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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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Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensWhen You Are in Sorrow
READ: PSALMS 34:18; 73:26; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 I was young when my grandmother passed away. I loved her, and she loved and cherished me. We had good times…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensFaithful
Abraham is known for his obedience, faith, and trust in God. When God called Abraham (or Abram) to leave his homeland, he obeyed. It took a lot of trust for…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensOur Uniquely Created World
Sunshine and blue skies Fresh air and cool breezes Sparkling smiles and rosy cheeks Flowing hair and tight-knit curls Who would think of all of this? Green…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThat Grace
I try to make the right choices, but I know that I am messing up on a daily basis. Even though I call out to God over and over again and try to let Him guide…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensReading with Breathing
Sometimes, I read the Bible to study it, paying attention to who wrote each passage, who they were speaking to, what was going on historically and culturally…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensPaying Attention and Making a Difference
There are times when someone in your life seems to need you in some way. Maybe someone new starts at your school and they are struggling in a class that you…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensIn Need of Healing
Different things can happen that leave us in need of healing. Sometimes, we are injured physically, and we know we have a long journey ahead of us. Those times…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensComplicated
READ: PSALM 71:20; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-5; 12:5-10 When I was a kid, I thought I had just about everything figured out. God was good. Evil and suffering were a…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensFaraway Friends
I live long-distance from my best friend, and sometimes, it’s terrible. I miss her tons, and even though we video chat often, I usually go months without…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensA Girl Named Rhoda
In the book of Acts, there is an account of Peter being rescued from prison by God. After an angel guided him out of the prison, Peter went to a house where…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensA Love that Will Never Fail
My favorite verse in the Bible is Isaiah 54:10. It assures me of God’s unfailing love for me that will never be shaken and of His covenant of peace that will…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensI AM
I like to give the things in my life names. I name my car, my plantsand I even brainstorm future pet names. Names can carry a lot of weight and significance…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensCity in the Sea
The city of Atlantis was real. My forehead pressed against the thick glass window of the submarine, and I could only gape as the shining city came into view…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensForgiving Yourself
I grew up studying in a religious school. My parents were respected in our small town. They were kind, generous, and accommodating. I looked up to them, and I…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod Made Me Unique
I’m twenty-eight years old, and one thing I wish I would have known about God as a teenager is that He made me unique and special. I was born three months…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensAm I Fake?
“Am I fake?” Has this thought ever crossed your mind? You are not alone. When someone decides to become a Christian, they might be surprised to discover they…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensLook in the Mirror
Imagine you wake up one morning and begin to get ready for the day. When you look at yourself in the mirror, you are horrified by what you see: you have a…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensNew Creation
Do you yearn to break free from the chains of your past? Are you weary of running Or wearing a mask? Pain, guilt, shame, and despair Ugly, heavyit’s too much…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGood Retaliation
We have all experienced the pain of betrayal, unkind words spoken, and possibly even more serious hurts inflicted by someone against us. What is the natural…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGrateful for Those Special Moments
I recently had an experience that still makes me smile each time I think about it. I was carrying my five-month-old nephew while his two-year-old brother was…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensNot Too Late
When you mess up or wander away from God, you might feel like that’s it. You might think, “The things I’ve done are too much. God couldn’t forgive me.” But…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod Sees and Understands
Your friends don’t always understand what has you upset. You are unique, and when it comes to things that hurt you and your feelings about what is going on in…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensKeep Walking
While hiking on a trail in the Smoky Mountains, my husband and I needed to make a decision. The sign had said the trail was only a few milesbut it didn’t say…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGo in Peace
“Go in peace, the worship leader said at the end of my first chapel service at my Christian university. I had never heard the phrase before, but after hearing…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensYou Are Valuable to God
We tend to feel confident when the people in our lives respect us and celebrate our accomplishments. We feel good when we do big things. But when we are…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensTurbulence
Recently, I was on a flight from Chicago. Shortly after takeoff, we reached our cruising altitude. The pilot warned us about some possible turbulence. “No big…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensOur Strength
I have days when I wonder, “How am I going to get through this?” It feels like the things I need to do and the steps I have to take are too much for me. I…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensJesus Never Gives Up on Us
I used to have a little baby bird that I raised all on my own. Her parents neglected her since she was disabled and not as strong as the rest of her siblings…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensWhen In Doubt
If we are honest, at one time or another we all have doubts about our faith, what God is doing in our lives, or God’s character. In Mark 9, a man brought his…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensAll Things Made New
