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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Psalm 31:5-8 I commit my spirit
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 31:5-8 5 Into your hands I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, O LORD, the God of truth. Every year during Holy Week we remember that Jesus used these words on the cross as he closed his eyes in death (Luke 23:46). Stephen quoted Jesus as he was being […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 31:1-4
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 31:1-4 Psalm 31 1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The word lamnatseach means “for the preeminent one,” or “for the director.” Translations usually adopt “director of music” (NIV) or “choir director” (NASB). A psalm (mizmor) is a “trimmed” thing, probably meaning that it’s been edited or arranged for […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 9-10 The descent into hell
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 9-10 9 The warriors of Teman will be broken, and everyone from Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter. 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be cut off forever. Through the prophet, God pronounces sentence on […]
God’s Word for You – Good Friday
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU GOOD FRIDAY JOHN 19:16b-22 So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Lutheran commentator R.H. Lenski argues that the evidence points to Jesus having to carry the entire cross and not just […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 1:28-29 What is God’s will for mankind?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 1:28-29 28 We proclaim him, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom, that we might present everyone perfect in Christ. 29 It is for this that I work, striving with all the strength which he mightily works in me. This passage raises a question in many minds: What is God’s will […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 1:27 Christ’s constant presence among us
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 1:27 27 God was willing to make known to them the greatness of the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. The “them” in the beginning of the verse means all the saints, the group mentioned at the end of […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 1:25-26 The mysteries of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 1:25-26 25 of which I became a minister by the office God gave to me for you, to present the word of God fully to you, 26 the mystery kept hidden for ages and generations, but now revealed to his saints. The ministry of the gospel is an office that’s […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 1:24 the afflictions of Christ
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 1:24 Paul’s Labor for the Church 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I fill up what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ for the sake of his body, that is, the church, Before we understand anything else here, we must understand […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 7b revisited
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 7b revisited Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, but you will not detect it. (NIV) I translated this phrase quite a bit differently two Saturdays ago, trying to understand the Hebrew text. Taken as it is in the NIV, could it be a reference or even […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 1:23 Your foundation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 1:23 23 provided that you continue in the faith, firmly founded and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. Paul compares the ministry of the gospel with putting up […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 1:21-22 hostile to God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 1:21-22 We are Reconciled Through Christ’s Death 21 Once you were estranged and hostile in your minds, doing evil things 22 but now he has reconciled you in the body (that is, his flesh) by his death, in order to present you holy, blameless, and faultless before him, Paul uses […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 1:20 reconciliation
COLOSSIANS 1:20 20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, whether things on earth or in heaven, making peace through the blood of his cross. Through Jesus Christ, God reconciled mankind to himself. Paul says “things…whether things on earth or in heaven.” By this, does he or could he mean that the good […]
