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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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Between You and God
READ: LUKE 22:54-62; JOHN 21:15-25; ROMANS 3:23-24 Will I go to hell for how I am? This question invaded my mind on too many occasions for me to count…
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Whose Voice Is That?
READ: JOHN 10:1-30 Every time I get a voicemail from my mom, I smile. I’ve heard her voice almost every day of my life. So if I know anyone’s voice, it’s hers…
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Son of Man
READ: ISAIAH 53:1-5; MATTHEW 2:13-18; JOHN 13:2-5 Son of Man You chose to get Your hands dirty, to get knee deep in human suffering. To cry with us and bear…
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Governor? King?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 34; 1 TIMOTHY 4:1 Six teenagers recently decided to run for governor of Kansas. With no age limit on gubernatorial candidates in that state…
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Beautiful Pain
READ: ISAIAH 30:20-21; 61:1-3; ROMANS 8:18, 38-39 Throughout my life, God has been faithful to provide me with wonderful women to disciple me in my walk with…
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Right Here, Right Now
READ: PROVERBS 3:5-6; MATTHEW 6:25-34; EPHESIANS 2:10 During our teen years, it can feel like the pressure is on. Whether it’s making a career decision…
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Eternal Echoes
READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:11-15; 15:58; GALATIANS 6:9-10 The Cave of Echoes looked like any other cave, but people in the town nearby knew it was special. Like all…
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God Always Provides
READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 9 I blinked at my phone screen and swallowed the lump in my throat. How could this have happened? I had donated $65 to a Christian charity…
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Give Thanks
READ: PSALM 100:1-5; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 We’re called to give thanks to God at all times. But how? When I was thirteen, I had to wrestle with that question…
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911
READ: MATTHEW 6:8; 28:20; HEBREWS 4:14-16; 1 PETER 5:7 What number do you call in an emergency? In the United States, people call 911. In Hong Kong and Kenya…
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Confessions of a Saint
READ: ROMANS 13:13-14; COLOSSIANS 2:1-14 The early church went through many periods of persecution after Jesus’s ascension into heaven (Acts 1:9). Yet, the…
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"Can I Get a Witness?"
READ: MATTHEW 28:16-20; ACTS 1:1-11; 10:34-48; 1 PETER 3:15-18 I have a confession. For a long time, I was scared to witness to others about Jesus. I knew…
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Guard Your Heart
READ: PROVERBS 4; GALATIANS 5:13-26; EPHESIANS 4:17–5:20 Guard your heart Guard your heart Everything you do Flows from it through you From your lips Past…
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Stopping the Cycle
READ: PSALM 34:17-18; ROMANS 6:6-8; EPHESIANS 4:26-32 Harper hid her head under the pillow. She couldn’t take another shouting match. Her parents were just…
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God's Creation
READ: PSALM 19; JOHN 1:1-14 Psalm 19 is a psalm of praise and a wonderful description of God’s magnificence. It opens with a declaration of the glory of God’s…
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Afraid to Try Again
READ: PSALM 73:23-26; LUKE 5:1-11; HEBREWS 10:24; 12:1-3 It was the first and last time I played the piano at school. Halfway through the song, everyone was…
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My Gideon's Fleece
READ: JUDGES 6:36-40; LUKE 12:6-7; JAMES 1:5 Some of my favorite childhood memories involve books. I knew that when I grew up I wanted to be a writer. After…
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See How God Will Work Through You
READ: MARK 2:1-12; ROMANS 5:6-8; 1 JOHN 4:19 Two teenagers in Tennessee risked their lives to save an unaccompanied toddler who ran toward a busy highway. With…
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My Journey with the Shepherd
READ: PSALM 23; JOHN 10:1-18 Anxiety has me tossing and turning until I hear someone whispering my name from outside. I crawl out of my tent and see a man. The…
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Spending Time with God when Life is Busy
