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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Philippians 2:4 The debt of love
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 2:4 Click to listen Paul has been teaching us that self-denial is expected of Christians. He will give the ultimate example from the life of Christ beginning with verse 5, but first he has one more thing to say about the self-denial of the individual Christian: 4 not with everyone looking […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 2:3 Humility
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 2:3 Click to listen 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others to be better than yourselves. Paul brings us into the realm of things that lie in effect between all of the yes and no items in the law. This is what Luther […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 2:1-2 Be like-minded
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 2:1-2 Click to listen 2 Since there is encouragement in Christ, since there is solace from his love, since there is fellowship with the Spirit, since there is affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and concern. I have […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 128:3-6 Peace
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 128:3-6 Click to listen 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vineall through your house.Your children will be like young shoots of an olive treearound your table.4 Look! This is how the man is blessed who fears the LORD! The greatest gift any person can give to the world is […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 128:1-2 They are blessed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 128:1-2 Click to listen Psalm 128 A Song of Ascents1 Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD,everyone who walks in his ways.2 You will eat the labor of your hands.Blessed things and good things are yours. “Peace be upon Israel”– so this Psalm will conclude in verse 6, and that is […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:29-30 suffer for his sake
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:29-30 Click to listen 29 For it has been granted to you for the sake of Christ that you should not only believe in him, but also suffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same conflict that you saw and now hear to be mine. Paul makes a clean break […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:27b-28 contending together as one
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:27b-28 Click to listen so that whether I come to see you or hear about you while I am absent, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, contending together as one man for the faith of the gospel, 28 not frightened in any way by opponents. This […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:27a Worthy of the Gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:27a Click to listen 27 Conduct yourselves in a way that is worthy of the gospel of Christ This thought from Paul, so carefully worded, takes us in two directions. First, he certainly means that we never want to bring disrespect to the gospel or to Christ. Even if we were […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:25-26 reason to boast
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:25-26 Click to listen 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that when I come to you again, my goal is to give you even more reason to boast in Christ […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:24 both sides of your last day
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:24 Click to listen 24 But, it is more necessary for your sake that I remain in the flesh. Was Paul really that important? Did he have an over-inflated opinion of himself? Isn’t it true that one good pastor can be replaced by another one? Yes, that’s true. It has to […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:23 Better by far
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:23 Click to listen 23 I am hemmed in by the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; Paul presents a Christian view of death: it is a thing to be desired, not to give up on life, for life is a good gift […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:22 fruitful labor
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:22 Click to listen 22 If I am to go on living in the flesh, for me this will mean fruitful labor. But what should I prefer? I do not know. Paul will continue with this line of thinking, almost a soliloquy, through vere 26. He has made his proposition, and […]
