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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 11:1-2a The Address
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 11:1-2a The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) 11 Another time, Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke doesn’t tell us when this event took place. Matthew records the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:42b the one thing needful
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:42b In fact, Mary has chosen that better portion, which will not be taken away from her.” A good portion of devotion to Jesus would be serving him. Service to others is a way of looking at the whole second table of the Law: loving your neighbor as yourself. There […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 10:38-42a Martha, Martha
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:38-42a Mary and Martha 38 As they made their journey, Jesus entered a village. A woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to his word. The village was Bethany on the hill east […]
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 […]
