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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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Know Him
READ: EPHESIANS 1:17-19; 2 PETER 3:18; 1 JOHN 5:20 In fifth grade, I wrote a report on Eleanor Roosevelt. For weeks I studied her, read many resources about…
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Family Matters
READ: MATTHEW 12:46-50; MARK 6:4; JOHN 1:12-13 If anyone understands messed up families, it’s Jesus. Imagine the ridicule He could have received growing up…
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Moment by Moment
READ: PSALM 16; HEBREWS 13:5-6 Moment by moment He is always there Never have to worry Don’t have to be scared Moment by moment He sees my pain He gives me…
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Cut and Polished
READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:16-18; PHILIPPIANS 1:6-11; 1 JOHN 3:1-3 When you were younger, did you ever think gemstones came out of the ground perfectly cut and…
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The Reflective Life
READ: MARK 7:20-23; ROMANS 3:10-18, 23-24; 1 TIMOTHY 1:15-16 It didn’t matter how good people tried to make themselves look. The mirror never lied. Not to…
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Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?
READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 8 Halloween can be a controversial time for Christians. While some view Halloween as a celebration of all that is dark, demonic, and evil…
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Tips for Sharing Your Faith
READ: MATTHEW 28:18-20; 1 CORINTHIANS 3:6-8; 1 PETER 3:15-16 Sharing our faith can be exciting, especially if someone is eager to listen. How can we do this…
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Of Shadows and Light
READ: DEUTERONOMY 31:6-8; PSALM 23; MATTHEW 28:20; JOHN 8:12 My father wheeled me out of the outpatient infusion center where I had just received my first iron…
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Giving Thanks When Life Is Difficult
READ: HABAKKUK 3; ROMANS 8:28-39; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 What are you most grateful for? It’s often easy to praise God for joyful blessings, but sometimes we…
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Defining Voices
READ: MATTHEW 11:28-30; JOHN 14:6; 1 JOHN 5:19-20 They blare in our headphones, they shine out from our devices: defining voices of this world. They come…
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You Are Adored
READ: PSALM 18:19; ISAIAH 43:4; ZEPHANIAH 3:17; 1 JOHN 4:9-10 If you’ve ever had a pet you loved, or saw your favorite animal at the zoo, or had the…
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Pour Out Your Heart
READ: HEBREWS 2:17-18; 4:14-16, 1 PETER 5:7-10 God wants us to pour out our hearts to Him. Think about that. God tells us to spill out all our wants, needs…
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Forgiving Like Jesus
READ: PSALM 51; MATTHEW 18:21-35; EPHESIANS 4:32 I witnessed my father and mother fighting at a very young age. As the years went by, I learned that my father…
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Unhealthy Healthiness
READ: MATTHEW 6:19-33; COLOSSIANS 3:2-4; 1 TIMOTHY 4:8 I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve had a six-pack (abs, not sodas) on and off for about twenty years…
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Guide
READ: PSALMS 25:1-5; 32:8; ISAIAH 30:21; JOHN 8:12 God is the one who guides my way, Directs my path, and leads each day. I want to go where He takes me, Even…
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What to Do When You Doubt
READ: JOHN 20:24-29; ACTS 17:10-12; PHILIPPIANS 1:9-11 We all have doubts and questions from time to time. Does God exist? Are heaven and hell real? Does the…
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Every Nook and Cranny
READ: PSALM 139:23-24; 2 TIMOTHY 1:9-13; 2:19-26 As a kid, one of my jobs after dinner was to clear the table and help wash the dishes. Many of my mom’s fancy…
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Leftovers
READ: LUKE 9:10-17; ROMANS 5:5; 1 THESSALONIANS 3:12 Do you like leftovers? I love them. I would prefer to take leftovers as my lunch over a sandwich any day!…
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A Quiet Place
READ: MATTHEW 11:28-30; MARK 6:30-44; LUKE 5:16; 6:12-13 Have you ever heard the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand? If you’ve spent a lot of time in…
