Little by Little Daily Devotional
Struggle to find the time each day for your Bible reading?Listen through the Big Picture of the Bible in one or two key verses each day.Starting 1st January 2025.A daily verse followed by the 'Big Picture' and 'Action Step' for the day.
All episodes(57)
- StandardSummaries onlyWe Are All Equally Different!
Published Oct 17, 2026
…and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.Luke 8:2-3
- StandardSummaries onlyPositively The Best You Can Do!
Published Oct 16, 2026
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “We played the pipe for you and you did not dance; we sang a dirge and you did not cry.”Luke 7:32
- StandardSummaries onlyI Just Don’t Feel Like It!
Published Oct 15, 2026
He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up and on the Sabbath day He went into the synagogue, as was His custom. He stood up to read.Luke 4:16
- StandardSummaries onlyEveryone’s Included Right From the Start
Published Oct 14, 2026
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were terrified.Luke 2:8-9
- StandardSummaries onlyWhat’s Your Memory Like?
Published Oct 13, 2026
But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you” and all the others said the same.Mark 14:31
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Worry About Tomorrow
Published Oct 12, 2026
“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back - whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.”Mark 13:35
- StandardSummaries onlyJust Get On With It!
Published Oct 11, 2026
“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”Mark 10:51
- StandardSummaries onlyStick With The Job in Hand!
Published Oct 10, 2026
Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.”Mark 5:22-23
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Look Down Your Nose Like That!
Published Oct 9, 2026
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”Mark 2:17
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Argue With The Hard Facts
Published Oct 8, 2026
“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.”Matthew 28:6
- StandardSummaries onlyAlways Be on Your Guard
Published Oct 7, 2026
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.”Matthew 26:41
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Miss Out!
Published Oct 6, 2026
“For many are invited but few are chosen.”Matthew 22:14
- StandardSummaries onlyWe Don’t Need Megaphone Diplomacy!
Published Oct 5, 2026
“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.”Matthew 18:15
- StandardSummaries onlyWe All Have Our Part to Play
Published Oct 4, 2026
“And I tell you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”Matthew 16:18
- StandardSummaries onlyGod is Bigger than You Think!
Published Oct 3, 2026
“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”Matthew 12:40
- StandardSummaries onlyOne Small Step For a Man or a Woman
Published Oct 2, 2026
Then John’s disciples came and asked Him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often but your disciples do not fast?”Matthew 9:14
- StandardSummaries onlyAre You Listening?
Published Oct 1, 2026
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”Matthew 7:24
- StandardSummaries onlySeek and You Will Find
Published Sep 30, 2026
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi (wise men) from the east came to Jerusalem… Matthew 2:1
- StandardSummaries onlyGive God the Benefit of the Doubt!
Published Sep 29, 2026
‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of Heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.’Malachi 3:10
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Be Such an Ostrich!
Published Sep 28, 2026
“...Great is the Lord - even beyond the borders of Israel”Malachi 1:5
- StandardSummaries onlyHow Big is Your God?
Published Sep 27, 2026
“It will be a unique day - a day known only to the Lord - with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.”Zechariah 14:7
- StandardSummaries onlyDo You Earn What You Are Paid?
Published Sep 26, 2026
I told them, ‘If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.’ So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.Zechariah 11:12
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Let Pride Get in the Way
Published Sep 25, 2026
“Rejoice greatly, Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”Zechariah 9:9
- StandardSummaries onlyHands Together, Eyes Closed
Published Sep 24, 2026
“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears. They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets...”Zechariah 7:11-12
- StandardSummaries onlyNo Such Thing as a Little White Sin!
Published Sep 23, 2026
And he said to me, ‘This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished.’Zechariah 5:3
- StandardSummaries onlyWith God We Can’t Fail
Published Sep 22, 2026
So he (an angel) said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty’.Zechariah 4:6
- StandardSummaries onlyWhy Not Give It One More Go?
Published Sep 21, 2026
“Be still before the Lord, all mankind, because He has roused himself from His holy dwelling.”Zechariah 2:13
- StandardSummaries onlyTrust God Now and Get On With It!