READ: 1 CHRONICLES 16:11; PSALM 23; LUKE 5:15-16 When I was in college, I distinctly remember being overwhelmed by various assignments. It felt like there was…
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The Desert Storm
READ: JAMES 1:2-5; ROMANS 8:28-39 BOOM! Thunder crashes. Lightning illuminates the house as the walls shake and dishes rattle in the cupboards, followed by an…
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When in Doubt
READ: MARK 9:14-29; LUKE 24:36-53 Doubt. The very word conjures up images of wrinkled foreheads and turned-down mouth corners. Contrary to how we may feel…
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Perfect Father
READ: PSALM 103:1-13; MATTHEW 10:29-30; ROMANS 8:14-16; 1 JOHN 4:14-19 Today my dad gave me a hug I felt safe and warm inside It made me think of how You love…
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Preparing for Father's Day
READ: PSALM 68:4-6; JOHN 1:9-14; 3:16-17; EPHESIANS 1:5 When Father’s Day comes around, how do you feel? Maybe you have a great relationship with your dad and…
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Held Together
READ: COLOSSIANS 1:15-23 Think for a minute about everything you see around you every day—the sky, your home, your shoes, your food…Within each of those…
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A Second Chance: The Book of Jonah
READ: JONAH 4; MATTHEW 12:38-42; ROMANS 10:9-13 Out of all the biblical prophets, Jonah is probably the most infamous. The book focuses on a prophet who didn’t…
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A Bold Step
READ: PSALMS 23:1-3; 116:7; MATTHEW 11:28-30 Let me take you several thousand feet above sea level. It’s a warm, summery day, and the sun shines hot on your…
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Complainer
READ: PSALMS 64:1-10; 116:10; 142:1-7 Have you ever greeted someone you haven’t seen in a while with a friendly, “Hi, how have you been?” and they responded…
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Land of Milk and Honey
READ: EXODUS 16:8-31, 35; NUMBERS 14:8; PHILIPPIANS 4:10-20 Sometimes God only gives us what we need for the moment. Can you relate? Maybe God is only…
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Illuminated
READ: PSALM 8; MATTHEW 5:1-16; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6; PHILIPPIANS 2:12-18 It was midnight. I put my paddleboard into the saltwater of the Puget Sound, then pushed…
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Symbiosis
READ: GALATIANS 6:1-10; EPHESIANS 4:11-16 Do you know what a symbiotic relationship is? It’s when two beings interact, live near each other, and have a…
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Jesus Weeps
READ: JOHN 11:1-44; HEBREWS 4:14-16; REVELATION 21:1-5 I closed the book and pondered what I had just read. Jesus weeps for me? The novel I was reading…
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Fool's Gold
READ: PSALM 19:7-11; 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17; HEBREWS 4:12 Martin Frobisher, an English explorer, once discovered a huge hoard of gold on Baffin Island in Canada. He…
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Amazing
READ: ROMANS 5:6-11 Jesus Christ died for your sins. Does this sentence amaze you every time you read it? For many of us (especially those of us who have grown…
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Not Forgotten
READ: PSALM 139; LUKE 12:6-7 Any other “middle kids” out there? I’m a middle child. Not the exact middle, but I’m number three out of four kids. My older two…
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Bigger and Better
READ: PROVERBS 16:3-9; ROMANS 8:28-29; PHILIPPIANS 4:4-7 When I was seventeen, my second choice for a summer activity rose to become my first. Early in the…
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Freedom
READ: GALATIANS 1:6-12; 2:14–3:6; 5:1, 16-26 Imagine you’re standing in a burning building. Everything is on fire. Smoke fills the air, and it’s hard to see or…
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The Next Task
READ: GENESIS 1:26–2:3; MATTHEW 11:28-30; LUKE 10:38-42 Alistair hefted his saw and adjusted his vision screen over his eyes. As he made the final cut, the…
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The End of the Story
READ: ROMANS 8:18, 23-25; REVELATION 21 If you were a character in a book, it would be nice to know that your story has a happy ending. When we’re the ones…
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In the Clouds
READ: MARK 16:19-20; LUKE 24:50-53; ACTS 1:4-11; REVELATION 1:7 Recently I noticed Ascension Day on the calendar of a religious publication. In my faith…
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Clinging Tightly
