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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:20-21 The danger of pietism
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:20-21 Listen to this devotion. 20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21 Which one do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness? The phrase “kingdom of God” is generally the way […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:18-19 The cross of ‘modern theology’
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:18-19 Listen to this devotion. 18 Some of you are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out the power, not the talk, of these arrogant people. Those pesky Corinthian factions […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:17 My ways in Christ Jesus
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:17 Listen to this devotion. 17 That is why I sent Timothy to you. He is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church. Timothy was a young man Paul met in […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:15-16 Be imitators
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:15-16 Listen to this devotion Paul just said: “I am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you as my dear children.” Now he continues that thought with the way that he has set a fatherly example. 15 For even if you have ten thousand guides in Christ, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 53:6b God restores his people
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 53:6b Listen to this devotion. When God restores his people,let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad! When Martin Luther brought a pine tree into his house (what did his wife say?) and decorated it with candles wired to the branches, he said that he had been moved by the beauty of […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 53:6a Our salvation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 53:6a Listen to this devotion. 6 Who will bring salvation for Israel from out of Zion? “From out of Zion” could have two or even three meanings. First, Zion can be a reference to the Old Testament Jews, the nation that was promised a Savior that would come from their nation […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 53:4-5 The descent into hell
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 53:4-5 Listen to this devotion 4 Don’t they know, those who do evil–those who consume my people as men eat breadand who do not call on God? In these verses we do not have the complete sins of the whole world on display, but only the sins of the enemies of […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 53:1-3 There is no one who does good
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 53:1-3 Listen to this devotion. 53 For the choir director.According to mahalath.A maskil by David. This Psalm is nearly a duplicate of Psalm 14, but with some differences in the middle verses, especially verses 5 and 6. The musical direction, “According to mahalath,” is not in Psalm 14 but is repeated […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 61:5-8 The three kinds of good works
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 61:5-8 Listen to this devotion. 5 For you have heard my vows, O God.You have given me the heritageof those who fear your name.6 Add days to the life of the king,his years like many generations.7 Let him be seated in God’s presence forever.Appoint your mercy and truth to protect him.8 […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 61:1-4 the rock that is higher than me
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 61:1-4 Listen to this devotion. Danger far from home — a soldier’s prayer 61 For the director of music. On strings. Of David. There is a question here about the form of the word usually written binginoth “according to stringed instruments,” but here only ginath, “string” or “strings.” It makes little […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 58:10-11 The evils of hell
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 58:10-11 Listen to this devotion. 10 The righteous one will be glad when he is avenged,when he bathes his feet in the blood of the wicked.11 Then people will say, “Surely there is fruit for the righteous.Surely there is a God who judges the earth.” This concludes our imprecatory psalm. Imprecatory […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 58:6-9 And comfort for a certain grief
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 58:6-9 Listen to this devotion. David has been talking about those “sons of Adam” (sinful men) who oppose God’s Word and the gospel; whose own wicked words are like the venom of the cobra. 6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths,tear out the fangs of the lions, O LORD!7 […]
