Derek Charles Johnson

Today’s Devotional - Monday August 1st “What Is The Blessed Hope?” Waiting for our blessedhope, theappearing of the glory of our greatGod and Savior Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13 Question for today: Do I live my life differently knowing that Jesus could return at any moment? How so? Pray: Lord lead me to Your truth in regards to the blessed hope. I believe that You will return someday! Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday July 29th “Praising God When Least It’s Expected” About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Acts 16:25 Question for today: Am I able to praise God despite the tough situation I might be facing? Pray: Lord, I want to follow the example of Paul and Silas. Help me praise you even when life doesn’t make sense. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday July 25th “The Power Of Your Testimony” Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” John 4:39 Question for today: Could I share my testimony today if someone were to ask me about Jesus? Pray: Give me boldness Lord and help me understand it is the Holy Spirit at work when I tell others about You. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday July 22nd “The Story Never Gets Old” Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God who saved us and called us to a holy calling. 2 Timothy 1:8,9 Question for today: How has the gospel transformed me? How can I tell my story to others today? Pray: Let us be bold today Lord in our witness! Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday July 18th “Just One Thing” And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Mark 10:21,22 Question for today: Is there “one thing” that stands between me and Jesus today? Pray: Lord I am an open book before You. I confess and repent of anything that has pushed You away in my life. I want to follow You completely. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday July 15th “Self-Denial Or Self-Preservation?” If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. Mark 8:34,35 Question for today: What does a life look like that denies self and pursues Christ? Pray: Lord today I seek to answer the question proposed above. I want to answer this question by how I live. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday July 11th “Who Is Worthy Enough?” Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. Mark 2:17 Question for today: If I’m honest today, who have I deemed less than worthy of receiving Christ? How can I pray for that person today? Pray: Lord I pray that you would soften my heart to the lost (especially this particular person). I ask that my heart would be transformed in the process. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday July 8th “Weak-kneed At The Red Sea” When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD. Exodus 14:10 Question for today: If I’ve been afraid to move forward in a certain area, how can I read stories like these and be willing to trust the Lord once again? Pray: Forgive me God for allowing fear to immobilize my life. I repent and trust that You go before me into any battle I face. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday July 4th “Freedom Comes At The Cross” Forfreedom Christ hasset us free;stand firm therefore, and do not submit again toa yoke ofslavery. Galatians 5:1 Question for today: As a nation we face challenges to remain free. Similarly, how am I challenged not to return to past sins or bondages that Christ has loosened from my life? Pray: Thank You Jesus for my freedom that was purchased at the cross! Let me not return to a yoke of slavery. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday July 1st “Do Any Seek God?” The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. Psalm 14:1 Question for today: Often this world looks like the people David spoke of in Psalm 14: godless and wicked. How can I both affirm my own belief in God and proclaim the message of salvation to others? What lives around me are ready to listen? Pray: God, remind me today that there are those who still seek You and trust in You; even in a world that sometimes looks like the opposite is true. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday June 27th “The Upside Down Kingdom” And He said to all, “If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.” Luke 9:23 Question for today: Can I see that everything I have gained in Christ is more than anything I have lost? Pray: Jesus help me deny myself daily and follow You. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday June 25th “A Shovel In One Hand, A Sword In The Other” The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judahwho were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weaponin the other. Nehemiah 4:16, 17 Question for today: If I am going into each day with only my shovel (my abilities), what am I missing out on by not carrying a sword as well? Pray: God thank You for giving us the ability to fight by having the knowledge of Your word. Help us use it wisely. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday June 20th “Built To Last” Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. 1 Peter 1:23 Question for today: When I consider the Gospel is eternal and constant, how does that change my outlook in the day to day? Pray: God thank you for the irreplaceable, always sustaining truth of Your word. Let me hide it in my heart today. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday June 17th “Have You Tasted?” Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 Question for today: How have I tasted and seen the goodness of the Lord in my life? Pray: God I thank You for Your promises today. I want to live my life knowing You watch over me and hear my cry. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday June 13th “Building A Firm Foundation” Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. Luke 6:47,48 Question for today: What attitudes need rearranging in my life? How have I given too much heed to what the world says and not enough to what God says? Pray: Lord thank You for providing a means for my life to be firmly planted in You. I pray nothing would shake me from Your presence. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday June 10th “How Long Must I Wait?” After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile…Genesis 41:1 Question for today: What answer from the Lord have I been waiting for that seems like it will never come? Pray: God let me trust you today with the trust Joseph displayed. He stayed patient. He stayed pure. He never gave into temptation. Let me do the same. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday June 6th “Worship As A Weapon” And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed. 2 Chronicles 20:22 Question for today: In the midst of the battle I face, am I able to stop and just worship the Lord? Pray: Thank You Lord for reminders in Scripture that show You fight on our behalf. As we go into the battle, let worship be our weapon. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday June 3rd “Have You Gotten Your Answer Yet?” So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 11:9 Question for today: What prayer request have I given up on because I have not received an answer? Pray: Father, you know about ________ request. I ask once again, leaving the answer up to you, in your way and your timing. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday May 30th “Understanding His Authority” And he [Jesus] said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.” Matthew 8:7,9 Question for today: Does anything hold me back from believing in Jesus’ complete authority today? Pray: Lord give me faith today like the centurion; you only need to “say the word” over my life and Your will is accomplished. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday May 27th “A Great Exchange Of Plans” For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Ruth 1:16 Question for today: What plans am I willing to surrender to God in exchange for His better plan? Pray: Lord obedience to Your will can sometimes be hard. Help me to see that by laying aside my own plans, I’m actually finding something which is better and of greater value. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday May 23rd “Double-Minded No More” Teach me Your way, LORD, and I will live by Your truth. Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name. Psalm 86:11 Question for today: Where in my life can I acknowledge double-mindedness exists? Pray: Forgive me Lord for trying to serve two masters. My heart and mind are fully yours; there is nothing and no one else that can take your place. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday May 20th “Setting Our Minds On Things Above” Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8 Question for today: What unhealthy thought process have I been giving too much time to in my life? Pray: Jesus thank you for being something excellent and praiseworthy to fix my thoughts upon today. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday May 16th “Now Wait Just A Minute” Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. John 15:4 Question for today: In what area today do I feel rushed to make a decision, rather than waiting for God’s timing? Pray: Lord help me understand today that waiting is never wasted. In all things, let me bring You glory. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Friday May 13th “Let God Be The Judge” He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3 Question for today: God search my heart today: is there anything that I am guilty of in terms of wanting to enact Your judgement in my own power and strength? Forgive me Lord. Pray: Thank you Lord for the promise of Psalm 1 today. You indeed bless the path of the righteous and You will punish those who do evil. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com

Today’s Devotional - Monday May 9th “Run Your Race Well” Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 Question for today: As new reports of Christians falling away surface, how is my faith and hope in Christ secure? Pray: Jesus thank You for the cross and the reality that You saved me. I accept it as truth and will cling to it from now until eternity. Want to subscribe to the AS BOLD AS LIONS devotional and blog mailing list? Click here to sign up: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions Tune in to the weekly AS BOLD AS LIONS podcast, available on all major streaming platforms including: Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3DfKqbU Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3gp6jvJ Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/6RgTqIoe0gb Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3G4Zt86 We’d love to hear from you! Email: info@derekcharlesjohnson.com On the web: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com