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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Mark 2:21-22 The Old and the New
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 2:21-22 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the patch shrinks, the new tears away from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 21:9 The serpent and the cross
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 21:9 9 Moses made a bronze snake and put it on the pole. If a snake had bitten anyone, if that person looked at the bronze snake, he lived. This passage preaches the gospel in pure, clear, historical words. This event must have stunned the Israelites. All we need to […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 21:7-8 Was the bronze snake a sacrament?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 21:7-8 7 The people went to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD to take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed on behalf of the people. Israel understood right away that what they were suffering […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 21:4-6 Poisonous snakes
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 21:4-6 The Bronze Snake 4 They set out from Mount Hor along the road to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom, but the people became very impatient along the way. The route of Israel at this point is easier to understand and follow. They pulled up […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 21:1-3 Arad and the Second Commandment
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 21:1-3 Arad Destroyed 21 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim. He fought against Israel and captured some of them. 2 Israel made this vow to the LORD: “If you will indeed give these people into […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 20:22-29 The death of Aaron
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 20:22-29 The Death of Aaron 22 The entire community of the Israelites set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. 23 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor along the border of Edom’s territory. He said, 24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people, because he […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 2:18-20 Why fast
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 2:18-20 A Question About Fasting 18 John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. They came and asked Jesus, “Why is it that John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?” There are two kinds of fasting described here and for different reasons, but it’s clear […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 20:18-22 When I disagree with my government
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 20:18-22 18 Edom said to him, “You must not pass through our territory, or we will go out to meet you with the sword.” The refusal of the king of Edom hardly surprises us, nor could it have surprised Moses very much. The life of mankind is difficult in many […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 20:14-17 A test on Edom’s doorstep
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 20:14-17 Edom Denies Israel Passage 14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has come upon us. 15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt for a long […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 20:12-13 The sin at Meribah
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 20:12-13 12 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to honor me as holy in the eyes of the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this assembly into this land which I have given to them.” We saw that Moses did two […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 20:2-11 Moses and the rock
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 20:2-11 Water From the Rock 2 There was no water for the community, so they assembled together against Moses and Aaron. 3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD! 4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 20:1 Miriam
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 20:1 The Death of Miriam 20 The people of Israel, the entire community, came to the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there. Centuries later, when the Lord spoke of her, he spoke of her as […]