Unlocked Archives: September 2024

  • September 30, 2024

    READ: PSALMS 28:7; 33:1-3; 40:3; COLOSSIANS 3:16 While I was in high school, I wrote the first version of today’s poem as a song for my personal worship time. Although I can’t read or write music, I can strum a few chords on the guitar and still enjoy singing this song in my devotional time [...]

  • September 29, 2024

    READ: JOHN 15:1-17; GALATIANS 5:22-23 When I was growing up, my family always had a garden. I would help plant the tiny seeds, water them, and tear out the weeds that grew around them. I became so used to watching the little plants pop out of the ground year after year, and then grow until [...]

  • September 27, 2024

    READ: PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7; 2 THESSALONIANS 3:16 Life can be hard. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. Life can be very hard. We may find it pretty easy to love and worship God when things are going well and life is good. But what about when a loved one passes away? What about when you’re so [...]

  • September 26, 2024

    READ: PSALM 73; EPHESIANS 2 "I know God is good, but why do they always seem to get the blessings and not me?” I asked as I sat with my Chinese takeout and tried valiantly not to dissolve into a teary mess. I was the one actually trying to do things God’s way and please [...]

  • September 25, 2024

    READ: PSALM 28:7; MATTHEW 14:13-21; JOHN 11:38-44 Do you still believe in miracles? I know the Bible mentions that Jesus fed over 5,000 people with only a handful of bread and fish (Matthew 14:13-21). Jesus also raised up Lazarus from the dead after he had been in the grave four days (John 11:38-44). Several years [...]

  • September 24, 2024

    READ: MARK 15:37-38; HEBREWS 6:19-20; 10:19-22 "Quick! This way!” Rhys yelled, motioning with his arm for the large group of people to turn down yet another oak-paneled corridor. Everyone followed, all suddenly getting a hopeful feeling that their endless wandering through this wooden labyrinth was finally coming to an end. So, with a new light [...]

  • September 24, 2024

    Hey, this is Dylan here from Unlocked. And as you probably noticed, we have some new theme music, so I hope you like it.We might still change exactly what the theme music is, this might just be temporary, it might be a long-term piece of music. But the reason we had to change it is [...]

  • September 23, 2024

    READ: EPHESIANS 5:1-2; COLOSSIANS 3:1-4, 22-24 Over the years, I’ve done a variety of tasks to earn money. One job I found online was trying beauty products at home and then writing reviews about them. The first (and only) item I tested was a hair growth solution. I dutifully sprayed it on my scalp a [...]

  • September 22, 2024

    READ: LEVITICUS 23:40; 1 CHRONICLES 16:33; PSALM 96:11-13 Leaves are tumbling,twisting,turning…Limbs are blowing,bending,bowing…Trees are bursting,billowing,blooming…As the woodscommence their praising,joyously parading…Bright yellows,Deep reds,Burnt oranges—I praise Him forthis taste of JoywheneverFall comes singing. I’ve always found fall to be joyous, but when I discovered Scriptures that exhort trees, mountains, and hills to join in praise to the [...]

  • September 21, 2024

    READ: DANIEL 1:8-15; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6-10 Have you ever used a pressure canner? It looks like a large pot with a lid that clamps on securely. When you can food at home, you put the beans or corn or whatever you’re trying to preserve into glass jars, then place the jars in [...]