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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:11 Whale and worm
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:11 11 So why should I not be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and also many animals?” Jonah ends the book by allowing God to have the last […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:9-10 God and the Lord
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:9-10 9 Then God said to Jonah, “Are you right to be angry about the leafy vine?” He replied, “I am. I am angry enough to die!” 10 The LORD said, “You are concerned about that leafy vine, even though you did not work for it or make it grow. […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:7-8 God sent a worm to attack
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:7-8 7 But the next day at dawn, God sent a worm to attack the leafy vine, and it withered. 8 Then, when the sun rose, God sent a scorching east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. He asked for death, saying, “Death would […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:5-6 a leafy vine
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:5-6 5 Then Jonah came and sat down to the east of the city. He made himself a shelter there and sat under its shade, to see what would happen to the city. Jonah has finished his argument with the Lord. He had rebukes Nineveh “with all authority” (Titus 2:15). […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:4 Are you right to be angry?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:4 4 But the LORD said, “Are you right to be angry?” Man is never right to be angry with God. The verb I’ve translated “are you right?” is ha-heteb, a causative question from the verb yatab “be good, right, pleasing” (as in “Learn to do right,” Isa. 1:17). God […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:2-3 a gracious and compassionate God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:2-3 2 He prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, isn’t this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That was why I first tried to flee to Tarshish, since I knew you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:1 He became angry about it
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:1 4 But this was displeasing to Jonah, very, very displeasing, and he became angry about it. Here in the Hebrew text, the verb wa-yera is either “he was displeased” or “it was displeasing.” Since it is followed by “to Jonah” (el-Yonah), I have taken the verb as impersonal, “it […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 87:6-7 All my fountains
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 87:6-7 6 The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah The one who writes our names in heaven is the LORD God himself, and for this we praise him in all humility. The Sons of Korah want us to dwell […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 87:4-5 Born in Zion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 87:4-5 4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me— Behold—even Philistia, and Tyre, along with Cush! I will say: “This one was born in Zion.” For most readers, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre and Cush should be familiar places; enemy nations surrounding Israel. Babylon was […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 87:1-3 City of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 87:1-3 P S A L M 8 7 I pray that my comments on this Psalm and some of its technical details will in no way diminish anyone’s love or appreciation for this masterpiece. It was the text of one of the first pieces of religious music I ever attempted, […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:9 all the fullness of the Deity
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF GOD’S WORD FOR YOU On Reformation Day, October 31, 1999, just two months after I was ordained, I was guest preaching at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington. When I sat down after my sermon, which urged the congregation to reach out with the gospel by whatever means they […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:8 philosophy and empty deception
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:8 8 Make sure that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. This part of Paul’s letter is the heart of his warning against the false teaching that was happening in […]
