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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – James 1:6-8 Pray bravely
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 1:6-8 The day after Jesus rode a donkey triumphantly into Jerusalem, he was hungry and decided to look urgently through the leaves of a fig tree to find some figs. Finding none, he cursed the tree saying, “May there never be fruit from you again!” It died on the spot, […]
God’s Word for You – James 1:5 without holding back
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 1:5 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives it to all without holding back and without finding fault, and it will be given him. An ancient Greek proverb states, “The beginning of knowledge is the knowledge of ignorance” (᾽Αρχὴ γνώσεως τῆς ἀγνοίας ἡ γνῶσις), […]
God’s Word for You – James 1:1-4 The joy of troubles
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 1:1-4 J A M E S Greeting 1 James, slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are scattered abroad: Greetings. This is a James who was not an apostle, neither the brother of John (killed in Acts 12:2) nor the other apostle James […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:23-28 The first journey ends
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:23-28 23 By a show of hands they appointed elders for them in each church. With prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe. “By a show of hands they appointed” is a single verb in Greek, cheirotonesantes (see also 2 Corinthians […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:21-22 Many hardships
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:21-22 The Return to Antioch in Syria 21 They preached the gospel in that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, then on to Iconium and Antioch. 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:6-8 Your life, your friends
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:6-8 6 Better to be poor and walk blamelessly than to be a rich man whose ways are crooked. There are many rich vs. poor proverbs, but this one stands out because it gets right to a person’s heart. God may bless us in different ways: those who would […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:19-20 Stoned and left for dead
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:19-20 19 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowd. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, assuming that he had died. 20 But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:16-18 Providence, forbearance, concurrence
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:16-18 16 In generations past he let all the Gentiles follow their own ways, 17 yet he has not left himself without a witness. He has done good– giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and filling your hearts with joy.” 18 Even with these […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:13-15 bulls and garlands
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU ACTS 14:13-15 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates. He and the crowd wanted to slaughter sacrifices to them. 14 When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:11-12 Zeus and Hermes
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU ACTS 14:11-12 11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they began shouting and saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” 12 They called Barnabas ‘Zeus,’ and Paul ‘Hermes,’ because he was the main speaker. The healing of the crippled man, a […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:8-10 a crippled man walks
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:8-10 The apostles mistaken for gods in Lystra 8 In Lystra there was a man sitting there who was crippled in his feet. He was lame from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked straight at him, saw that he had […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:5-7 Paul and the Galatians
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:5-7 5 Then a plot was made among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. 6 But they found out about it and fled for safety to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, 7 where they continued […]
