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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:2-3 The Tenants – Part 2
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:2-3 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. (NIV) Many servants will be described; first three separately and then more in a group. […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:1 The Tenants – Part 1
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:1 For the remainder of Lent this year, we will turn to the Twelfth Chapter of Mark and two Psalms, the 126th and the 107th. 12 He then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 4:13-20 The Sower – Part 3
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 4:13-20 13 Then he asked them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables? Are the Lord’s words here gentle, or accusing? Is Jesus being a kind and thoughtful teacher, or an angry prophet? We can’t draw the Lord’s emotions from the context […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:18-22 Taking a beating
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:18-22 18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. Since slavery is illegal in modern times, it is not wrong for someone held captive today to try to escape and bring […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:15-17 Freedom and obligation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:15-17 15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. “It is God’s will… that you should silence.” This is an example of the Greek infinitive of obligation: It is the will of God. What is? That we should […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:13-14 Submit to every authority
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:13-14 13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. (NIV) These two verses would […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:11-12 Such good lives among the pagans
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:11-12 At the beginning of the letter, there was a cycle of God’s plan (1:3-12) followed by Peter urging us to live holy lives and to be holy (1:13-2:3). Now a second cycle turns in a similar way from Christ’s relationship with believers (2:4-10) to another string of commands […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:9-10 Mercy on us
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:9-10 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 4:9-12 The Sower – Part 2
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 4:9-12 9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.” This is no different than saying, “Use your ears,” but Jesus also means, “Trust my words.” His words create faith and give life. The whole Bible is God’s revelation to mankind for three purposes: to save man […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:7-8 Our Capstone
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:7-8 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,” 8 and, “A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:6 Our Cornerstone
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:6 6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” Peter has begun to speak about building the church of living stones, and to assure us of […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:5 Living stones
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:5 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. The Christian church is not a building. It is people who believe in Christ. Yet the Scriptures often use the illustration […]