Published Sep 20, 2026
‘But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.Haggai 2:4
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Day of the Lord is Coming
Published Sep 19, 2026
“Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.”Zephaniah 2:3
- StandardSummaries onlyAlways Be Ready to Progress
Published Sep 18, 2026
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.”Habakkuk 2:1
- StandardSummaries onlyWhat a Privilege We Have!
Published Sep 17, 2026
“Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace!...”Nahum 1:15
- StandardSummaries onlyHow Can You Be Godly Today?
Published Sep 16, 2026
“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.”Micah 7:18
- StandardSummaries onlyGod Is Not a Vague Concept!
Published Sep 15, 2026
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”Micah 5:2
- StandardSummaries onlyHave You Lost Your Focus?
Published Sep 14, 2026
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, ‘Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us.’Micah 3:11
- StandardSummaries onlyOur God Cares
Published Sep 13, 2026
“Look! The Lord is coming from His dwelling place; He comes down and treads on the heights of the earth.”Micah 1:3
- StandardSummaries onlyGet God’s Word Right
Published Sep 12, 2026
When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.Jonah 3:10
- StandardSummaries onlyReal Self Exposed
Published Sep 11, 2026
From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.Jonah 2:1
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Hold Grudges
Published Sep 10, 2026
“Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.”Obadiah 10
- StandardSummaries onlyMake Haste - Slowly!
Published Sep 9, 2026
“...When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat -skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales?”Amos 8:5
- StandardSummaries onlyJust Do It!
Published Sep 8, 2026
Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet but I was a shepherd and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees - but the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’Amos 7:14-15
- StandardSummaries onlyI Mean It Most Sincerely!
Published Sep 7, 2026
“Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.”Amos 5:23
- StandardSummaries onlyProblems Can be Possibilities!
Published Sep 6, 2026
“I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”Amos 2:5
- StandardSummaries onlyBe Thankful in Good Times
Published Sep 5, 2026
“Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love and He relents from sending calamity.”Joel 2:13
- StandardSummaries onlyReal Security
Published Sep 4, 2026
“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction?”Hosea 13:14
- StandardSummaries onlyWhy Not Choose to Make God Smile?
Published Sep 3, 2026
“My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.”Hosea 11:7
- StandardSummaries onlyDon’t Worship Whatever You Make!
Published Sep 2, 2026
“They set up kings without My consent; they choose princes without My approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.”Hosea 8:4
- StandardSummaries onlyTrue Change Doesn’t Come by Chance
Published Sep 1, 2026
“Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face - in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”Hosea 5:15
- StandardSummaries onlyGuidance Can be Difficult at Times
Published Aug 31, 2026
When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her...”Hosea 1:2
- StandardSummaries onlyHow Well Do You Know Him?
Published Aug 30, 2026
“...but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.”Daniel 11:32
- StandardSummaries onlyNo Sooner the Word than the Deed
Published Aug 29, 2026
“As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision.”Daniel 9:23
- StandardSummaries onlyTrust God - You Know It Makes Sense
Published Aug 28, 2026
“My God sent His angel and He shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in His sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”Daniel 6:22
- StandardSummaries onlyYou Must Do What You Believe
Published Aug 27, 2026
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.Daniel 1:8
- StandardSummaries onlyAlways Look on the Bright Side of Life
Published Aug 26, 2026
“Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.”Ezekiel 47:9
- StandardSummaries onlyYou Never Know Who’s Watching!
Published Aug 25, 2026
“They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.”Ezekiel 44:23
- StandardSummaries onlyWe Are The Church of Christ
Published Aug 24, 2026
Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits (nine feet) thick and each side room around the temple was four cubits (six feet) wide.Ezekiel 41:5
- StandardSummaries onlyLive it Up Like a Believer!
Published Aug 23, 2026
“I will put my Spirit in you and you will live...”Ezekiel 37:14
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Lord is My Shepherd
Published Aug 22, 2026
For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.”Ezekiel 34:11-12