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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:6-7 The purpose of his birth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:6-7 6 And so it was that while they were there, the time came for the baby to be delivered. 7 And she gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:5 Pledged and pregnant
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:5 5 He went to be registered with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was pregnant. Unbelievers and skeptics like to laugh at this verse, which has deep spiritual meaning and hope for us Christians. “There!” I’ve heard one say, “There’s proof that your Christ was […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:4 The house of David
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:4 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was from the house and line of David. Luke turns now to the departure of Joseph. We have already been told that […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 22:6 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. The verb “train” is hanak, the root of the word Hanukkah, which can mean either “to train” or “to dedicate,” as in “celebrate joyfully the dedication (חֲנֻכָּה, […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:3 The fourth commandment
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:3 3 So they all went to register, each to his own town. If we take all three of this chapter’s verses so far together, we see a movement throughout the Roman Empire from the perspective Caesar himself. Verse 1 shows the giving of the order. Verse 2 shows the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:1-2 A decree from Caesar Augustus
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:1-2 Just as chapter 1 carried us through the birth, circumcision and youth of John, so also chapter 2 carries us through the birth, circumcision and youth of Jesus. 2:1-7 The birth of Jesus 2:8-20 Proclamation and witness: the angels and the shepherds 2:21 The circumcision of Jesus 2:22-38 The […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:80 John in the wilderness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:80 80 The child grew up and became strong spiritually. He lived in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel. Why would John have lived “in the wilderness” and not with his parents as he grew up? The answer is very probably that his parents didn’t live […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:76-79 The Dayspring springs
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:76-79 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, Now, after praising God for the appearance of the Messiah, Zechariah turns to his little boy and addresses him. There is no […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:72-75 Justified and sanctified
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:72-75 Zechariah’s song is almost entirely comprised of praise to God and a blessing on Zechariah’s son, and so its name, the Benedictus (to praise, bless, or speak well of) is quite fitting. 72 in order to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 22:4-5 faith and troubles
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 22:4-5 4 The consequences of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth, honor, and life. Do humility and faith truly lead to wealth, honor and life? To see these things clearly, we must look past our human idea of wealth. Humility and faith certainly lead to […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:64-66 and 1:67-71, Devotions for Thursday and Friday
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:64-66 I will be traveling on Friday. Please accept devotions for today and Friday, and God bless you! 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was set free, and he began to speak, praising God. 65 Fear fell on all their neighbors, and all through the hill country […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:58-63 A pinakidion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:58-63 58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her. 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were about to name him Zechariah after his father, 60 but his mother said, “No! He […]
