Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Religion & Spirituality

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A short and substantive daily devotional to feed your joy in Jesus every day of the year.

Episodes

  • At the Bottom of It All

    Charles Spurgeon reflects on his Christian conversion in this episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional, stating, “I ascribe my change wholly to God.”

  • Why We Should Love Our Enemies

    The episode "Why We Should Love Our Enemies" from Solid Joys Daily Devotional suggests that finding treasure in God enables individuals to treat adversaries with a sense of fullness and the glory of God.

  • Go on to the Meal

    The episode "Go on to the Meal" from Solid Joys Daily Devotional directs listeners to find God's glory, suggesting the cross of Jesus Christ as the primary place for spiritual attunement.

  • A People for His Name

    This episode discusses God's global purpose to gather a people for His name from all tribes, languages, and nations.

  • What It Means to Love God

    This episode explores the meaning of loving God, emphasizing that true love for God means being satisfied in God himself, recognizing his glorious nature beyond his gifts.

  • Pleased with His Precepts

    This episode discusses how faith conquers innate resistance to God and His will, enabling obedience to His commandments.

  • Don’t Serve God

    This episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional discusses how God gladly receives expressions of dependence and His all-sufficiency. It encourages listeners to cast all anxieties upon Him.

  • Truer Knowledge Brings Greater Joy

    This episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional discusses how joy that reflects the worth of God and overflows in God-glorifying love is rooted in true knowledge of God.

  • Seven Sources of Joy

    This episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional explores seven sources of joy. It discusses how joy originates from the Holy Spirit rather than personal efforts or imagination, emphasizing the importance of earnest prayer.

  • A Dangerous Motive

    The episode "A Dangerous Motive" from Solid Joys Daily Devotional explores the concepts of gratitude for past grace and faith for future promised grace.

  • How to Ask Forgiveness

    This episode discusses how to ask for forgiveness, focusing on the theological understanding of appealing to God's mercy and the justice of Christ's obedience.

  • God Demonstrates His Love

    This episode explores the concept of God demonstrating love through tribulations. It focuses on finding unwavering hope in challenging times.

  • Dirty Rags No More

    This episode discusses good works in relation to justification. It explains that good works are evidence of justification, not the basis for it.

  • Fifteen Tactics for Joy

    This episode discusses fifteen methods for finding joy. It explores how to seek joy in a life that includes sin and pain.

  • The Day Is at Hand

    This episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional is titled "The Day Is at Hand." It discusses the approaching end of an age characterized by sin, misery, and death, and the beginning of a new era of righteousness, peace, and complete joy.

  • The Great Exchange

    This episode from Solid Joys Daily Devotional discusses the concept of the great exchange, explaining how sins are laid on Christ and his righteousness is laid on believers through faith.

  • Children of a Singing God

    This episode discusses Christianity as a singing faith. It explores the idea that believers are children of a singing God.

  • You Were Made for God

    This episode discusses the concept of being a God-centered people. It explores how this aligns with God's own God-centeredness.

  • Paul’s Salvation Was for You

    This episode discusses Paul's conversion and its role in highlighting Christ's patience.

  • The Liberating Power of Forgiveness

    This episode discusses the liberating power of forgiveness rooted in faith and God's absolution. It explains how this frees individuals from the paralyzing effects of shame, even when that shame is deserved.

  • Seek Your City’s Good

    The devotional focuses on the Christian imperative to address suffering, highlighting eternal suffering as the most significant threat to any city.

  • Five Reasons to Be Fearless

    This episode explores five reasons to be fearless, explaining that a lack of fear demonstrates a deep trust in God as one's generous Shepherd, Father, and King.

  • The Key to Radical Love

    This episode explains that the key to experiencing radical love is through faith in God’s future grace, which involves being fully satisfied with all that God promises.

  • Afraid to Stray

    This episode, "Afraid to Stray," from Solid Joys Daily Devotional encourages listeners to cherish God's goodness, fear straying from Him, flee from sin, and seek refuge in Him.