READ: ISAIAH 49:13-17; JOHN 10:1-30 I have a bad habit of losing umbrellas. As a little girl, I flipped through a catalog one day and spotted an umbrella I…
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For Such a Time as This
READ: ESTHER 4:1-17; EPHESIANS 2:1-10 Do you ever wish you had been born during a different time? I sometimes wish I was living earlier in history. I read…
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In the Night
READ: DEUTERONOMY 31:8; PSALMS 8:1-9; 139:1-14; EPHESIANS 2:13 I step into the night, surrendering my eyes, enveloped in darkness like plunging into water…
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Maturity in Christ
READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17; GALATIANS 5:16-18; JAMES 1:3-5 For most of my youth, being mature was all the rage. Everyone pretended to be mature. My conception of…
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God Is Always Listening
READ: 1 KINGS 18:20-39; PSALMS 115:1-13; 116:1-9 "Can you hear me? Hello? I’m talking…Are you even listening?” Have you ever tried and tried to get someone to…
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Hello Unknown
READ: DEUTERONOMY 31:8; PSALM 23:4; HEBREWS 13:5-6 I stood anxiously in front of the school doors, feeling as if I was glued to the spot. I had no idea what…
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Running the Race: Focus (Part 2)
READ: JOHN 21:21-22; PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11; HEBREWS 12:1-3 Picture this: you’re getting ready to run a race. You stand at the starting line, stretching and…
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Running the Race: Endurance (Part 1)
READ: ISAIAH 40:28-31; 1 CORINTHIANS 9:23-27; HEBREWS 12:1-3 What’s the number one thing you need to win a race? Speed, right? It seems obvious. So why isn’t…
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A Dry and Weary Land
READ: PSALM 63:1-5; MATTHEW 11:28-30; JOHN 4:7-15; 7:37-39 Not much farther, Mai chanted to herself. Not much farther. Brittle sand attacked her eyes, blinding…
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Heimlich
READ: PHILIPPIANS 4:4-9; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 The sudden screeching from the children had me running down the stairs. I’d only left for a moment, but in…
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Trees and Truth
READ: GENESIS 2:9; 3:1-7, 22-24; DEUTERONOMY 21:22-23; 1 PETER 2:21-25 The American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. once wrote, “In fact, there’s nothing that…
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Special Forces
READ: EPHESIANS 6:10-20; 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-8; JAMES 5:16 We see bad things happen all the time. We can’t help it; trouble is all around, and people are suffering…
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Next Steps
READ: JEREMIAH 29:1-14; PSALMS 37:1-6; 139:1-24 Are you or someone you know graduating this year? While a graduation is a momentous occasion, what follows is…
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Living Hearts
READ: EZEKIEL 36:16-38; PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8 Which is better: a heart of stone, or a heart of flesh? To be honest, some days I want to choose the stone. A heart…
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Alpha and Omega
READ: JOHN 1:1-14; COLOSSIANS 1:15-20; REVELATION 21:1-6 In my life, there are many starts and stops. I start a new hobby, and I finish a TV show. I wake up…
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Wait and Lean on Him
READ: PSALM 27; ISAIAH 40:31; LAMENTATIONS 3:25 Waiting for things to work out can be exhausting, scary, frustrating, and stressful. Sometimes it feels like…
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Obligation
READ: PSALM 115:3; EPHESIANS 1:3-10; HEBREWS 12:2 For a long time, I’ve had this nagging thought that God just loves us because He has to. He’s God, so that…
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Love Like a Mother's
READ: PSALMS 68:4-6; 139:13-18; ISAIAH 49:15; 1 JOHN 3:1 Mother’s Day is not a simple holiday for everyone. Maybe your mom is kind and caring and you have a…
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Keep Your Eyes on the Ball...and the Cross
READ: GALATIANS 3:13; COLOSSIANS 2:13-15; HEBREWS 12:1-3 Growing up, my siblings and I played a lot of baseball together. When I was batting, there was no…
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Justice and Forgiveness
READ: ROMANS 8:1, 31-39; 1 JOHN 1:8–2:2 Have you ever felt like your sin could never be forgiven? Like what you did is surely too much for God to handle? Or…