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Daily Devotion Archive
Judges 14:15-20 Samson is betrayed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 14:15-20 15 On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Persuade your husband to explain the riddle to us. If you don’t, we will burn you and your father’s family to death. Did you invite us here to rob us? ” This passage is amazing to me because of the […]
Judges 14:12-14 Samson’s riddle
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 14:12-14 12 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer during the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. 13 But if you can’t give me the answer, you must give […]
Judges 14:7-11 Samson’s wedding begins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 14:7-11 7 Then he went down and talked to the woman, and he was pleased with her. The wooing of the Philistine girl from Timnah is presented in several stages. He met her, he talked with her, he planned the wedding, he went through with the first 6 days and […]
Ruth 3:9-13 A woman of noble character
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 3:9-13 9 He said, “Who are you?” She answered, “It’s me, Ruth, your servant. Spread your cloak over your servant, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.” Boaz woke up (older men often wake up several time each night) and found a woman sleeping at his feet. Now was her moment—the moment […]
Psalm 76:10-12 He reigns from a tree
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 76:10-12 God’s fame 10 Surely the wrath of men brings you praise, And you clothe yourself with the wrath that remains. What does this verse mean? When humans become angry with God, it’s inevitable that their anger will prove useless, and God’s glory and power will be proved right. He […]
Psalm 76:7-9 To judge and to save
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 76:7-9 7 You are to be feared, and only you. When you are angry, who can stand before you? This is echoed in Revelation 6:12-17, and both passages talk about judgment day. When God’s patience comes to an end, he will rise up and end everything. When the story is […]
Psalm 76:1-6 God’s victory
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 76:1-6 PSALM 76 The God of Victory In Psalm 74, Asaph asked the question: “Why have you rejected us forever, O God? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?” (Ps. 74:1; cp. Job 19:11). Psalms 75 and 76 bring answers to that question. First, God is […]
Psalm 75:6-10 The horns of the righteous
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 75:6-10 6 Exaltation does not come from the east or from the west, nor from the desert, 7 for God is the Judge: He brings down one and exalts another. “Glory and trumpets!” Where does exaltation come, if not from any direction on earth? It comes from God the Judge. […]
Psalm 75:1-5 Do Not Destroy
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 75:1-5 PSALM 75 The God of History This psalm is the fourth by Asaph and the third in this group (Psalms 73-83). Like the rest of Asaph’s psalms, this psalm draws from many of the same themes as the book of Job, and in my opinion this makes Asaph the […]
Ruth 3:5-8 Something’s afoot …
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 3:5-8 5 Ruth answered, “I will do everything you say.” 6 She went down to the threshing floor, and did everything that her mother-in-law told her to do. 7 After Boaz finished eating and drinking, and he was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of […]
Judges 14:5-6 Samson kills a lion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 14:5,6 5 Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. As they were entering the vineyards of Timnah, a young lion suddenly came roaring at him. 6 The Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him in power, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as […]
Judges 14:1-4 Who is responsible for sin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 14:1-4 This chapter is presented in three parts. First (vs. 1-4), Samson becomes infatuated with a Philistine girl and demands that his parents get her for him as his wife. This, we are told, was going to be used by the Lord to provoke an encounter with the Philistines. Second […]
