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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:42-43a He healed him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:42-43 42 Even while the boy was on his way, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father. 43 They were all amazed at the greatness of God. The disciples had been […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:38-41
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:38-41 38 A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:37 The next morning
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:37 37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. Matthew and Mark tell us that Jesus and his disciples had a discussion about Elijah either while they were still on the mountain (Matthew 17:10-13) or while they were on the way down […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 18 A call to repentance
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 18 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame; the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will set it on fire and consume it. There will be no survivors from the house of Esau.” The LORD has spoken. Everything mankind […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:33-36 His divinity and his humanity
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:33-36 It is sometimes pointed out that between them, Moses and Elijah represent the entire Old Testament. Moses was the receiver of the Law, the greatest of the prophets, and in a class of prophets all by himself. He is the end of the age of the patriarchs, since before […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:29-32 The transfiguration
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:29-32 29 While he was praying, the way his face looked changed, and his clothes became as white as a flash of lightning. The transfiguration began while Jesus was praying. Luke tells us that his appearance changed—I have translated this as “the way his face looked changed,” but we need […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:27 The kingdom of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:27 27 I tell you the truth: There are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.” Usually the word “taste” refers to the sense we use to experience flavors, like Isaac who had “a taste for wild game” (Genesis 25:28). But […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:25-26 When he comes in his glory
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:25-26 25 “What good does it do a man if he gains the whole world, but loses himself or is lost? 26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory, and the glory of […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 16-17
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 16-17 16 Just as you drank on my holy hill, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and drink and be as if they had never been. Obadiah is describing some event that happened when the Edomites entered Israel. Did some of them—a few soldiers or their […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:23-24 Your daily cross
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:23-24 Take Up the Cross (Matthew 16:24-28; Mark 8:34—9:1) 23 He said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself, pick up and carry his cross every day, and follow me. This is the first of three references to a cross in Luke’s […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:22 “Must.”
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:22 22 He said, “The Son of Man must suffer much from the elders, the chief priests, and the experts in the law, and he must be rejected by them. He must be killed and he must also be raised on the third day.” ª —————————— ª 9:22 “third day.” […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:20-21 The Christ of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:20-21 20 “But you?” he asked. “Who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” What is the Messiah? First, let’s remember that “Messiah” (which is Hebrew) and “Christ” (which is Greek) both mean “the Anointed One.” David prophesied his coming in Psalm 2: “The kings […]
