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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:19-21 Forgiveness
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:19-21 19 He who works his land will have plenty of food, but the one who chases fantasies will have plenty of poverty. This proverb has a clever turn on the word “have plenty” (Hebrew yisbah). The person who works hard will be blessed with what he or she […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:15-17 Seventh and Fifth Commandments
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:15-17 15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a criminal who rules over poor people. 16 An oppressive ruler lacks judgment, but he who hates dishonest gain will enjoy a long life. These two proverbs go hand in hand, expressing the same thought from two […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:11-14 Fear, repentance and faith
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:11-14 11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who with understanding sees through him. Nothing is said here about how the rich man got his wealth. The reason is that wealth can be deceptive no matter how it is obtained. A man […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:9-10 God does not hear the prayers of unbelievers
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU Now that Paul has completed his Second Missionary Journey, we will turn for a few days to some verses from the Proverbs. PROVERBS 28:9-10 9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are an abomination. This is a tidy and terrible little verse. In […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:19-22 The journey ends, the Antichrist
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:19-22 19 They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left them. He went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to spend more time there, he declined, 21 but as he was saying good-bye, he said, “I will come back again if it is God’s […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:18 The Second Commandment in Cenchrea
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:18 18 Paul stayed on in Corinth a long time with the brothers. When he said good-bye, he put out to sea for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken. Luke […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:17 Dogs and cats and governments
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:17 17 Then they all laid hold of Sosthenes the synagogue ruler, and they beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio was not concerned about any of this. A synagogue generally had more than one “synagogue ruler” (see Acts 13:15, and perhaps Luke 12:11 and Acts 4:5). There […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:12-16 Church and State
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:12-16 12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal. 13 They said, “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.” 14 Just as Paul was about to open his mouth, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:9-11 Does God speak to us in prayer?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:9-11 9 Now the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision one night: “Do not be afraid. Keep on speaking and do not be silent. 10 For I myself am with you, and no one will approach you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.” 11 […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:5-8 Shaking out the dust
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:5-8 5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was absorbed in the Word, preaching to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 When the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook the dust out of his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:2b-4 Tent making
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:2b-4 He went to see them, 3 and since he knew the same trade, he stayed with them and worked. Their trade was tentmaking. 4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks. Most sources that report ancient tentmaking customs describe the bayit sh’ar, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:1-2a On to Corinth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:1-2a 18 After this Paul withdrew from Athens and went to Corinth. 2 He found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who recently came from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to withdraw from Rome. After Paul established a congregation in Athens, […]
