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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – 2 Peter 1:1 A faith as precious as ours
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 2 PETER 1:1 Listen to this devotion. 2 PETER The most important thing to remember about 2 Peter is that the Apostle is warning about wicked men who scoff about the second coming of Christ. Paul had warned about the same thing: • “Savage wolves will come in among you and […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 52:8-9 A believing man
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 52:8-9 8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever. Here David runs back to Psalm 1. The godly man “is like a tree planted by streams of water” (1:3). But he flourishes in the […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 52:5-7 A condemned man
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 52:5-7 We have examined Doeg’s sin. Now David turns to Doeg’s judgment from God. 5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah “Surely” in Hebrew is […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 52:3-4 A harmful man
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 52:3-4 3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah Is David speaking to someone else in addition to Doeg? Certainly there is nothing in the Psalm that can’t be applied to Saul’s ranch hand. A half-truth is the same as a lie, and Doeg […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 52:1-2 An evil man
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 52:1-2 52 For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” In the Hebrew text, headings like this have always been included; they are part of the original […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 5:13-14 Peace in Christ.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 5:13-14 13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark. 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. (NIV) In my introduction to the book I showed that […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 5:12 Grace
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 5:12 12 With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. This mention of Silas (Greek Σιλουανός, Sylvanus), is unexpected. Not because Silas never […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 53:1-6 Of original sin and God’s grace
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU This summer I will attempt to add devotions on Sundays with the hopes that this will not inconvenience anyone, and that the additional excursions into the Word of God may even be welcome. This was formerly my practice when God’s Word for You began in 1999. PSALM 53 We can be […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 4:40-41 Faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 4:40-41 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” (NIV) Jesus’ question, “Do you still have no faith?” can also be translated, […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 5:10-11 The God of All Grace
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 5:10-11 10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. The restoration of verse 10 is still in this lifetime; we cannot stand under […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 5:9 Stand firm in the faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 5:9 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. (NIV) On the 31st of October, 1817 (the 300th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation), the King of Prussia attempted to extend his reign over […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 5:8 The roaring lion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 5:8 8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (NIV) Peter touches on the natural concern and fear that mankind has for Judgment Day. For the typical Christian, the mention of the Judgment produces (1) fear, the […]
