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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:28 A true bishop
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:28 28 Pay close attention to yourselves and to all the flock for which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Shepherd the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. The word for “overseer” in Greek is “bishop” (ἐπίσκoπος). Whatever way this word is defined by those […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:25-27 A true apostle of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:25-27 25 “See now, I have gone around among you preaching the kingdom, but I know that none of you will ever see my face again. 26 So today I testify for myself to you that I am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for I did not hold […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:22-24 The tetanus of sin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:22-24 22 “Now, see: bound by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, although I do not know what will happen to me there, 23 except that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and trouble are waiting for me. 24 But I don’t consider my life […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 1:6 Where is the respect
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 1:6 6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due to me? If I am a master, where is the respect due to me?” says the LORD of Armies. The honor due to a parent is commanded in […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:17-21 Repentance and faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:17-21 17 From Miletus, Paul sent word to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to him. We need to assume three or even four days at this point for the ship to put in at Miletus, getting the group ashore (they may have slept on board), and then […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:13-16 The fingertips of Asia Minor
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:13-16 13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul on board. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot. 14 When he met us at Assos, we took him on board ship and sailed to Mitylene. […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:8-12 Miracles
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:8-12 8 There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered. 9 A boy named Eutychus was sitting in a window. He fell into a deep sleep as Paul kept talking on and on. Luke describes the scene in such a way that we will understand the […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:6-7 Worship, Word and Sacrament
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:6-7 6 But we sailed from Philippi after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and five days after that we joined the others at Troas, where we stayed for seven days. 7 On the first day of the week, when we gathered together to break bread, Paul spoke to the people […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 20:1-5 Southeast by north
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 20:1-5 Paul had already been planning his next move, but the uproar in the theater of Ephesus set his plans in motion right away. It was time to move on and revisit the churches of Macedonia and Greece. 20 After the uproar stopped, Paul called for the disciples. He encouraged […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 1:5 Great is the Lord
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 1:5 5 You will see this with your own eyes, and you will say, “Great is the LORD, even beyond the borders of Israel!” God had told his people through Moses in the passage about the hornet: “The LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 1:4 The Wicked Country
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 1:4 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the LORD of Armies says, “They can build up, but I will tear down. They’re going to be called the ‘Wicked Country,’ and ‘the people that the LORD is angry with forever.’” We don’t know when […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 1:2-3 Election
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 1:2-3 2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob 3 but I have hated Esau. I have laid waste his mountains and left his inheritance to jackals of the desert.” […]
