Category: Daily Devotional

Whom do you serve? In Romans 8:1-12, Paul tells us that our identity as spiritual people means that “we are debtors.” We were once slaves of our own sinful selves and Satan, but now we have been freed from them—to serve another, Christ. Just being a creature means that we are indebted to God as…

Ezekiel 35-36 Prophecy Against Mount Seir 35 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste. 4 I will lay your cities…

 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling… 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 The following anecdote is from the life of John Quincy Adams one day in his 80th year. He was approached by a friend who said, “And how is John Quincy Adams today?” The former President of the United States replied graciously,…

Ezekiel 33-34 Ezekiel Is Israel’s Watchman 33 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the…

…always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Earlier, Paul had written how believers are growing from glory to greater glory. Now, Paul turns to a paradox: a Christian’s glory is often seen in the present age when he…

Ezekiel 30-32 A Lament for Egypt 30 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’3     For the day is near,    the day of the Lord is near;it will be a day of clouds,    a time of doom for[a] the nations.4 A sword shall come upon Egypt,    and anguish shall be in Cush,when the slain…

 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 In the Westminster Confession of Faith, we read, “our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth and divine authority thereof, is…

Ezekiel 27-29 A Lament for Tyre 27 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God: “O Tyre, you have said,    ‘I am perfect in beauty.’4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas;    your builders…

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God… 2 Corinthians 3 Who can say that the Christian church has ever enjoyed a golden age when sin did not cause problems? No one! The New Testament is clear that the early churches had all manner…

Ezekiel 24-26 The Siege of Jerusalem 24 In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 3 And utter a parable to the rebellious…