Devotionals (Page 2)
Verse of the Day – Jan. 12, 2023
January 12, 2023 – Thursday Genesis NIV 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. Comments When I first read this, I thought how brave and faithful of Abram to leave in his old age … or older age. Then I went back to 11:26 and…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 11, 2023
January 11, 2023 – Wednesday Lamentations 3:21-24 NIV 21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 10, 2023
January 10, 2023 – Tuesday Luke 19:41 NIV 41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. Luke 19:41 NET 41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it Comments The two versions above make it clear it was Jesus who wept, and it was Jerusalem He was weeping over. Before exploring…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 9, 2023
January 09, 2023 – Monday Jude 1:3 NIV 3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. Jude 1:3 NET 3 Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 6, 2023
January 06, 2023 – Friday 1 Corinthians 15:26 NIV 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26 NET 26 The last enemy to be eliminated is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26 NASB 26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death. Comments There are three versions of the same…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 5, 2023
January 05, 2023 – Thursday Philippians 4:13 NIV 13 I can do all this through Him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 NKJV 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Comments Saw this on the wall in very large script letters at Soin hospital earlier this evening and decided I wanted to write…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 4, 2023
January 04, 2023 – Wednesday Revelation 21:4 NIV 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. Comments When my Father’s older brother James Edgar died his wife, my Aunt Hazel, passed his Bible on to me. I was reminded of this when I came…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 3, 2023
January 03, 2023 – Tuesday Proverbs 23:22 NIV 22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Proverbs 30:17 NIV 17 “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. Comments Today…
Verse of the Day – Jan. 2, 2023
January 02, 2023 – Monday Acts 9:13, 32, 41 NET 13 But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem 32 Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda. 41 He gave her his hand and helped her…
Verse of the Day – Dec. 30, 2023
December 30, 2022 – Friday Joshua 9:23 NIV 23 You are now under a curse: You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God. Comments This is a fascinating story. In the verse above Joshua is speaking to Gibeonites about a deception they pulled off against the Israelites. All kinds of peoples were…
Verse of the Day – Dec. 29, 2023
December 29, 2022 – Thursday Micah 6:6-7 NIV 6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my…
Verse of the Day – Dec. 28, 2022
December 28, 2022 – Wednesday Hallelujah 3 Revelation 19:1-6 NIV 1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah!Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,2 for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her…
Verse of the Day – Dec. 27, 2022
December 27, 2022 – Tuesday Hallelujah 2 Psalm 146:1&10 CJB 1 Halleluyah! Praise Adonai, my soul! 10 Adonai will reign forever, your God, Tziyon, through all generations. Halleluyah! Comments The Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) was chosen as it leads and ends with Halleluyah and the italics are in…
Verse of the Day – Dec. 26, 2022
December 26, 2022 – Monday Hallelujah … Psalm 113:1&9 NIV 1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord. 9 He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord. Comments Believe it or not Hallelujah is found two (maybe…
Verse of the Day – Dec. 23, 2022
December 23, 2022 – Friday SNOW … Matthew 28:3 NIV 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. Mark 9:3 KJV 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. Revelation 1:14 NIV 14 The hair on his head was white…