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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 19-21 the LORD himself will be King
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU We have taken two weeks to review some of the Psalms while I completed an assignment for an upcoming conference of the Minnesota District of the WELS. Today we return to our Saturday series completing the Prophet Obadiah. Monday we will return to the Gospel of Luke. OBADIAH 19-21 The final […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:31-35 Praise the LORD, O my soul
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:31-35 31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works — 32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:24-30 the leviathan
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:24-30 24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number — living things both large and small. 26 There the ships go to and fro, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:19-23 the sun knows when to go down
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:19-23 19 The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. 20 You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. 21 The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. 22 The sun rises, and they […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:5-18
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104:5-18 In this part of the psalm, the writer brings us back to the Third Day of creation, to look both a the creating that took place on that day, and on the things that were created — the land with its formations, the grass, the plants — and he […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 104:1-4 winds his messengers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 104 The 104th Psalm is a masterpiece of Hebrew poetry. The poet sings about the created wonders of God, and he uses the framework of the days of creation in Genesis 1 as his outline. But he does even more. He has arranged the psalm in a skillful pattern of […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:6
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23:6 6 Surely goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever. I worked at a McDonald’s restaurant in my hometown for more than eight years. For part of that time, I didn’t have a car, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:5 Table, oil and cup
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23:5 5 You set a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You perfume my head with oil. My cup overflows. Table, oil, and cup — all these point to the ceremonial meals eaten by the Jews when they were at worship in the temple, at the tabernacle, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:4 You with me
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23:4 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and staff comfort me. What do you think of when you hear the phrase “valley of the shadow of death”? Is it a place […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:3 Brother and sister socks
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23:3 3 He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. The Hebrew word involved in the word “restore” is a word often translated as “turn” (Hebrew shub, shuv). God restores our souls by doing for them — for us — what […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:2
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23:2 2 He causes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. Here David recalls the words of the first Psalm, where the believer “is like a tree planted by streams of water” (Ps. 1:3). God places us exactly where we need to be. […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:1 There is nothing else I need.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23:1 1 The LORD is my shepherd. There is nothing else I need. What a wonderful thing, to be content. Do we think that only a simple person, a child perhaps, could be content? But to be simple is not to be inferior. To want less and to have less […]