Daily Devotion

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Romans 10:9

Have you ever whispered, “Jesus, help me,” in a moment of desperation? Or breathed a quiet, “Thank You,” when grace washed over you? These raw, unfiltered prayers are glimpses of faith breaking through—and they are closer to the heart of Romans 10:9 than we might realize.

Salvation isn’t about flawless performance or polished words; it’s about surrender. To say, “Jesus is Lord,” is more than a phrase—it’s a confession of allegiance. It means He rules, He leads, and He has the final word. Believing God raised Him from the dead is to trust that sin, shame, and even death itself have been decisively defeated.

When genuine belief meets honest declaration, everything changes. We stop striving to save ourselves and start resting in His finished work. The same power that rolled away the stone now shapes our ordinary days. Even our whispered prayers become quiet declarations of resurrection hope.

This is the revolution of grace: it’s not what we achieve, but Whom we receive.