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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:26-28 Sitting in his chariot reading
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:26-28 26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.) 27 So he got up and went. Philip had brought the gospel into Samaria; now the Lord had […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:24-25 Many villages of the Samaritans
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:24-25 24 But Simon, weeping loudly and without stopping, answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.” Although some later traditions about Simon claim otherwise, Luke’s inspired text clearly shows that Simon was afraid about what the Apostles […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:20-23 The bonds of unrighteousness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:20-23 20 But Peter said to him, “May your money perish with you, because you thought that you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this matter, for your heart is not right in the eyes of God. 22 Repent of […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:18-19 He offered them money
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:18-19 18 When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power, too, so that whoever I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.” Simon was impressed by what he thought was […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 48:8-14 The City of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 48:8-14 This was one of the Psalms sung in the temple on a particular day of the week. The Jewish Mishnah records that the Levites sang Psalm 24 on Sundays, Psalm 48 on Mondays, Psalm 82 on Tuesdays, Psalm 94 on Wednesdays, Psalm 81 on Thursdays, Psalm 92 on Fridays, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:14-17 The blessings of baptism
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:14-17 14 Back in Jerusalem, when the apostles heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. When news that the gospel had reached Samaria came to the Christians in Jerusalem, the apostles sent a pair from their number to go to them. […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:12-13 He believed and was baptized
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:12-13 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. There are several things to notice about this important passage. 1, Faith (the belief of the people) came as a […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:9-11 Magic and magical arts
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:9-11 9 Now there was already a man named Simon in the city who was practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria. He maintained that he himself was a great person. 10 They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:5-8 Let me be there
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:5-8 5 Philip went down to a city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. 6 And the crowds all paid close attention to him when they heard what he said and saw the signs he was doing. 7 For unclean spirits came out of many people who were […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:2-4 The good news
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:2-4 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned for him deeply. 3 But Saul tried to destroy the church. He entered house after house, dragging off men and women and putting them in prison. These two verses serve almost as a poetic couplet, tying what precedes with what follows in […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 48:1-7 The city of our God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 48:1-7 PSALM 48 The City of God A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. We know the circumstances of many of the psalms, and we can guess at many others. In this case, the occasion that caused it to be written is not as important as what it […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 7:57-8:1 A stoning
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 7:57-8:1 57 Then, hollering at the top of their voices and covering their ears they all rushed at him. 58 They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. How is it that the gospel could have this effect on men who spent their lives studying the […]
