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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Jonah 2:7 your holy temple
JONAH 2:7 7 When my life was fading away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you in your holy temple. At this point of Jonah’s psalm, we might ask: is this still something prayed in the belly of the huge fish, or is this something he recalls later as […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:21-32 lost and found
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:31-32 31 The father said, ‘My child, you are always with me and all I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because your brother was dead and now is alive. He was lost and is found.’” Listen to the father’s gentle, loving word, “My […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:25-30 The music of forgiveness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:25-30 25 Now the older son was out in a field, and on his way back, as he got closer to the house, he could hear music and dancing. Before we continue with this part of the parable and its important message for us, I want to comment on the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:20-24 He was lost and is found
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:20-24 20 So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still far off in the distance, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. He ran to him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. 21 Then his son said, “Father, I […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:15-19 Pigs
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:15-19 15 So he hired himself out to one of the citizens of that region who sent him to his farm to feed the pigs. 16 He ached to feed himself with the carob beans the pigs were eating but no one would let him have them. Carob beans or […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:11-14 The Lost Son
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:11-14 The Lost Son 11 Jesus also said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, “Father, let me have the share of the estate that will be mine.” So the father divided the property between them. 13 Not many days later, […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 2:5-6 simply and miraculously saved
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 2:5-6 5 The waters enclosed around me and threatened my life, the deep engulfed me, seaweed wrapped around my head. 6 Down I sank, to the roots of the mountains. The earth and its bars closed upon me forever. Yet you brought my life up from […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:8-10 I am the coin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:8-10 8 “Or if a certain woman has ten silver coins, won’t she, if she loses one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly until she finds it? 9 And then, when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says, ‘Rejoice with […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:3-7 A lost sheep
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:3-7 As we read this parable, it is absolutely essential that we not allow ourselves to become distracted by what it means that the ninety-nine were left “in the wilderness,” whether this is translated “desert,” “open country,” or some other way. The point is the lost sheep, and the lost […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 15:1-2 in order to call them back
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 15:1-2 15 The tax collectors and sinners were all crowding round to listen to him. 2 The Pharisees and scribes complained saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” The reason for the Pharisees’ accusation was the mere presence of these people who were elbowing and shoving their way […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:34-35 the antidote for corruption
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:34-35 34 “Salt is good. But if salt loses its salty taste, what can make it salty again? 35 It isn’t good enough for the soil or the manure pile. They throw it away. Anyone who has ears to hear should hear!” Salt (Greek halas) was used for seasoning (Job […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:31-33 my Old Adam is killed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:31-33 31 Or again, if a king goes to war against another king won’t he first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he can fight the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If not, then while the other king is still a long […]
