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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:8-9 The Gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:8-9 Click to listen 8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, according to my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering hardship even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the Word of God is not chained. Paul is still talking about enduring […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:7 Think it over
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:7 Click to listen 7 Think over what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things. These words, given to Timothy by the Apostle and meant for all preachers, are also for all Christians; everyone who reads the Scriptures can benefit from them. Everyone who […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:6 the first to share
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:6 Click to listen 6 The farmer, weary from his hard work, should be the first to receive a share of the crops. The main theme Paul is illustrating in verses 3-13 is that the worker, that is the minister in Christ’s service, should be ready to endure hardship for […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:5 according to the rules
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:5 Click to listen 5 And also if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. I used to think that it was a weakness of Paul that he so often brought out sports illustrations in his preaching and letters. Perhaps this […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:5-6 stop running away
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 23:5-6 Click to listen 5 You set a table before me in the presence of my enemies.You perfume my head with oil.My cup overflows. Table, oil and cup — all these point to the ceremonial meals eaten by the Jews when they were at worship in the temple, at the tabernacle, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:3-4 Brother and sister socks
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 23:3-4 Click to listen 3 He restores my soul.He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. The Hebrew word involved in the word “restore” is a word often translated “turn” (Hebrew shub, shuv). God restores our souls by doing for them– for us– what we could never do […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:1-2 Quiet waters
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 23:1-2 Click to listen 1 The LORD is my shepherd. There is nothing else I need. What a wonderful thing, to be content. Do we think that only a simple person, a child perhaps, could be content? But to be simple is not to be inferior. To want less and to […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 23:0 Title by David
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 23:0 (Title) Click to listen Please accept a few devotions from a familiar Psalm. Consider all the challenges David faced in his life. Some of his own sons rebelled against him. His wife Michal was a constant challenge to his faith. His mentor Saul (in many ways, Saul was David’s role […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:3-4 as a good soldier
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:3-4 Click to listen 3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; he wants to please the one who enlisted him. The suffering Paul is talking about is the hurt that often comes with the […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 2:1-2 Be strong… and entrust
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 2:1-2 Click to listen This chapter has two distinct parts. First (verses 3-13), Paul encourages Timothy to endure during many hardships, just like a soldier, or an athlete, or a farmer, with encouragement from the resurrection of Jesus and from Paul’s own life. In the second part (verses 14-26), he […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 1:15-18 those who fall away
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 1:15-18 Click to listen 15 You know that everyone who is in the province of Asia has turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. Here we have news that is terrible to hear. After all of the work Paul had accomplished in Asia Minor (that is, western Turkey), there […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 1:14 the good deposit
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 1:14 Click to listen 14 Guard the good deposit entrusted to you. Do this through the Holy Spirit who lives in us. We saw the other of Paul’s two deposits in verse 12. To Christ, he gave his soul as a deposit. To Timothy, he entrusted the Gospel itself; the […]
