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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:4 God separated the light
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:4 Click to listen 4 And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. Moses tells us seven times in this chapter that God sees that what he made was good. The first of these seven is here before us. When numerals in the […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:3 Let there be light
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:3 Click to listen 3 God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Now, before God began to shape and fill the world, preparing it for man and the lesser creatures, he commanded that there he light. There are two usual words in Hebrew for the act of speaking, […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:2b hovering
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:2b Click to listen And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Here we find two things to take to heart. First is the appearance of the Holy Spirit. Second is the action the Holy Spirit is busy with. Why was the Holy Spirit hovering as […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:2a formless and empty
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:2a Click to listen 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. Moses turns our attention to the earth for more details. The words he uses here are tohu and vohu. In Isaiah 24:10, tohu is “desolate.” But so is vohu in […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:1b The Big Emulsion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:1b Click to listen God created the heavens and the earth. This word “created” is bara’ (בָּרָא), which, unlike “made” (‘asa, עָשָׂה) is only used when God is the subject. It takes no effort from God, since it is done using the word of God alone to make, while ‘asa “make” […]
God’s Word for You – Genesis 1:1a The beginning
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUGENESIS 1:1a Click to listen GENESIS For those who have never read all the way through Genesis, or if it has been a while, there are many wonderful things to watch for. Don’t let the length of the book concern you. For although it is fifty chapters long, and one of the […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 4:22 Grace be with you
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 4:22 Click to listen 22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. Paul began this letter with the blessing, “Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord” (1:2). Grace is the part of the blessing that he repeats, the love from […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 4:19-21 before winter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 4:19-21 Click to listen 19 Greet Prisca and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus because he was sick. 21 Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 4:17-18 safely to his heavenly kingdom
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 4:17-18 Click to listen 17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the mouth of the lion. 18 The Lord will rescue me from […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 4:14-16 law and gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 4:14-16 Click to listen 14 Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will pay him back for what he has done. 15 You should be on your guard against him, too, because he strongly opposed our message. 16 At my first hearing, no one stood […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 4:13 especially the parchments
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 4:13 Click to listen 13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and also the books, especially the parchments. First, let us imagine the trip Paul is asking Timothy to take. There is a good harbor to the west of Ephesus on the Aegean […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Timothy 4:11-12 Next and next and next
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 TIMOTHY 4:11-12 Click to listen 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. 12 I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When we read verses 9-10, we heard Paul say, “Come to me soon.” There were two or three […]
