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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:18-19 The year of the Lord’s favor.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:18-19 18 “The Spirit sent from the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, 19 and to proclaim the year […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:16-17 His custom
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:16-17 16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:14-15 News about him spread
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:14-15 A Prophet in His Hometown (Matthew 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6) 14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through all the surrounding country. 15 He taught in their synagogues, and he was praised by everyone. These are two verses we might read […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:13 Every spear was spent
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:13 13 When the Devil had finished every temptation, he left him until an opportune time. The Devil wasn’t finished, but so far nothing had worked. He had finished every temptation available to him at this time. As Bengel said, “Every spear was spent” (omnia tela consumpsit). Later on, the […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 71:1-4 The refuge to which I can always go.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 71:1-4 Psalm 71 Do Not Cast Me Away When I Am Old (A Psalm of David. For the Sons of Jonadab, before the captivity) This title is not in the Hebrew text and therefore is usually not found in most of our translations. It was included in the Greek Septuagint […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:9-12 Don’t test God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:9-12 9 The Devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here, Before we get to this temptation, we can take a moment to define what is meant by a […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:5-8 The compass of religion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:5-8 5 The Devil led him up to a high mountain and in a mere moment showed him all the kingdoms of the world. 6 The Devil told him, “I will give you all this power and the glory of these kingdoms. For it has been given to me, and […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:4 Not by bread alone
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:4 4 Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’” Jesus did not ignore the Devil. He answered him by quoting Deuteronomy 8:3. We mentioned previously that the accounts of Matthew and Luke are somewhat different, and could present […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:3 The First Temptation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:3 3 The Devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” In this first temptation, the Devil begins with Jesus exactly where he left off with Adam, tempting him with food. Mark tells us that Jesus was tempted throughout the forty […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 4:1-2 Fasting
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 4:1-2 The Devil Tempts Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13) 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2 where he was tempted by the Devil for forty days. He did not eat anything during those days, and when […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 79:12-13 Imprecatory Psalms
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 79:12-13 12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord. 13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. This is the concluding prayer to […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:37-38 Son of Adam, Son of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:37-38 The Genealogy of Jesus Christ – From Creation to the Flood 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. […]
