HighPoint Devotionals

There is a quiet thief that steals joy, disrupts peace, and exhausts the soul long before any real crisis ever arrives. It does not announce itself. It simply settles in, uninvited, and begins to take up space in the mind. That thief is worry. And if you have ever lain awake at night rehearsing worst-case scenarios, or woken up already bracing for a day that has not yet unfolded, you know exactly what it costs you. Jesus knew it too. And He addressed it directly. In Matthew

Most of us would never bow down before a golden statue. The idea feels primitive, even absurd. We are modern people. We have moved past that kind of thing. And yet, if Jesus is to be believed, idolatry is not a relic of some ancient, unenlightened age. It is alive and well, and it may be sitting in your wallet right now. In Matthew 6:19-24, Jesus pivots in the middle of His greatest sermon and begins talking about money. He does it without apology and without softening the b

There is something remarkable about prayer. It crosses every boundary of culture, religion, and belief. The grieving mother whispers it in a hospital hallway. The skeptic mutters it in a moment of desperation. The atheist may call it something else entirely, but in that raw, unguarded moment when everything is on the line, something inside every human being reaches upward. We are made for connection with our Creator, and no matter how far we wander from that truth, it finds u

There is a little girl named Susie who, after her very first day of preschool, came home bursting with excitement about the story of Snow White. Her mother, anticipating the familiar ending, said warmly, "They lived happily ever after." Susie shook her head and corrected her: "No, they got married." Out of the mouths of babes. Even a child can sense that marriage and happiness are not always the same thing -- and yet, the covenant of marriage remains one of the most profound

There is a moment in Matthew chapter 5 where Jesus says something so direct, so penetrating, that it must have stopped His listeners cold. He takes one of the most ancient moral commands — you shall not commit adultery — and rather than softening it for a modern audience, He deepens it. He pushes past the outward behavior and drives straight into the human heart. That is where the real conversation begins. More Than a Rule It would be easy to read the seventh commandment as

There is a question that has quietly unsettled people for centuries, one that still surfaces in the minds of honest seekers today: Does the Bible still matter? Not just as a historical document or a cultural artifact, but as a living, binding authority over the way we think, the way we treat one another, and the way we conduct our lives? The answer, rooted in the words of Jesus Himself in Matthew 5:17-20, is an unqualified yes. And understanding why changes everything. A Wor

There's something powerful about standing at the beginning of a new year. It's like standing in a lobby, looking in all directions, wondering what might unfold in the months ahead. We think about opportunities, changes, possibilities—doors that might open before us. But what does an "open door" really mean when we're talking about faith? "These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can op

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. These ancient words from John's Gospel have echoed through centuries, but their full weight might still surprise us. What if the toughest miracle God ever performed wasn't creating the universe or raising the dead, but simply getting us to understand who He is and how He feels about us? The Scandal of Christmas Christmas celebrates something so scandalous that it offended nearly everyone who firs