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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:47-49 Your election
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:47-49 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And all who […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:44-46 Third Commandment broken
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU ACTS 13:44-46 44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They were blaspheming and contradicting what Paul was saying. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:42-43 Third Commandment kept
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:42-43 When we left off with Acts, Paul was delivering what I think of as his first missionary sermon. This was in Antioch, the Antioch in Asia Minor (not Syria). 42 As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people asked them to speak about these things again the next […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:4-5 The struggle
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:4-5 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them. This seems like a dangerous verse. The verb “struggle” toward the end can also mean “to wage war” (yitgara’), as in Daniel 11:10: “His sons will prepare for war and assemble […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:2-3 Governments
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:2-3 2 When a land is rebellious it has many rulers; but an intelligent man can prolong what is right. Some translations struggle with the second line of this verse. The word ken often means “thus” or “so,” but it has a second meaning as an adverb, “rightly,” or […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:1 Bold as a lion
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:1 Almost every proverb in this chapter is about the wicked when they “rise to power” (28:28). The wicked man in power lets or causes his country to spiral out of control (28:2, 25, 28), he oppresses the poor even while he makes them think he is helping them (28:3, […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:25-27 Our daily bread
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:25-27 25 When the hay is harvested, and new growth appears, and the mountain grass is gathered in, 26 the lambs will provide wool for your clothing, and the goats the price of a field; 27 there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:23-24 Put your heart into it
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:23-24 23 Be sure to know the condition of your flocks, and put your heart into your herds; 24 for riches do not last forever, nor a crown for generations after generations. Since one of our Lutheran Confessions treats this Proverb directly, we will begin with these words: […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:22 Foolishness and Faith
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:22 22 Even if you crush a fool in a mortar and grind him like grain with a pestle, the folly will not be removed from him. If we take this little proverb in its simplest sense, in a secular sense, then it means that a fool can’t […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:21 Praise as a test
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:21 21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise he receives. This is similar to Proverbs 17:3. There, the Lord is the one who tests man, but here the test is the praise a man or woman receives. We […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:20 Death and desire
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:20 20 Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, neither are the eyes of man. The Hebrew words capitalized here are sheol and abaddoh (the latter is a form of Abaddon, see Revelation 9:11). Sheol, “death,” comes from the verb “to ask” (sha’al). Death, or the grave, asks and […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:19 In the mirror
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:19 19 Just as in water the face reflects the face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. There are at least three ways of taking this proverb. First, a man’s own heart is reflected by the man himself. Each of us betrays what is really in his heart […]
