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Daily Devotion Archive
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:7-8 7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor;’ for I tell […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:4-6 Let sin’s dark deeds be gone
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:4-6 4 As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. 5 Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill shall be […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:3 part 2 Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:3 part 2 3 … a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The word “baptize.” “Baptize” means to wash or to apply water. We have no reason or right to use anything else in place of water. We also remember that water is the most abundant substance on […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:3 part 1 The Baptism of John
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:3 part 1 3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As we approach this verse, the question most on our minds must be: Was John’s baptism the same as our Christian baptism? If this is true, how […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:1-2 The word of God came to John
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:1-2 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene. 2 At this […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Psalm 79:2-4 We are objects of reproach
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PSALM 79:2-4 2 They have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the sky. They have given the flesh of your favored ones to the wild animals. 3 They have poured out their blood like water all over Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:50-52 He grew in wisdom and in stature
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:50-52 50 But they did not understand what he was telling them. 51 Then he went down with them to Nazareth and was obedient to them. But his mother committed all these things to memory. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:49 Why were you searching for me?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:49 All of the words of Jesus Christ demand our special attention and devotion. They are the words of life; they are truth itself. A special group of sayings of Jesus is the collection of the very first words chosen by the Holy Spirit to be recorded as our introduction […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:47-48 Astonished and amazed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:47-48 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.” “Amazed” in Greek is […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:45-46 Sitting among the teachers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:45-46 45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Where is he? Where is he? What parents in a grocery […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 2:42-44 The synod of Nazareth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 2:42-44 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, as was their custom. 43 After the Feast days were over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they did not realize it. 44 Thinking he was in their […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 79:1 The nations have invaded
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 79:1 We will continue with Proverbs after meditating on Psalms 79 and 71. For these two Psalms, we will use the new Evangelical Heritage Version of the Bible (EHV, © 2017 Wartburg Project, Inc.). Psalm 79 They Have Reduced Jerusalem to Rubble A psalm by Asaph. Psalms 73-83 are a […]
