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Pivot-Driven Devotions
Will your life outlive you?
Do you wonder if your life counts here on earth?
How can you PIVOT to give your life more lasting impact for eternity?
If you’re asking any of these questions, then you’re headed in the right direction. Yes, lapses in heart or effort to help move others closer and deeper into God’s Kingdom can all be put aside. All you have to do is start today! God is ready when you are ready to make a PIVOT and move from a self- or family-focused life to a Kingdom-focused life.
Making PIVOTS is as old as the Bible. Our heroes of the faith throughout the Bible—those who made the choices needed to move their faith and the faith of others forward—have all made some sort of key PIVOT.Changing some under-developed—or wrong--beliefs about God.Changing to the attitude of “others first.”Key PIVOTS in your life and faith can start today! This devotional is designed to help you see that God is able to use you at any stage in life . . . as long you’re ready to step deeper into the heart of God and His heart for people.
Whether it’s mentoring or discipling someone, or even learning how to share the Kingdom message to a few people in your network of relationships, it starts with some PIVOTS
Do you wonder if your life counts here on earth?
How can you PIVOT to give your life more lasting impact for eternity?
If you’re asking any of these questions, then you’re headed in the right direction. Yes, lapses in heart or effort to help move others closer and deeper into God’s Kingdom can all be put aside. All you have to do is start today! God is ready when you are ready to make a PIVOT and move from a self- or family-focused life to a Kingdom-focused life.
Making PIVOTS is as old as the Bible. Our heroes of the faith throughout the Bible—those who made the choices needed to move their faith and the faith of others forward—have all made some sort of key PIVOT.Changing some under-developed—or wrong--beliefs about God.Changing to the attitude of “others first.”Key PIVOTS in your life and faith can start today! This devotional is designed to help you see that God is able to use you at any stage in life . . . as long you’re ready to step deeper into the heart of God and His heart for people.
Whether it’s mentoring or discipling someone, or even learning how to share the Kingdom message to a few people in your network of relationships, it starts with some PIVOTS
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Published April 8, 2025
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June 26, 2025Pivot Drive Devotions: Bible Selections to Move You Closer to Jesus by Arnie Cole & W. Terry Whalin
Pivot Drive Devotions is a powerful and practical tool to help readers deepen or renew their relationship with Jesus. In this thoughtfully crafted devotional, the authors have chosen Bible passages and included insightful commentary and personal reflection prompts.
Each entry is designed to help readers “pivot” from routine or struggle into a more spiritual focus, making this book ideal for busy believers who want to reconnect with their faith.
The devotional’s emphasis is on spiritual movement and provides relevant and accessible wisdom based on biblical truth and historical accounts from the Bible. Cole and Whalin have created an uplifting, faith-strengthening book that invites readers to live more purposefully in Christ.
Two of my favorite scriptures are included in this devotional. The first is in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” The second is in Luke 17:6: “He [Jesus] replied, ‘If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mulberry tree, ”Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you.’”
This is a devotional you'll want to read over and over.
Pivot Drive Devotions is a powerful and practical tool to help readers deepen or renew their relationship with Jesus. In this thoughtfully crafted devotional, the authors have chosen Bible passages and included insightful commentary and personal reflection prompts.
Each entry is designed to help readers “pivot” from routine or struggle into a more spiritual focus, making this book ideal for busy believers who want to reconnect with their faith.
The devotional’s emphasis is on spiritual movement and provides relevant and accessible wisdom based on biblical truth and historical accounts from the Bible. Cole and Whalin have created an uplifting, faith-strengthening book that invites readers to live more purposefully in Christ.
Two of my favorite scriptures are included in this devotional. The first is in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” The second is in Luke 17:6: “He [Jesus] replied, ‘If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mulberry tree, ”Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you.’”
This is a devotional you'll want to read over and over.
May 6, 2025
No matter how close to Jesus we feel we are, we can always get closer. And if we’re feeling a little distant or doubtful, we need a way to get back on track.
Pivot Driven Devotions is an ideal resource to help us make the necessary changes to get and stay on a path that will take us closer to God and be his hands and feet in the world.
This is a book of approximately 80 devotions based on well-known and not-so-well-known stories in the Bible. In each devotion, authors Arnie Cole and W. Terry Whalin tell a Biblical story, suggest what we should pivot from and pivot to, offer a prayer, and close with a thought about a pivotal moment of faith.
The authors’ conversational style is easy to read and understand. As they tell each story, they also include contemporary clarifications and comments to help us understand the details and message. Each devotion takes just minutes to read, but you’ll likely want to spend some time pondering and praying about the pivot suggestions.
You can read this book from front to back, or you can skip around and trust God to open it at the page you need on the day you’re reading.
This book doesn’t include a table of contents. You might want to keep some sticky tabs handy so you can mark the pages you want to return to.
