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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:9 That love may increase
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:9 Click to listen 9 And I pray this: that your love may still increase more and more in knowledge and every insight. We should spend a moment on the word “love” as Paul uses it here. You may know that there are basically four words for “love” in Greek. They […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:8 An oath
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:8 Click to listen 8 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. To call upon God as a witness is a form of taking an oath, which might bring readers into the question of how we keep the Second Commandment. […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:7 chains, defense, and confirmation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:7 Click to listen 7 Just as it is right for me to think this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart, for whether I am in chains or in my defense or in my confirmation of the gospel, you all share in this grace with […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:3-6 The doctrine of fellowship
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:3-6 Click to listen 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 Every time I pray for all of you, I always pray with joy, 5 because of your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. Paul does not just tell us what to do, […]
God’s Word for You – Philippians 1:1-2 To all the saints
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPHILIPPIANS 1:1-2 Click to listen Philippi is just about at the center of the north end of the Aegean Sea. Greece is to the west, with Mount Olympus dominating the skyline. The Dardanelles lie to the east, the waterway that leads past Byzantium (Istanbul) into the Black Sea. The three fingers of […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 124:6-8 Like sparrows escaping
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 124:6-8 Click to listen 6 Blessed be the LORD,who has not given us as prey to their teeth.7 We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare;the snare is broken, and we have escaped.8 Our help is in the name of the LORD,who made heaven and earth. The battle was […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 124:1-5 A close call
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 124:1-5 Click to listen A Song of Ascents. Of David. Early in the reign of King David, before he had captured Jerusalem, the Philistines were a dangerous threat on his western border. They attacked him at Baal-Perazim. This was a place, probably a high hill or low summit, just a few […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 121:5-8 The one who watches
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 121:5-8 Click to listen 5 The LORD watches over you,the LORD is your shade at your right hand.6 The sun will not hurt you by day,nor the moon by night. In these verses our author continues his gospel comfort that the Lord is not only watching over us, but he prevents […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 121:3-4 The Lord watches
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 121:3-4 Click to listen 3 He will not even let your foot shake.The One who watches you does not tire.4 He does not get drowsy. He does not fall asleep.He watches over Israel. In verse 2 we were reminded that God is the one who made heaven and earth. Now we […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 121:1-2 Click to listen A Song of ascents. The psalms of ascents were special songs for travelers going far away to the temple to worship. The step-like structure that predominates (it isn’t always there) make them psalms of various degrees or ascending moments. Here in Psalm 121 there are clearly four […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:10-13 your inheritance at the end of days
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:11-13 Click to listen 11 From the time that the regular daily sacrifice is taken away and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days. 12 Blessed are those who wait and reach one thousand three hundred thirty-five days. 13 But you, […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:8-10 Many will be purified
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:8-10 Click to listen 8 I heard this without understanding, so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?” Daniel admits that he heard what the Lord said, but that he didn’t understand what it meant. It’s reasonable to infer that prophets normally understood what they were […]
