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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:21 The blessings of Daniel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:21 Click to listen to this devotion. 21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus. Here we have three or four details to understand, but the true point of the verse is what gives each of those questions and their answers clarity in the light of the […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:20 Ten times better
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:20 Click to listen to this devotion. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king questioned them about, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom. The book of Daniel has several names for the various fortune-tellers. How shall we […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:18-19 Your final exam
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:18-19 Click to listen to this devotion. 18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief eunuch presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and he found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. So they entered the king’s […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:17 Dreams and visions
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:17 Click to listen to this devotion. 17 The God of these four young men gave them knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand every vision and all dreams. God gave them knowledge. This is madda‘ (מַדָּע), “science” or “learning” of almost any kind. […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:15-16 Doing God’s will with God’s help
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:15-16 Click to listen to this devotion. 15 At the end of ten days they looked better than any of the others, and they were healthier than the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their special royal food and the wine they were to […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:11-14 Eat your veggies
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:11-14 Click to listen to this devotion. 11 Now the chief eunuch had placed a guard over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Daniel said to the guard, 12 “Please test your servants for ten days: Give us some vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:9-10 The good of fear
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:9-10 Click to listen to this devotion. 9 Now God gave the chief eunuch favor and compassion toward Daniel. 10 The chief eunuch said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink. Why should he see your faces looking worse than the […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:8 Babylonian bacon and the Fourth Commandment
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:8 Click to listen to this devotion. 8 But Daniel had his heart set on not defiling himself with the king’s food or with the wine from his banquets. So he sought out the chief eunuch about not defiling himself. Daniel “had his heart set on not defiling himself.” This is […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:6-7 Your new name
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:6-7 Click to listen to this devotion. 6 Among these were some from the Children of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 7 And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego. Giving captives […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:5 Kickshaws
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:5 Click to listen to this devotion. 5 The king assigned them a daily portion of the special royal food, and also of the wine that he drank. They were to be brought up this way for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:3-4 Time for instruction
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:3-4 Click to listen to this devotion. 3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the young Israelite men, both from the royal family and from the nobility, 4 young men without blemish, of good appearance and insight in all sorts of wisdom, who had knowledge, […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 1:2 In the land of Shinar
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 1:2 Click to listen to this devotion. 2 And the Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he sent these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in […]
