean when Jesus called Himself the vine? He gave His disciples this picture on the night before He went to the cross, saying, I am the vine; you…