Jesus Calling Devotional Bible

The Holy Bible, New King James Version

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) may be quoted or reprinted without prior written permission with the following qualifications:

(1) up to and including 1,000 verses may be quoted in printed form as long as the verses quoted amount to less than 50% of a complete book of the Bible and make up less than 50% of the total work in which they are quoted;

(2) all NKJV quotations must conform accurately to the NKJV text.

Any use of the NKJV text must include a proper acknowledgment as follows:

However, when quotations from the NKJV text are used in church bulletins, orders of service, Sunday school lessons, church newsletters, and similar works in the course of religious instruction or services at a place of worship or other religious assembly, the following notice may be used at the end of each quotation: “NKJV.”

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Devotions are from Jesus Calling copyright © 2004 Sarah Young and Jesus Lives copyright © 2009 Sarah Young. Thomas Nelson, Inc. titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fundraising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com.

Produced with the assistance of The Livingstone Corporation. Project staff includes Linda Taylor, Linda Washington, Dave Veerman, Bruce Barton, Andy Culbertson, Larry Taylor, Joel Bartlett, Ashley Taylor, Tom Shumaker. Writing contributors include: Kris Bearss, Sandra Bartz, Carol Chaffee Fielding, Julie Gutierrez, Kathy Hardee, Mary Lynn Johnson, David Jorgensen, Kathy Lay, Diane Pearson, Fara Linn Reed, Elise Speiser, Gladys Wilson.

Special thanks to Merrie Noland (1952–2011), Senior Editor at Thomas Nelson, for her dedication and expert oversight.

Devotional Content Editor: Kris Bearss

Sarah Young has appreciated reading from a number of translations in the writing of her devotionals, including:

The King James Version.