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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:21-22 Baptism saves
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:21-22 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also– not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:20 He descended into hell (Part 3)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:20 20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, (NIV) The spirits in the prison of hell are not limited to the group mentioned […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:19 He descended into hell (Part 2)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:19 19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison (NIV) Another, plainer way of saying “through whom” he went and preached would be to say, “in which,” that is, in his risen body and spirit. Preaching to the spirits in prison is the “why” […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:18 He descended into hell (Part 1)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:18 THE DESCENT INTO HELL 18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, (NIV) This verse begins a brief section which teaches the doctrine […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 4:26-29 The Growing Seed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 4:26-29 26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain– […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:17 To suffer for doing good
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:17 17 It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. (NIV) Peter employs a type of grammar that tells us that what he proposes is very unlikely. While it might seem improbable that Christians will suffer for doing good, it […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:15-16 Prepared to Answer
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:15-16 15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:13-14 Be brave
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:13-14 13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened.” (NIV) Peter doesn’t mean that nobody and nothing will harm […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:8-12 Love as brothers should
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:8-12 8 Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. This passage brings us near the end of a carefully written point Peter is making. It is written in an ABC-CBA or chiasm style: a, Everyone submit to […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:7 A husband’s duty
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:7 7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. (NIV) Peter has written to wives; now […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 4:21-25 The Lamp
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 4:21-25 21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 3:5-6 A wife’s beauty (Part 3)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 3:5-6 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do […]
