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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 8:5 Under the apple tree
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 8:5 Click to listen to this devotion. The Wife 5 Who is this coming up from the desertleaning on her lover? This final chapter (there are only nine verses left after this one) has been described as a kind of “curtain call” in which all of the characters appear […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:73-75 Righteousness itself
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:73-75 Click to listen to this devotion. My outline of the Great Psalm takes the theme of this stanza, “Love for God’s Word,” and notes that it always follows a section describing the return to the word (as we just saw in verses 65-72) and before a section that describes the […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:70-72 In the Word we find forgiveness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:70-72 Click to listen to this devotion. 70 Their hearts are fat and unfeeling,but I delight in your law. “Fat and unfeeling” is my attempt to bring “gross as lard” into English, since it is obviously a Hebrew idiom for someone who is uncaring, callous, and perhaps stupid. The wicked don’t […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:68-69 God is good
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:68-69 Click to listen to this devotion. 68 You are good, and what you do is good;teach me your statutes. Statutes emphasize the Word of God in its permanence. During the exodus, when the Israelites were on their way to Mount Sinai, they came to a spring they called Marah, or […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:65-67 Teach me good judgment
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:65-67 Click to listen to this devotion. The next eight verses all begin with the Hebrew letter Teth, and five of the eight verses feature the word “good” (tov). God is good in every way. Goodness is one of his divine attributes; he is “the only one who is good” (Matthew […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:62-64 At midnight I rise
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:62-64 Click to listen to this devotion. 62 At midnight I rise to give you thanksfor your righteous judgments. Under the monasticism of the Medieval church, worship in monasteries and convents was held every three hours, according to a misapplication of various passages of the Scriptures. None of the passages were […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 8:2-4 Where she taught me
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 8:2-4 Click to listen to this devotion. 2 I would lead you.I would bring you to my mother’s house–where she taught me.I would give you spiced wine to drink,the juice of my pomegranates. This verse, from the mouth of the bride, is strange to consider from the standpoint of […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 8:1 I would kiss you…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 8:1 Click to listen to this devotion. The Wife (or Wife to be) 8:1 I wish you were like a brother to me,who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!Then I could meet you outside.I would kiss you,and no one would despise me. Here in the final chapter, the Song […]
God’s Word for You – Galatians 6:17-18 Paul ends his letter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGALATIANS 6:17-18 Click to listen to this devotion. 17 Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus on my body. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. Paul finishes the letter with a command, a declaration, and […]
God’s Word for You – Galatians 6:16 peace and mercy
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGALATIANS 6:16 Click to listen to this devotion. 16 Peace and mercy to all who live by this rule, even to the Israel of God. David concludes his 23rd Psalm in a similar way, declaring the blessing there on his own head: “Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days […]
God’s Word for You – Galatians 6:12-15 what counts is a new creation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGALATIANS 6:12-15 Click to listen to this devotion. 12 It is the ones who want to make a good impression outwardly who are trying to compel you to be circumcised, but only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who are circumcised do […]
God’s Word for You – Galatians 6:11 What large letters
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGALATIANS 6:11 Click to listen to this devotion. 11 SEE WHAT LARGE LETTERS I USE WHEN I WRITE TO YOU WITH MY OWN HAND! This sentence begins the conclusion of the letter. But before we apply the verse, we need to agree about what Paul means. There are two schools of thought […]
