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Daily Devotion Archive
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 […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 2:1-2 God will hear your cry
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 2:1-2 2 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the belly of the whale. 2 He said, “I called to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. I called for help from the depths of the grave, and you listened to my cry. In the book […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 13:35 Your house is abandoned
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 13:35 35 “Look! Your house is abandoned to you. I tell you, you shall not see me until the time comes when you say: ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’” What does Jesus mean by “Your house is abandoned to you”? Let’s begin with what […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 13:34 the vocative of love
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 13:34 34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!” Since my son is learning Latin in college […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 13:31-33 Jesus’ goal
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 13:31-33 31 Just at this time some Pharisees came and said to him. “Go away. Leave this place, because Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He replied, “Go tell that fox: See, today and tomorrow I am driving out demons and performing healings, and on the third day I reach […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 13:30 the last first
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 13:30 30 “You will see: There are those who are last who will be first, and those who are first who will be last.” Why is this both a comfort to us and a warning? This saying or something like it was repeated by Jesus several times during his ministry: […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 13:29 east and west, north and south
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 13:29 29 And people will come from east and west, from north and south, and they will sit down at the feast in the kingdom of God. Remember the context of this verse. Jesus was speaking to Jews in Israel, people who were used to thinking about seeing “Abraham and […]
