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Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens

Keys for Kids Ministries

Unlocked is a daily teen devotional, centered on God’s Word. Each day’s devotion—whether fiction, poetry, or essay—asks the question: How does Jesus and what He did affect today’s topic? With daily devotions read by our hosts, Natalie and Dylan, and questions designed to encourage discussion and a deeper walk with Christ, Unlocked invites teens to both engage with the Bible and to write and submit their own devotional pieces.

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00:04:46

Alpha and Omega

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2025/05/14

READ: JOHN 1:1-14; COLOSSIANS 1:15-20; REVELATION 21:1-6In my life, there are many starts and stops. I start a new hobby, and I finish a TV show. I wake up and start my workday, and I end the day by going to bed. At the start of my life, I came into being. And eventually my days on this broken earth will end. In the last book of the Bible, Jesus calls Himself “the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 21:6). This name signifies the completeness of God. Alpha and Omega are

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00:04:50

Wait and Lean on Him

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2025/05/13

READ: PSALM 27; ISAIAH 40:31; LAMENTATIONS 3:25 Waiting for things to work out can be exhausting, scary, frustrating, and stressful. Sometimes it feels like there won’t ever be an end. Sitting in the uncertainty can be the hardest because we don’t know which way things are going to go. We don’t know if they’re going to work out like we hoped—or if they’re going to work out in a way that makes our world feel like it’s crashing down around us. But God is with us no matter what. It doesn’t matter

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00:05:10

Obligation

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2025/05/12

READ: PSALM 115:3; EPHESIANS 1:3-10; HEBREWS 12:2 For a long time, I’ve had this nagging thought that God just loves us because He has to. He’s God, so that means He’s obligated to love us, right? But the other day, I was struck by a new thought: Why would God feel obligated to love us? Who would He feel obligated to? He’s God! And that, to me, makes the good news even better. God really doesn’t have to love us or save us…But it pleases Him to do so. Just look at what the Bible says: Psalm

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00:05:33

Love Like a Mother’s

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2025/05/11

READ: PSALMS 68:4-6; 139:13-18; ISAIAH 49:15; 1 JOHN 3:1 Mother’s Day is not a simple holiday for everyone. Maybe your mom is kind and caring and you have a wonderful relationship with her. If so, that’s great! Praise God! But for some, Mother’s Day comes with a lot of hurt. Maybe you lost your mom when you were young, and you don’t celebrate Mother’s Day because you’re always reminded of your loss on that day. Or maybe you never had a good relationship with your mom. She’s not the kind and

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00:04:39

Keep Your Eyes on the Ball…and the Cross

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2025/05/10

READ: GALATIANS 3:13; COLOSSIANS 2:13-15; HEBREWS 12:1-3 Growing up, my siblings and I played a lot of baseball together. When I was batting, there was no better feeling than to have the bat connect with the ball. Whether the ball went flying or it was a ground ball going out in front of the plate, it just felt good to have the two connect. I remember my brothers telling me, “Keep your eye on the ball,” encouraging me as they were pitching to me. It was only by really staring at the baseball and

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00:06:12

Justice and Forgiveness

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2025/05/09

READ: ROMANS 8:1, 31-39; 1 JOHN 1:8–2:2Have you ever felt like your sin could never be forgiven? Like what you did is surely too much for God to handle? Or, even if God could forgive you, it seems like it wouldn’t be fair or right, so you think you should sit in your guilt and shame a little longer to even the scales? I think we’ve all been there. Satan loves to push us into our sin and away from God, insisting that we are too bad for Him, too gross, or too broken. But all of these are lies from

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00:05:25

Lord of Hosts

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2025/05/08

READ: 1 SAMUEL 17; 2 KINGS 6:8-23; EPHESIANS 6:12 One name for God found in the Old Testament is Yahweh Sabaoth, which means Lord of Hosts or Lord of Armies (sometimes translated “Lord Almighty”). This name shows us a side of God that I don’t always think about. This is the God who fights and wins for us. And this name of God reminds us that He has already won the battle. In 1 Samuel 17, when the Israelites faced the mighty foe Goliath, God is called Yahweh Sabaoth. God had already determined

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00:05:31

Pain Relief

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2025/05/07

READ: JOHN 15:1-8A friend of mine trained as a physical therapist. So when my shoulders are tense and give me headaches, I’ll go sit on her living room floor in front of her couch while she massages my shoulders. And it HURTS. She feels my neck and back to locate the places that are tense or out of whack. Then she bears down, patiently coaxing the muscle back to its proper state, sometimes bending my arms in uncomfortable directions, all while compassionately saying, “I know, I’m sorry it

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00:04:38

Spending Time with the Lord

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2025/05/06

READ: MATTHEW 11:28-30; LUKE 10:38-42 My stomach churned looking at my to-do list: Send out graduation announcements, study for final exams, review college prerequisite requirements, create an RSVP list for graduation parties...The list seemed to go on and on. I closed my eyes hoping that the pit in my stomach would go away, but the more I thought about the list, the worse I felt. I thought the days leading up to graduation were supposed to be fun and carefree, but here I was with a to-do list

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00:05:27

Look for the Light

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2025/05/05

READ: JOHN 1:1-5; 8:12; COLOSSIANS 1:9-14 "Look for the light.” Marcos stumbled over a tree root in the path and wondered how his brother Thiago had made it seem so easy. Here in the forest, in the darkness of the cloudy night, there wasn’t any light to be had. But Thiago had said that even here it was possible to see, for the Master said the light was always available to His people. Marcos took a deep breath and said it out loud. “Look for the light.” An owl hooted above his head, and he

