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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:12-13 ἰδού Behold!
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:12-13 12 As he was approaching the town gate, (behold,) there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother. She was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:11 Shunem and Nain
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:11 Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son 11 Soon afterward Jesus went on his way to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd were traveling with him. The eastern part of lower Galilee is a rolling plain of alternating hills and valleys oriented in such a way […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 3 Pride
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 3 3 Your proud heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, whose dwelling is in the heights. Pride is a difficult sin to fight against. Based on 1 Timothy 3:6, most theologians agree that pride (or pride coupled with envy) was the original sin […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:9-10 faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:9-10 9 When Jesus heard these things, he was amazed at him. He turned to the crowd that was following him and said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel.” 10 And when the men who had been sent returned to the house, […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:6-8
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:6-8 6 Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, because I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 7:1-5 a centurion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 7:1-5 Chapters 7-17 form the middle section of Luke’s Gospel, although there are many ways of understanding the outline of the book. In these chapters we will see Jesus performing more miracles and preaching more with parables (chapters 7-8), and then he will withdraw from Galilee and perform his Judean […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:49 Your foundation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:49 49 But the one who listened to my words and did not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river broke against it, it fell immediately, and that house was completely destroyed.” Notice that Jesus doesn’t say “anyone” […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:47-48 Bedrock
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:47-48 Jesus has just asked, “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” In the text below, he illustrates this with a parable about two men building houses: one wise, the other, foolish. 47 Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 2
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 2 2 “Look how small I have made you among the nations! How despised, so despised, you are. When I was a boy, my friends Scott, Pat and Peter and I would go to a big field on the north end of town called the Industrial Park. It’s full of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:46 Lord, Lord
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:46 The Wise and Foolish Builders (Matthew 7:24-27) 46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Jesus summarizes everything he has been saying by speaking now to everyone within earshot, including his own disciples. Why would anyone call someone ‘Master’ or ‘Lord’ and […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:45 good out of the good
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:45 45 The good person brings what is good out of the good stored in his heart, and the evil person brings what is evil out of the evil within. To be sure, what his mouth speaks flows from the heart. Some listeners or readers might not really have a […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:44
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:44 44 In fact, each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather figs from thorn bushes, and they do not gather grapes from a bramble bush. Jesus is turning to humor to drive his point home. Many people know varieties of trees just by looking […]
