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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:12-13 sin, grace, and angels
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:12-13 Click to listen 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants that produce seed according to their own kinds, and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, each according to its own kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:11 each according to its own kind
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:11 Click to listen 11 God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: plants that produce seed, and trees upon the earth that bear fruit with seed in it, each according to its own kind.” And it was so. The difference between “vegetation” and “plants” here is that vegetation seems to stand […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:9-10 land and sea
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:9-10 Click to listen 9 God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. On […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:6-8 The expanse
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:6-8 Click to listen 6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 God made the expanse and separated the waters that were below the expanse from the waters that were above it. And it was so. 8 […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:5b evening and morning
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:5b Click to listen And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. For Moses and the Jews, the fall of evening marked the end of the day. Various cultures follow a different pattern. Some wait for sunrise. The Romans are responsible for our use of midnight as the […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:5a Day and Night
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:5a Click to listen 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There are several examples of God naming things during the week of creation, but only during the first three days. After that, God refrains from naming things. I think that he does this in anticipation […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:4 God separated the light
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:4 Click to listen 4 And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. Moses tells us seven times in this chapter that God sees that what he made was good. The first of these seven is here before us. When numerals in the […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:3 Let there be light
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:3 Click to listen 3 God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Now, before God began to shape and fill the world, preparing it for man and the lesser creatures, he commanded that there he light. There are two usual words in Hebrew for the act of speaking, […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:2b hovering
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:2b Click to listen And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Here we find two things to take to heart. First is the appearance of the Holy Spirit. Second is the action the Holy Spirit is busy with. Why was the Holy Spirit hovering as […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:2a formless and empty
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:2a Click to listen 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. Moses turns our attention to the earth for more details. The words he uses here are tohu and vohu. In Isaiah 24:10, tohu is “desolate.” But so is vohu in […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:1b The Big Emulsion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:1b Click to listen God created the heavens and the earth. This word “created” is bara’ (בָּרָא), which, unlike “made” (‘asa, עָשָׂה) is only used when God is the subject. It takes no effort from God, since it is done using the word of God alone to make, while ‘asa “make” […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:1a The beginning
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:1a Click to listen GENESIS For those who have never read all the way through Genesis, or if it has been a while, there are many wonderful things to watch for. Don’t let the length of the book concern you. For although it is fifty chapters long, and one of the […]