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Eyes on Me
READ: MATTHEW 14:25-33; HEBREWS 12:1-2 Lemarti woke up on the third day doubting his purpose here in the treehouse village. As a dendrology intern he felt…
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Created to Be God's Children
READ: JOHN 1:9-13; ROMANS 8:16-17; 1 JOHN 3:1-3 Have you ever heard someone say they were “created to be” an artist or an athlete or a leader? Growing up, I…
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Here It Is
READ: ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8; ROMANS 8:28-30, 38-39; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4-10 Here it is. Autumn. We see the first of the leaves beginning to change color. Even as…
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Give Thanks in Everything
READ: PHILIPPIANS 4:4-13; COLOSSIANS 3:1-4; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 No one understands! I’m a failure—useless. People would be better off without me. I didn’t…
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Needed
READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-27; GALATIANS 5:13 Whether we have known Jesus for a long time or a little while, we are part of His body—the church— because He…
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Reflections
READ: GENESIS 1:26-30; PSALM 139:13-16; EPHESIANS 1:4-8; 5:1 I stare at my face in the lake below. I watch the ripples of the water grow. A precious human made…
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Condemned
READ: JOHN 8:1-11; ROMANS 3:23-24; 8:1 Unable to speak, the woman felt fear pulse through her as heavy hands pushed her toward the temple. “We’ll see what the…
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Alive in Christ (Part 2)
READ: ROMANS 6:1-23; 8:1, 11 There’s nothing worse than feeling stuck in an endless cycle of sin. These sin cycles steal our life, slowly consuming us until we…
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Dead to Sin (Part 1)
READ: GENESIS 1:26-27; 2:24; MATTHEW 5:27-30; 6:22-24 Most people do not realize how harmful pornography is. For many, porn consumption is considered a normal…
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A Prison Called Self
READ: LUKE 15:11-32; JOHN 8:30-36 The walls of Andrew’s cell were closing in on him. Only this time, it was no figure of speech. He had heard of other…
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Freedom in Christ
READ: MATTHEW 11:28-30; ROMANS 8:1-2; GALATIANS 5:1 Have you ever felt weighed down by this world? Like you were a slave to the sin and pain of the past? I’ve…
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Say What?
READ: COLOSSIANS 2:6-10; 1 CORINTHIANS 2:12-16; 1 JOHN 4:1-6 One summer, I was a bored 13-year-old who needed something to do. So, I decided to offer piano…
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Longing for Godly Community
READ: PROVERBS 27:17; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:10-18; HEBREWS 10:24-25; 1 JOHN 1:7 We serve an incredibly intentional God. Even though God alone can satisfy our…
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Unequally Yoked
READ: MATTHEW 11:28-30; 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1–7:4 One of the things I like most about autumn in New England is the county fairs. They have something for everyone…
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Jesus Saves the Unexpected
READ: LUKE 5:31-32; 19:1-10 Ever feel like people don’t like you? That loneliness feels horrible. Even worse? When people say you deserve that loneliness…
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Searching for Identity
READ: ROMANS 6:6-14; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17-21; GALATIANS 3:26-29 Who am I? I wrestled with this question quite a bit during my teen years. I often felt lost, and…
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Book of Tears
READ: ISAIAH 25:8; HEBREWS 5:7; REVELATION 21:1-5 You say you keep all my tears in a bottle, keep track of them in your book. Do you write some of them small…
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Flipping for Attention
READ: ZEPHANIAH 3:14-17; EPHESIANS 2:1-9 Although my family hosted many guests in our home when I was a kid, the most memorable ones were strangers from…
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
READ: LEVITICUS 27:30-34; MATTHEW 6:19-34; 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7 Have you ever looked at someone, maybe in youth group, and thought, “I wish I believed like they…
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How Do I Love God?
