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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:25 According to your word
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:25 Click to listen to this devotion. This new stanza of the Great Psalm seems to me to be directed toward a life of sanctified living, to living out my faith, and to prayer. But our poet begins with his face in the dirt. 25 My soul is laid low in […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 12:1-3 Spiritual Gifts
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-3 Click to listen to this devotion. 12 Now, about spiritual gifts. Brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, you were deceived and somehow led astray to voiceless idols. Paul continues with another question the Corinthians asked, and once again […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:33-34 Gluttony or fasting
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:33-34 Click to listen to this devotion. 33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each another. 34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together it will not result in judgment. I will give the rest of […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:31-32 Punitive or corrective?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:31-32 Click to listen to this devotion. 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we undergo judgment, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we may not be condemned along with the world. What is the goal of punishment? If we […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:30 Some few have fallen asleep
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:30 Click to listen to this devotion. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and some few have fallen asleep. We return here to Paul describing those who have sinned against the body and blood of Christ by consuming the sacrament without recognizing that this is […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:23-24 My delight
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:23-24 Click to listen to this devotion. 23 Even though princes sit and plot against me,your servant will meditate on your statutes.24 Yes, your testimonies are my delight,they are my counselors. The poet begins with a curious comparison. Princes (Hebrew sarim) can sit and talk about him, even plotting against him, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:21-22 Roll their scorn away
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:21-22 Click to listen to this devotion. 21 You rebuke the insolent, the cursed,those who wander from your commandments;22 roll their scorn and contempt away from me,for I have kept your testimonies. Here the stanza shows that our poet is surrounded by unbelievers. He describes them in several ways: First, they […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:28-29 Communion fellowship
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:28-29 Click to listen to this devotion. 28 Let a person examine himself, and then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. When we […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:27 So-called ‘Open Communion’
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:27 Click to listen to this devotion. 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Every Christian, and most especially I myself, must come to these final verses […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:25-26 The Real Presence
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:25-26 Click to listen to this devotion. 25 In the same way after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:23-24 This is my body
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-24 Click to listen to this devotion. Paul has been pointing out abuses among the Corinthians in the way they were treating the Lord’s Supper. Now he will point out the true purpose of the sacrament, and as he does this, we will see that he treats the abuses and […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 11:19-22 One goes hungry, another gets drunk
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 11:19-22 Click to listen to this devotion. 19 No doubt there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine may be recognized among you. 20 When you gather together in the same place, it is not the Lord’s Supper that you eat. Paul seems to be […]