I recently learned of two newborn babies who died, mere days and weeks after being born. Having a baby of my own, learning of such tragedies breaks my heart. I…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensLonely
Abeo sat alone in his room. He heard laughing and talking coming from downstairs. Are they singing? He laid back on his bed. He’d told everyone that he wanted…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensAdmit It
The psalmists weren’t afraid to admit when they were afraid. They even talked about feeling abandoned by God. Some of my favorite psalms are those that cry out…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensHolding On to Too Much
Do you get frustrated with the amount of stuff accumulating in your space? For some of us, it’s easy to get things but not as easy to get rid of those items…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensSunken Armor
I swam to an old sea cave before the battle. Our odds of winning were beyond scary. Soon my kingdom could be enslaved to the Sinades again. There was already…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensJesus’s Prayer for Unity
My heart aches for unity in the church. I see so many divisionsChristians disregarding each other, judging, shaming, excluding and I feel powerless. Unity…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensRescued: Mitsuo Fuchido
June 4, 1942. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, leader of the Pearl Harbor attack, was steaming across the ocean on the aircraft carrier Akagi, alongside the powerful…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensDo What Is Good: Titus
Have you ever been reading a Bible passage and a certain word or phrase keeps popping up over and over again? That happens to me with the word good when I read…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensLoved as a Child
As a daughter of missionaries, I had memorized John 3:16 in both English and Portuguese. I knew that God loved me and that Christ had died for me. But it still…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensWhen People Push Us Down
People can push us down and mess with our minds. When others treat us wrongly, we can get into a dark place mentally and be scared to keep moving forward. When…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Hurting Room
“Laila, don’t go in! I yell, as my friend opens the door of an abandoned hut in the hills. You can’t. Ignoring my pleas, she whispers, her dark eyes staring…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensKnown and Loved
Four different authors wrote accounts of Jesus’s life (called Gospels), and three of them recorded one of my favorite stories about Jesus: His interaction with…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensWhen You Are Sensitive
Do you find yourself reaching for the tissues at the end of a movie? Are you someone who chokes up when you hear a tragic news report? I am. Do you sometimes…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensRaw and Real
While talking to one of my friends, I was refreshed by their honesty about a current situation: I was angry but God can handle our feelings. There is often the…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensHeart of Flesh
Wandering, lost, and alone. How long have I been like this? My sins are against me, sapping my strength. Bones wasting away, I groan in agony. Those I had…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensWhen It’s Hard to Sleep
Are you getting enough sleep? So many of us are sleep-deprived; studies show we are tired at school, tired at work, and tired when we are driving our cars…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod Save Me
God strengthen me Sometimes I feel so weak God guide me Sometimes I feel so lost God hold me Sometimes I feel alone God care for me Sometimes I can’t care for…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensFollow the Leader
In first grade, my teacher picked a leader for our class each day. The leader’s primary job consisted of taking the daily collection of lunch money to the…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensToo Quiet to Preach?
“I must be the worst evangelist in the world,” I thought, as worry knitted itself inside of me. In church, I preferred being at the back, behind the scenes…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Pack (Part 3)
The next morning, we continued down the forest path. After a couple hours, we came to a clearing on the top of a hill. I set down my pack with a grunt. My…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensNightfall (Part 2)
After a while, I kept walking. Mercifully, the sun continued its course in the sky and no longer beat down on me. I pulled a crust of stale bread from my pack…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Crossroads (Part 1)
The sun beat down on my back. Was I going the right way? Sweat poured down my face, stinging my eyes. I had known the journey was going to be hard, but I…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod Satisfies
Have you ever been at school, with nothing to eat, and felt so hungry? Have you been on a diet or had to fast for a doctor’s appointment? It isn’t fun when we…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensGod’s Glory
Psalm 19:1 says, The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. God made the vast heavens with the glorious light of the sun and…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensVoices from the Past
“I hope this isn’t a prank,” Jacob thought, waiting in the park by the daisies, just like the unusual parchment in his hand instructed. “It would be typical of…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensLove from a Samaritan
Anna shifted her legs. Sitting in the crowded marketplace was hot, but she had come with many other people wanting to hear from this man named Jesus, who some…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensLay Your Burdens Down (Part 2)
Hebrews 12 encourages us to run the race that God has set before us, which is possible when we keep our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensLay Your Burdens Down (Part 1)
If you were at the starting line, about to run a big race that you had spent months training for, would you wrap weights around your ankles? Would you tie them…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensUnder Grace
Ever feel like you can’t do anything right? I groaned to my friend. I had just dropped by Susanne’s house to chat. Earlier that day, I had gone shopping for a…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensThe Trap of Indecision
When God created the world, He gave Adam and Eve the task of caring for the earth. God gave them confidence, strength, and the ability to make decisions. And…
Unlocked: Daily Devotions for TeensWhen Others Treat You Unfairly
Our broken world is full of unfairness. You might have a sibling who your parents have always treated as their favorite child. No matter how much you try to…