READ: MATTHEW 22:36-40; JOHN 14:15-27; 2 JOHN 1:5-6 If you often go to church or read the Bible, you’ve probably been told over and over again, “Love the Lord…
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God of Summer
READ: RUTH 2:12; PSALMS 46:1; 57:1 In the summer, she knew God. Basking under burning sunrises, she knew His warmth. Dreaming in fields of wildflowers, she…
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We Are Seed Planters, Not Growers
READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-9 When I was in middle school, I made friends with a girl name Mackenzie. We were complete opposites—I was pretty reserved and she was…
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The Bible Is for Everyone: John Wycliffe
READ: PSALMS 19:1-14; 119:11-16 How many times have you been told to read the Bible? Imagine sitting down in church and hearing the pastor say, “Don’t you dare…
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From Riches to Rags: St. Francis of Assisi
READ: COLOSSIANS 3:1-3, 16-17 Few Christians throughout history have taken Jesus’s call to drop everything and follow Him as literally as St. Francis of…
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What God Created
READ: GENESIS 1; MATTHEW 6:26-33 As the trees start to change colors each year, I am in awe of all that God has created. Why did He choose to make the leaves…
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When You Can't Find the Words
READ: LUKE 11:1-13; ROMANS 8:26-27; EPHESIANS 3:14-21 Have you ever tried to pray, but couldn’t seem to find the right words? Perhaps a friend was hurting, or…
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Lonely Times
READ: PSALM 139:1-12; MATTHEW 1:23; 28:20 Ava sat in her room all alone. She tried to ignore the voices from the party downstairs. No one had sent Ava to her…
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Rest for Your Soul
READ: PSALM 46:10; MATTHEW 11:28-29; PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 Anxiety A tidal wave Pain showing through the cracks of my heart Can’t think, can’t breathe yet…
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Learning to Trust God with My Life
READ: PSALM 139; MATTHEW 28:20; COLOSSIANS 1:22-23 Every Christian has a different testimony, or story of how they came to put their trust in Jesus. For some…
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Hanging Out with Sinners (Part 2)
READ: MATTHEW 9:9-13; LUKE 7:34-50; 1 PETER 3:15-16 Have you ever noticed how Jesus often spent time with people who were doing some pretty bad stuff? You may…
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Friends of God (Part 1)
READ: JOHN 15:9-17; ROMANS 5:6-11; 1 JOHN 4:11 Relationships of any kind—with family or friends—are important to God. From the beginning, God made us to live…
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An Interview with Peter
READ: LUKE 22:52-62; JOHN 21:15-19 The man sitting across the table from me makes me uneasy. His failures bear resemblance to mine. Yet, even with his…
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A Holy Craving
READ: MATTHEW 4:4; 1 PETER 1:22–2:3 Have you ever been hit by a sudden, bizarre craving? It might be in the middle of the night, when all the stores are closed…
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When Someone Calls Your Name
READ: ISAIAH 43:1-13; JOHN 10:3-4, 27-30; HEBREWS 12:1-3 Have you ever been in the middle of competing in an intense sporting event, tired and discouraged…
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By Faith
READ: HEBREWS 11 Hebrews 11 is full of examples of people who trusted God even when it seemed foolish. Abel burned up some of his best livestock as a sacrifice…
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God's Promises Regarding Death
READ: PSALM 23 Sometimes when I think about death and dying, it scares me. I know this is the case for a lot of people. I also know that, unless Jesus comes…
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When Home Hurts
READ: MATTHEW 7:24-27; ROMANS 8:35-39 I’ll never forget the first time I saw it: the foreclosure notice tacked to the front door. At fifteen, I was old enough…
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Checkmate (Part 2)
READ: EPHESIANS 6:10-20; COLOSSIANS 1:9-14; 1 JOHN 1:1–2:2 Miles later, we reached a rocky cliff face. I pressed my back to the rock while tears cascaded down…
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Checkmate (Part 1)
READ: JOHN 1:1-18; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13; EPHESIANS 5:8-20 I am Ashva, knight of the Kingdom of Light! Although weak from my journey, I repeated the truth aloud…
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Did I Do It Right?
READ: ISAIAH 30:15-18; MATTHEW 12:15-21; ROMANS 10:9-13 I was struggling and needed advice. I thought my camp counselor from summer youth group camp might be…
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When God Says Yes
READ: ACTS 12:1-17 Weeping believers gathered at the house of Mary, Mark’s mother. Only a few days ago, their beloved pastor had been martyred. And now…