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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Jonah 1:3 to run away from the LORD
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 1:3 Permit me to format this verse so that we see the poetry and the parallel thoughts: 3 But Jonah got up to run away from the LORD. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:35-37 The Good Samaritan (part 2)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:35-37 35 The next day before he left he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. He said, ‘Look after him. When I return, I will repay you for whatever extra you spend.’ 36 Which of these three do you think acted like a neighbor to the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:30-34 The Good Samaritan (part 1)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:30-34 We need to take this parable in a whole delicious bite, not in little pieces. Yet the story has certain elements that some readers will need to have explained, and which all of us will profit from hearing once again. For this reason, we will take the parable in […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:25-29 who is my neighbor
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:25-29 The Good Samaritan 25 An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what do I have to do so that I will receive eternal life?” This question will lead to Jesus telling the parable of the Good Samaritan. The connection seems to be this: […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:23-24 Christ is our firm foundation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:23-24 23 He turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 Indeed, I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things that you are seeing but did not see them. They wanted to hear the things that […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:21-22 Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:21-22 21 In that same hour, Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit. “In the Spirit” seems to me to sometimes be a New Testament way of describing someone in the act of worship (grammatically, this would be the dative of reference or sphere). Some commentaries pass over this point, and […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 1:2 God’s justice
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 1:2 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh that great city and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.” In northwestern Mesopotamia (Iraq), there is a bend in the twisting Tigris River where its generally eastward or southeastward flow turns more directly to the south. At this […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:16-20 Whoever hears you hears me
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:16-20 In verses 10-11, Jesus commanded his disciples to be witnesses that if his gospel was rejected by a town, none of his blessings would come to that place: the kingdom of God had come and had gone once again, or as Luther explained: “What it hits it hits; what […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:12-15 Woe to you, Chorazin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:12-15 Jesus has just described what the disciples should do when a town rejects the gospel. His warning showed that the blessings of the gospel would be removed from them because of their unbelief. Now he continues along the same lines, explaining what will happen on judgment day and in […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:8-11 The pelting rain of the gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:8-11 8 “Whenever you enter a town and they welcome you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’ To the people of the towns, Jesus already said that the worker is worthy of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:3-7
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:3-7 3 “Go. See how I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not carry a money bag, or a knapsack, or sandals. Do not visit with anyone along the way. Jesus wants the seventy-two to notice that they are like sheep. In fact, they’re more defenseless […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:1-2 Pray for more workers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:1-2 Jesus Sends out the Seventy-Two 10 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. After Jesus started his long journey toward Jerusalem (9:51), he sent out a large number […]
