Category: Daily Devotional

Hebrews 13:1-2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Love is the chief virtue of Christian virtues. It makes sense that the author of Hebrews begins his chapter by exhorting his audience to continue in brotherly love. We see this in our verses today with the call for us to…

2 Samuel 23-24 The Last Words of David 23 Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,    the oracle of the man who was raised on high,the anointed of the God of Jacob,    the sweet psalmist of Israel:[a] 2 “The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;    his word is on my tongue.3 The God of…

Hebrews 12:18-29 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. God’s appearance to His people at Sinai was key in the history of redemption.…

2 Samuel 21-22 David Avenges the Gibeonites 21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to…

Hebrews 12:18-29 Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken… Once again, the author of Hebrews affirms to any lingering doubters regarding the superiority of the new covenant to the old one by telling his audience that we have come to the heavenly Mount Zion, the great assembly that dwells in…

2 Samuel 19-20 Joab Rebukes David 19 It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” 2 So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.” 3 And the people stole into the city that day as people steal…

Hebrews 12:3-17 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. Having already used the metaphor of a foot race, the author, in today’s verses, uses the metaphor of a boxing match. The original audience of the epistle had been fighting against sin and felt that their…

2 Samuel 16-18 David and Ziba 16 When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2 And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought…

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us…run with endurance the race that is set before us… Given all the examples of the Old Testament saints who persevered in faith despite not receiving, in their lifetimes, the fullness of God’s promise, there is but one thing we, today, living…

2 Samuel 14-15 Absalom Returns to Jerusalem 14 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart went out to Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman…