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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:36-38 The eunuch is baptized
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:36-38 36 As they were traveling along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Here is some water. What would keep me from being baptized?” 38 He ordered the chariot to stop. Then Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and Philip baptized […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:32-35 That very passage of Scripture
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:32-35 32 Now the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading was this: ‘He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was denied justice. […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 26:1-5 The fool and his folly
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 26:1-5 I have speculated more than once that it seems to me that Solomon’s proverbs were the things that the wise king used to say after the morning’s judgments as he held court. Two people would come up to him with a suit against one another, he would hear it […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:29-31 The external gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:29-31 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.” 30 As Philip ran up, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 The man replied, “How can I, unless someone explains it to […]
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 […]
