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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Psalm 40:1-3 Out of the quicksand and bursting with song
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 40:1-3 Listen to this devotion. Psalms 36-41 fall under a general theme of suffering, and within that group, Psalms 37-40 describe waiting for the Lord to answer prayers. This psalm (40) shows the answer to the prayer. This psalm and the next one are also Messianic. Together they bring to an […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 62:11-12 Rewards in heaven
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 62:11-12 Listen to this devotion. 11 One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard:that you, O God, are strong,12 and that you, O Lord, are loving.Surely you will reward each personaccording to what he has done. Are there rewards in heaven? Let’s look carefully at what David says, not […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 62:9-10 The First Commandment
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 62:9-10 Listen to this devotion. NIV 1984 9 Lowborn men are but a breath,the highborn are but a lie;if weighed on a balance, they are nothing;together they are only a breath.10 Do not trust in extortionor take pride in stolen goods;though your riches increase,do not set your heart on them. I […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 62:5-8 What is the soul
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 62:5-8 Listen to this devotion. NIV-84 5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;my hope comes from him.6 He alone is my rock and my salvation;he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.7 My salvation and my honor depend on God;he is my mighty rock, my refuge.8 Trust in […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 62:3-4 A leaning wall
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 62:3-4 Listen to this devotion. There is no other psalm where waiting on the Lord, trust, and hope are repeated so often as they are here in Psalm 62. “The whole Psalm,” says Luther, “rings with faith in God.” As before, we read the NIV-84 and also my own private translation […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 5:14-17 dressed and in his right mind
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 5:14-17 Listen to this devotion. 14 The men herding the pigs ran and reported it in the town and in the countryside. Then the people came to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 5:11-13 Demons and pigs
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUMARK 5:11-13 Listen to this devotion. 11 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, 12 and the spirits begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs so that we can enter them.” 13 So he gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs, […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 62:1-2 Not moved much
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 62:1-2 Listen to this devotion. Psalm 62 is a gem even among the Psalms. It is a mizmor (Greek psalmos), a song accompanied by a stringed instrument. The word selah occurs twice. We don’t know exactly what that word implies. It literally means “to lift up,” but that could mean lifting […]
God’s Word for You – Zechariah 14:20-21 Bells, pots, and the life of faith.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUZECHARIAH 14:20-21 Listen to this devotion. 20 And on that day “Holy to the LORD” will be inscribed on the bells of the horses. And the cooking pots in the house of the LORD shall be like the sacrificial bowls used before the altar. The bells of the horses were just like […]
God’s Word for You – Zechariah 14:16-19 Like the Festival– Faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUZECHARIAH 14:16-19 Listen to this devotion. 16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And if any of the families of the earth do not […]
God’s Word for You – Zechariah 14:12-15 God Preserves our Fellowship
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUZECHARIAH 14:12-15 Listen to this devotion. 12 And this will be the plague that the Lord will strike with against all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets. Their tongues will rot in their mouths. […]
God’s Word for You – Zechariah 14:9-11 The Church will Endure
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUZECHARIAH 14:9-11 Listen to this devotion. 9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one LORD and his name the only one. Zechariah has just described the living water flowing down from Jerusalem (Christ) to the world in every direction. Now his description […]
