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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Jonah 2:4 toward your temple
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 2:4 4 I said, I have been banished from your sight, Yet I will look again toward your holy temple. Here is where punishment is overwhelmed by faith. The key to understanding this verse, where almost all the words in Hebrew are plain and clear and easy to understand, is […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:28-30 the cost
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:28-30 28 When one of you wants to build a watchtower, does he not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough money to complete it? 29 Otherwise, after he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, everyone who sees it will […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:25-27 fear, love, and trust in him above all things
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:25-27 25 Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned to them and said, 26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, his own wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:23-24 Fill ‘er up!
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:23-24 23 Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled. If you read these words and feel nothing but the grace of God who had mercy on you, a sinner (Luke 18:13), […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:21-22 There still is room
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:21-22 21 So the servant returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ 22 […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:16-20 Come, for all things are now ready
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:16-20 The Parable of the Huge Banquet 16 Then Jesus said to him, “There was a certain man who was preparing a huge banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time for the banquet, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 2:3 whitecaps and waves
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 2:3 3 You threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled around me. All your whitecaps and waves passed over me. This is the second of seven or eight thoughts in Jonah’s song. The whole poem really divides into two parts: (1) verses […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:15 the joy and promise of eternal life
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:15 15 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” This exclamation came from one of the invited guests, almost certainly a Pharisee. His statement would lead Jesus to present the Parable of the Wedding […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:12-14 unselfish love
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:12-14 Was the host feeling smug that at least he hadn’t pushed anyone over to get at the good seats at his own banquet? But Jesus has a message for him, too. 12 He also said to the host, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:7-11 Friend, move up higher
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:7-11 7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor at the dinner, he told them this parable. At this time, dining at a formal or fancy meal was done reclining on a couch, resting on one’s left side, and eating with the right hand. Because of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:5-6 love is the rule that trumps the law
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:5-6 5 Then he asked them, “If one of you has a child or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?” 6 And they could not reply to this. Bible readers today might have trouble understanding these incidents […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 14:1-4 Mercy
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 14:1-4 14 One Sabbath when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal, they were watching him closely. 2 Just then, right in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. 3 Jesus asked the law experts and Pharisees, “Is […]
