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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:38 From top to bottom
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:38 Click to listen to this devotion. 38 The curtain of the inner temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. I have translated the simple word “temple” as “inner temple” because the curtain is without a doubt the curtain that separated the innermost chamber, the Most Holy Place, from […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:37 He breathed his last
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:37 Click to listen to this devotion. 37 Then Jesus cried out loudly and breathed his last. Luke and John give us the content of what Jesus cried out with a loud voice. John reports that Jesus said, “It is finished” (John 19:30), and Luke reports that Jesus said loudly, “Father, […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:35-36 Cheap wine
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:35-36 Click to listen to this devotion. 35 When some of those who were standing there heard this, they said, “Listen, he is calling Elijah.” 36 Someone ran and filled a sponge with cheap wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink. He said, “Let’s see […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:34 Lema sabachthani?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:34 Click to listen to this devotion. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” We will consider three things here. The reader may pick and choose where you want to just […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:33 Darkness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:33 Click to listen to this devotion. 33 When it was the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. The sixth hour was noon, and the ninth hour was three o’clock. The sun was high in the sky at noon; it should have been just about […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:31-32 Zenith and Nadir
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:31-32 Click to listen to this devotion. 31 In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes made fun of him among themselves. They said, “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross so that we […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:27-30 They made fun of him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:27-30 Click to listen to this devotion. 27 They crucified two robbers along with him, one on his right and one on his left. 29 And those who passed by made fun of him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ha, ha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:24b-26 The Inscription
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:24b-26 Click to listen to this devotion. They divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each would take. 25 It was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him was written this way: “The King of the Jews.” […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:24a He was crucified
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:24a Click to listen to this devotion. 24 And they crucified him. When we consider what the crucifixion was, there are two things to consider. First, what was the physical act of crucifixion? Many readers in each passing generation need to be informed about this to understand it better. Second, what […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:52 Judgments from Ancient Times
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:52 Click to listen to this devotion. 52 I remember your judgments from ancient times, O LORD,and I find comfort in them. Luther was fond of quoting this Psalm to remind us to trust in God at all times on account of his omnipotence. And the acts of God are certainly […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:51 The arrogant mock
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:51 Click to listen to this devotion. 51 The arrogant mock me without restraint,but I do not fall away from your law. The supreme example of the Christian standing sinless before mockers is in the passion of Christ. He foresaw that this was coming, and said about himself, “He will be […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 15:21-23 Gall and Golgotha
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 15:21-23 Click to listen to this devotion. Two thousand years before Jesus carried the cross through the streets of Jerusalem, Abraham “took the wood for the offering and placed in on his son,” and his son was made to carry that wood to the place where he was to be slaughtered […]
