Category: Daily Devotional

Titus 1:5-6 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you… Paul’s primary task was to preach the gospel so that the elect of God might hear and trust in Christ and be edified in the knowledge of…

Titus 1:3-4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith… Even the openings of Paul’s letters are theologically rich. In our verses today, we find several doctrinal themes that will reappear in this letter. First, Paul’s emphasis on God’s authority and how it functions in the ministry of the apostle. Paul did not choose to be…

Titus 1:2 …in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began… In defending the faith and teaching God’s truth to others, Christian theologians have developed a specialized vocabulary. Terms such as Trinity, hypostatic union, eschatology, aseity, and many others are used to help people grow in their knowledge of God and His Word. With…

2 Kings 4-6 Elisha and the Widow’s Oil 4 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” 2 And Elisha said to her, “What shall I…

Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness… Sometimes, we think about the early church right after Pentecost and we may think that the church functioned as an ideal community with everything done properly and…

2 Kings 1-3 Elijah Denounces Ahaziah 1 After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel. 2 Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.” 3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,…

Hebrews 13:18-19 Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience…that I may be restored to you the sooner. As we come to the end of the book of Hebrews, the author asks his audience to remember him in prayer. This request was very important as the original audience was struggling…

1 Kings 14-15 Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said of me that I should be king over…

Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they…will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. Over the course of our Christian walk, we face many hardships and trials that tempt us away from Jesus. If we had to trust…

1 Kings 10-11 The Queen of Sheba 10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told…