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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 3:9-11 Christ and the Church
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 3:9-11 Click to listen to this devotion. 9 King Solomon made for himself the palanquin;he made it of wood from Lebanon. As we saw with verse 7, a palanquin (rhymes with “Martin Sheen”) is a covered chair or litter on poles, a sedan chair carried by four or more […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:15 The Great Commission
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:15 Click to listen to this devotion. 15 He also said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. My opinion is that these words are Mark’s version of the Great Commission that Jesus gives in Matthew 28:19-20. Perhaps that one was given only to […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:14 The rebuke
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:14 Click to listen to this devotion. 14 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining to eat. He rebuked them for their unbelief and their stubbornness, since they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen. This probably happened on Easter Sunday evening, […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:13 They did not believe them, either
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:13 Click to listen to this devotion. 13 They returned and reported to the rest, but they did not believe them, either. Can there be gospel in the doubt of the apostles? Human doubt mixed with fallen, flawed, sinful human reason can quickly become an internal liar; the very worst kind […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:12 Another form
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:12 Click to listen to this devotion. 12 After this, Jesus appeared in another form to two of them while they were walking in the country. Mark builds up the resurrection appearances and proclamation: First, the empty tomb, combined with the heraldry of an angel. Then Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene. […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:10-11 Doubt
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:10-11 Click to listen to this devotion. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping. 11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that he had been seen by her, they did not believe it. Mary went off to report to […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:9 He appeared
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:9 Click to listen to this devotion. 9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven seven demons. From this point, Mark lists five resurrection appearances of Jesus. They come from each of what I think of […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:8 Trembling
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:8 Click to listen to this devotion. 8 The women went out and fled from the tomb. They were trembling and amazed. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Six actions are packed into this one verse; three or four are acts, and two or three are emotions. We […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:7 To Galilee
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:7 Click to listen to this devotion. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” The second half of the angels’ message continues to proclaim the gospel. The women are urged to […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:6 The Gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:6 Click to listen to this devotion. 6 He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. We hear the angel (1) comfort the women not to be […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:5 The angel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:5 Click to listen to this devotion. 5 When they went into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a long white robe, and they were alarmed. Angels have intelligence, understanding, and wisdom. They are powerful beings, spirits without bodies, but they can take […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 16:4 The stone
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 16:4 Click to listen to this devotion. 4 They looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. We have already described the way the large, disk-shaped stone fit into a grove in front of the tomb entrance. Someone had already opened the tomb! What […]
