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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:39 The Pharisee’s trap
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:39 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who this is, and what kind of woman she is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” Simon the Pharisee thought he had figured […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:36-38 A simple act of worship
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:36-38 Jesus Is Anointed by a Sinful Woman 36 Now a certain one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. We don’t know when this happened, but Luke brings up this story just after Jesus […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:33-35 John has come and Jesus has come
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:33-35 33 For John the Baptist has come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘See, he’s a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 But […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:31-32 Flutes and dirges – will you play?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:31-32 The Parable of the Calling Children 31 “To what, then, shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 5 If robbers came at night…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 5 5 “If thieves came, if robbers came at night—oh, how you will be destroyed!—wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted? When the grape pickers come to you don’t they leave some for gleaning? I won’t bother to explain how challenging this verse is to translate. A quick comparison with […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:29-30 God is Just
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:29-30 29 When all the people (including the tax collectors) heard this, they declared that God was just, since they were baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected God’s purpose for themselves by not being baptized by him. The first thing we […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:28 Greater than John?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:28 28 “Yes, I tell you, among those born of women there is no prophet greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” Job said, “Man born of woman is few of days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1). His […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:26-27 More than a prophet
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:26-27 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. 27 This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’ The question […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:24-25 John the prophet
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:24-25 24 After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to talk to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 25 No. Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Yet those […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:21-23 The gospel of forgiveness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:21-23 Although the meeting between John and his disciples was privately done in a prison in the desert, the two disciples were with Jesus while he was publicly preaching and performing miracles. Luke summarizes those days with a few words: 21 At that time Jesus healed many people of their […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 4 Is the gospel for other worlds?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 4 4 Though you soar like the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD. In verse 3, God warned Edom that their high fortresses in the inaccessible cliffs would not protect them from the hand of the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:18-20 The question
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:18-20 John the Baptist and Christ (Matthew 11:2-19) 18 John’s disciples told him about all these things. 19 Calling two of his disciples to him, he sent them to Jesus to ask, “Are you the one who was to come or should we look for someone else?” 20 When the […]