Pivot Driven Devotions: Bible Selections to Move You Closer to Jesus is a delightfully different approach to devotions that you’ll want to keep nearby so you can read and reread on your personal faith journey.
Pivot Driven Devotions is an ideal resource to help us make the necessary changes to get and stay on a path that will take us closer to God and be his hands and feet in the world.
This is a book of approximately 80 devotions based on well-known and not-so-well-known stories in the Bible. In each devotion, authors Arnie Cole and W. Terry Whalin tell a Biblical story, suggest what we should pivot from and pivot to, offer a prayer, and close with a thought about a pivotal moment of faith.
The authors’ conversational style is easy to read and understand. As they tell each story, they also include contemporary clarifications and comments to help us understand the details and message. Each devotion takes just minutes to read, but you’ll likely want to spend some time pondering and praying about the pivot suggestions.
You can read this book from front to back, or you can skip around and trust God to open it at the page you need on the day you’re reading.
This book doesn’t include a table of contents. You might want to keep some sticky tabs handy so you can mark the pages you want to return to.
Pivot Driven Devotions: Bible Selections to Move You Closer to Jesus is a delightfully different approach to devotions that you’ll want to keep nearby so you can read and reread on your personal faith journey.
April 24, 2025
“Usually a marked change.” That’s the Merriam-Webster definition of “pivot.” Pivot Driven Devotions by Arnie Cole and W. Terry Whalin is about making those changes in our lives.
Based on ninety Bible personalities, each of the devotions tells of the change of the character, then offers suggestions for the marked change in our lives—how we can pivot.
I appreciate the use of the lesser-known people. How often do we read about Euodia and Syntyche (Philippians 4:2-3)? Is Ehud the subject of study or devotion often (Judges 3:12-30)? Then there’s Lydia, who is considered the first European convert (Acts 16:13-25). Lydia’s name is mentioned one time in the New Testament, but she had a profound influence on her family and friends.
The entries are short, can be read in less than five minutes, and include two pivot points based on the person in the story. One is to pivot away from a behavior, then pivot toward new and different actions. In addition, “Your Pivotal Moment of Faith” sections are thoughtful questions that can be used for daily journaling.
This devotional is a keeper. Pivot Driven Devotions will remain on my shelf. I’ve flagged areas I need to ponder again. I know I’ll be returning to make necessary pivots in my life.
Based on ninety Bible personalities, each of the devotions tells of the change of the character, then offers suggestions for the marked change in our lives—how we can pivot.
I appreciate the use of the lesser-known people. How often do we read about Euodia and Syntyche (Philippians 4:2-3)? Is Ehud the subject of study or devotion often (Judges 3:12-30)? Then there’s Lydia, who is considered the first European convert (Acts 16:13-25). Lydia’s name is mentioned one time in the New Testament, but she had a profound influence on her family and friends.
The entries are short, can be read in less than five minutes, and include two pivot points based on the person in the story. One is to pivot away from a behavior, then pivot toward new and different actions. In addition, “Your Pivotal Moment of Faith” sections are thoughtful questions that can be used for daily journaling.
This devotional is a keeper. Pivot Driven Devotions will remain on my shelf. I’ve flagged areas I need to ponder again. I know I’ll be returning to make necessary pivots in my life.
April 28, 2025
I really enjoyed reading Pivot Driven for two primary reasons; first, it brought to life all the Bible characters that I know and love, but even better, it highlighted many of the lesser known “heroes” of the Bible that had somehow slipped through the cracks of my memory. I am so happy to have been reunited with these faithful people and their stories from so long ago.
Secondly, following each concise yet well explained Bible selection, the book has highly relatable pivot points that often weren’t what I would have gotten out of the story on my own. I was given a new perspective on stories I thought I knew well, and I was introduced to a treasure of new people and their stories of faith and growth.
Pivot Driven Devotions is precisely what the sub-heading suggests, “Bible selections to move you closer to Jesus”. As I worked my way through each devotion, and focused on the pivots and meaningful invitations for action at the end of each one, I felt a closer connection to the Savior. The book provided me with a fresh framework and solid ideas for my personal discipleship, and it renewed my determination to pivot my own life ever further away from the world and closer to Jesus Christ.
Secondly, following each concise yet well explained Bible selection, the book has highly relatable pivot points that often weren’t what I would have gotten out of the story on my own. I was given a new perspective on stories I thought I knew well, and I was introduced to a treasure of new people and their stories of faith and growth.
Pivot Driven Devotions is precisely what the sub-heading suggests, “Bible selections to move you closer to Jesus”. As I worked my way through each devotion, and focused on the pivots and meaningful invitations for action at the end of each one, I felt a closer connection to the Savior. The book provided me with a fresh framework and solid ideas for my personal discipleship, and it renewed my determination to pivot my own life ever further away from the world and closer to Jesus Christ.
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