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Daily Devotion Archive
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 […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 58:1-5 Sinful from the womb
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 58:1-5 Listen to this devotion. 58 For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.”Of David. A miktam. Four Psalms mention the tune Al-Tashcheth, “Do Not Destroy,” which may originally have been a liturgical song written for Deuteronomy 9:26-29, which begins, “O Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:14 You, my dear children
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:14 Listen to this devotion. 14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you as my dear children. Paul is thinking of all the things he just said. He takes no pleasure in his sarcasm and biting words. The purpose was not to shame the Corinthians […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:11-13 The scum of the earth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:11-13 Listen to this devotion. 11 To this very moment we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are harrassed and homeless, 12 and we work hard, laboring with our own hands. When we are cursed we bless; when we are persecuted we endure it. 13 When we […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:10 we are despised
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:10 Listen to this devotion. 10 We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are despised. Paul is still talking with irony or sarcasm to the Corinthians about the puffed-up way […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:8-9 like those who are sentenced to death
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:8-9 Listen to this devotion. Paul asked some hard questions in verse 7 to get the Corinthians to think more carefully and realistically about their place in the world. But he needs to really pop their bubble, so he goes on: 8 You already have all you want! You have […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 4:6-7 the gift
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 4:6-7 Listen to this devotion. 6 I have applied these things to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers, so that you may learn through us not to go beyond what is written, so that none of you will be puffed up, favoring one against another. 7 For who distinguishes […]