  • A Future for Failures

    This episode discusses the gospel, emphasizing that despite significant sin, there is a future and hope. It encourages listeners not to fear.

  • God, Touch Our Hearts

    This episode explores the concept of infinite power reaching down to touch and transform us.

  • Embracing Jesus

    This episode discusses faith in Christ as an active embrace of all that God offers through Him, going beyond simple agreement.

  • Mercy for Today

    This episode discusses the concept of daily mercies, emphasizing that today's provisions are sufficient for today's challenges, and tomorrow's will be met when they arise.

  • Don’t Be Like the Mule

    This devotional encourages listeners to approach God in prayer, confess their sins, and accept His guidance like needy chicks seeking shelter and provision.

  • Pray for His Fame

    The Solid Joys Daily Devotional episode 'Pray for His Fame' emphasizes that God desires his name to be known and honored, highlighting 'Hallowed be your name' as a primary prayer.

  • Talk to Your Tears

    This episode discusses the concept of sowing and reaping, encouraging listeners not to give up even amidst tears.

  • You Cannot Lose in the End

    This episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional focuses on trusting Christ regardless of circumstances or destination, assuring listeners that they cannot lose in the end.

  • The Great King’s Wine

    This episode,

  • What Is Well-Placed Shame?

    This episode discusses the biblical concept of shame, explaining that the distinction between misplaced and well-placed shame is fundamentally centered on God.

  • Talk to God, Not Just About Him

    This episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional, titled "Talk to God, Not Just About Him," emphasizes the importance of direct communication with God. It advises listeners to regularly incorporate talking to God into their lives, rather than s…

  • Make Satan Know His Defeat

    This episode discusses the defeat of Satan through Christ's death and resurrection. It emphasizes that Jesus struck the decisive blow at Calvary.

  • What It Means to Pray for Your Enemy

    This episode discusses the meaning of praying for your enemy, emphasizing the importance of desiring their best and expressing those desires in prayer.

  • Two Ways to Remember Jesus

    This episode discusses Jesus's resurrection and his role as an eternal King whose kingdom will never end.

  • The Books at the Judgment

    This episode discusses the concept of salvation, stating it is secured for believers through Christ's sacrifice, not their own actions, as they are written in the book of life.

  • God Strengthens Us Through Others

    This episode discusses how God strengthens our faith, noting that while direct strengthening occurs, it most frequently happens through interactions with other individuals.

  • How to Respond When You Falter

    This devotional focuses on personal accountability and humility, with a prayer asking for a greater awareness of one's own faults.

  • Better Than Everest

    This episode,

  • Two of Our Deepest Needs

    This episode discusses being under God's care and protection through the Father, and under His charge and authority through the Son.

  • What Binds the Hands of Love?

    This episode discusses how only engaging in the works of heaven, which is a world of love, can truly satisfy a heart whose treasure is in heaven.

  • If He Calls, He Keeps

    This episode discusses that our perseverance is dependent on God's work to keep us trusting Him, rather than on the strength of our own resolve.

  • As Sure as God’s Love for His Son

    This episode explores the assurance of God's love for believers, emphasizing that all circumstances are designed to work for their ultimate good as purchased by Christ.

  • When Everyone Deserts You

    This episode discusses the feeling of abandonment and encourages listeners to find strength in God's unwavering promise, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

  • 10 Results of the Resurrection

    This episode discusses the results of Christ's resurrection, highlighting that believers are forgiven and beyond accusation because of it.

  • How to Delight in God’s Word

    This episode of Solid Joys Daily Devotional, titled 'How to Delight in God’s Word,' suggests that Christianity is less about demands and willpower and more about what we love and find delightful.

  • Forever Satisfied

    This episode discusses how trusting in Jesus provides a deep satisfaction through His presence and promise, enabling believers to resist the dominating influence of sin's allure.