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Daily Devotion Archive
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 […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:56-57 The labor of faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:56-57 56 Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home. 57 When the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, she gave birth to a son. I trust that we should read these verses chronologically; that is to say, that Mary left Elizabeth before Elizabeth gave […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:52-55 God’s immutable mercy
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:52-55 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly. God’s people had seen some very powerful rulers and nations brought down by the Mighty One: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon and Persia. In the years between the Testaments, the (Egyptian) Ptolemies and the […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 22:1-3 A good name
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 22:1-3 Chapter 22 begins with a half-chapter about the way wealth is misused by the sinful. It is an extended illustration of the Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Commandments. At verse 17, the chapter changes dramatically to a series of “Sayings of the Wise” which continues through the end of chapter […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:49-51 Great things for me
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:49-51 There is a moment in Jonah’s story when he has been swallowed by the whale, where the prophet turns to the Psalms for comfort in his distress. Here Mary does the same thing, but for the simple reason that her own words do not quite express her surpassing joy. I […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:48 The lowly
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:48 48 For he has regarded the low estate of his servant-girl. For, behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed. “Lowly estate” is my translation of tapeinosis (ταπείνωσις). Many of us have become used to the NIV’s “humble estate” (EHV “humble state”), but let’s take a closer […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:46-47 Mary’s Savior is our Savior.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:46-47 46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. To “magnify” or glorify a thing is to make it large with what we say, or how we react to it, or even how we think about it. A husband and […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:45 Neither credulous nor incredulous
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:45 45 How blessed is she who believed that what the Lord had promised her will be fulfilled!” The words credulous and incredulous are interesting to me because they are not opposites. To be credulous or to have credulity has at its root the word “creed.” Let’s get right back […]
