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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:59-62 the plow of the gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:59-62 59 He said to another man, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Matthew tells us that this man was a […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:57-58 foxes and birds
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:57-58 To Follow Jesus (Matthew 8:19-22) 57 While they were on the way, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Although Matthew records this incident earlier with events during the Galilean ministry, Matthew’s chronological clues are not definite (there are none at all besides “and” […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:55b-56 a variant reading
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:55b-56 (v.l.) He said, “You don’t know what kind of spirit is influencing you. 56 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”* Then they went to another village. —————————— * 9:55b-56a Some witnesses to not have these two sentences. Everything here […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:51-55a
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:51-55a Jesus Is Determined to Go to Jerusalem 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus was determined to go to Jerusalem. After Jesus underwent the transfiguration and was encouraged by Elijah and Moses, he “set his face to go to Jerusalem.” This expression is […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:49-50 whoever is not against you is for you
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:49-50 Whoever Is Not Against You Is for You (Mark 9:38-41) 49 John said, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he is not following you with us.” 50 But Jesus said to him, “Don’t stop him, because whoever is not […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 19-21 the LORD himself will be King
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU We have taken two weeks to review some of the Psalms while I completed an assignment for an upcoming conference of the Minnesota District of the WELS. Today we return to our Saturday series completing the Prophet Obadiah. Monday we will return to the Gospel of Luke. OBADIAH 19-21 The final […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:31-35 Praise the LORD, O my soul
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:31-35 31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works — 32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:24-30 the leviathan
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:24-30 24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number — living things both large and small. 26 There the ships go to and fro, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:19-23 the sun knows when to go down
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:19-23 19 The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. 20 You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. 21 The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. 22 The sun rises, and they […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:5-18
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:5-18 In this part of the psalm, the writer brings us back to the Third Day of creation, to look both a the creating that took place on that day, and on the things that were created — the land with its formations, the grass, the plants — and he […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:1-4 winds his messengers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104 The 104th Psalm is a masterpiece of Hebrew poetry. The poet sings about the created wonders of God, and he uses the framework of the days of creation in Genesis 1 as his outline. But he does even more. He has arranged the psalm in a skillful pattern of […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:6
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23:6 6 Surely goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever. I worked at a McDonald’s restaurant in my hometown for more than eight years. For part of that time, I didn’t have a car, […]
