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Daily Devotion Archive
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 […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23, Title by David
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 23, Title Consider all the challenges David faced in his life. Some of his own sons rebelled against him. His wife Mical was a constant challenge to his faith. His mentor Saul (in many ways, Saul was David’s role model as an Israelite king!) wanted to be his murderer. He […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:46-48
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:46-49 Luke omits the details leading up to the following scene. Following the exorcism at the foot of the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus and his disciples went back to Capernaum. It was not until they arrived at the house where Jesus usually stayed that he confronted them about their argument […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 9:43b-45 Into your ears
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:43b-45 While everyone was marveling about everything that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, 44 “Let this statement sink into your ears: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” 45 But they did not understand what it meant. It was hidden from […]
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 […]