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00:04:06

Wholehearted

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2025/05/04

READ: PSALM 86:11-13; LUKE 9:20-25; 1 JOHN 2:15-17 Sometimes life feels Like an unending race And I’m being tugged So many places You say You want All that I am My head and my heart My dreams and my plans But friends, fun, and fortune Demand my attention I’m pulled two ways In a terrible tension I want to follow You And I want the world too I can’t have both Oh, what do I do? I know Your way is best But it’s hard to let go I remind myself You’re all I need You love me more than I know So

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00:06:11

Jesus, Elijah, and the Widow

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2025/05/03

READ: 1 KINGS 17:8-24; LUKE 4:14-30; 7:11-17; JOHN 6:28-40 In a time of drought and famine, God sends the prophet Elijah to a non-Jewish area to look for a widow who would feed him. Surprisingly, when Elijah finds this widow, she tells him she cannot feed him because she has only enough for one last, meager meal before she and her son succumb to starvation. The woman is hopeless, resigned to a bleak future in which she cannot save herself or her child. But Elijah tells her that God is going to do

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00:04:29

Dark Times

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2025/04/23

READ: PSALM 139:1-12; ROMANS 8:26-39; HEBREWS 13:5My heart beats quickly in my chest, and I feel a bit nauseous. Everything feels out of my control again, and I don’t like it. Moments like this come and drag me to a dark place. I feel uncertain. I feel alone. But as my head starts to clear, as I slowly release the anxiety inside of me, I see that it’s all lies. I am not alone now, and in fact, I have never been. Even as I face a new challenge, I have not been abandoned. My God sees me, and He

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00:04:23

Heavenly Skies

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2025/04/22

READ: PSALM 19:1-6; MATTHEW 27:45-54 The sky is one of the most varied and beautiful parts of God’s creation. In the morning you can see soft pinks and yellows amid golden sunlight as the sun rises up. In the afternoon you can see fluffy white clouds sailing. In the first part of the evening there are bold reds, oranges, purples, pinks, and blues while the sun is going down. After the sun has set you can see the moon suspended against a dark blue backdrop, sprinkled with twinkling

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00:05:00

Dealing with Doubt

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2025/04/21

READ: MATTHEW 28:16-20; JOHN 20:19-31; 1 PETER 1:5-9 Doubt can be so sneaky. It could be that our whole lives we feel like we’ve had rock solid faith, and then one day we find ourselves asking, “Is God real?” For anyone experiencing doubt today, this week, or even years from now, I have some great news. God is big enough for you to explore your doubts and questions. If He wasn’t, He wouldn’t be God. You don’t need to shy away from your doubts, you can bring them to God. Go ahead and ask Him

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00:04:43

Did Easter Happen? (Part 2)

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2025/04/20

READ: LUKE 23:50–24:12, 36-48; JOHN 20 The resurrection is vital to the Christian faith. It proves that Jesus is both fully God and fully human. But did Jesus really come back from the dead? Or did someone steal His body? Let’s look at some facts. The Roman soldiers guarded the tomb day and night. Nobody could get past them. Even if they had fallen asleep, a huge rock that took several men to move was placed in front of the opening and sealed. Anyone attempting to move it would’ve been heard

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00:04:46

Did Easter Happen? (Part 1)

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2025/04/19

READ: MATTHEW 20:17-19, 28; 27:27-54; JOHN 19:16-37 One of the questions people often ask about Jesus is, “Did He really die? Or did He just pass out and revive later on? Did He fake it so He could get everyone’s attention…and then pretend to rise from the dead?” All good questions. What evidence is there for Jesus’s death? Let’s take a look at what the Bible says. First, Jesus went through extreme physical torture. When Pilate ordered that Jesus be flogged, that meant using a whip with bits

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00:05:19

His Blood Is on Us

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2025/04/18

READ: MATTHEW 27; ROMANS 10:9-13; 1 JOHN 1:7–2:2 "His blood is on us and on our children!” the people shouted. This quote comes from Matthew 27:25. The people are gathered around the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate. They are begging him to have Jesus crucified. At this point Pilate has already reluctantly agreed, literally washing his hands to show he does not condone this punishment. He declares in verse 24, “I am innocent of this man’s blood…It is your responsibility!” I was

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00:05:29

Betrayal

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2025/04/17

READ: MATTHEW 26:14-56; 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-25; HEBREWS 4:14-16 Have you ever been betrayed? From large betrayals to small disappointments, betrayal is a hard thing to bear. And yet, it is so common. There probably is not a person in the world who hasn’t felt that sense of astonishment when a trusted person lets them down. As the hurt settles into our hearts, we learn to guard ourselves against further treachery. And, we also learn to betray others. If you go to church and take Communion (also

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00:04:14

Taken to the Cross

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2025/04/16

READ: 1 PETER 2:22-25 It seems so unfair, how Jesus was taken to the cross. He is perfect. He never did anything wrong, much less anything deserving of death. It seems so confusing that He would allow it to happen. Jesus had all the power. He is God the Son—He could have gotten away at any point. But He didn’t. Instead, Jesus fulfilled God the Father’s plan for Him. He was to be the Savior of the world, and that is what happened on the cross. Jesus died, and by doing so, He took our sins

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