Category: Daily Devotional

Jeremiah 12-14 Jeremiah’s Complaint 12 Righteous are you, O Lord,    when I complain to you;    yet I would plead my case before you.Why does the way of the wicked prosper?    Why do all who are treacherous thrive?2 You plant them, and they take root;    they grow and produce fruit;you are near in their mouth    and far from their heart.3 But you, O Lord, know me;    you see…

Can it be that…brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 Understanding the background of these verses is crucial for rightly applying Paul’s words. Some believers read this text as if there is never an appropriate time to pursue public justice in a dispute with a professing believer. However, Paul’s intent is…

Jeremiah 9-11 9 [a] Oh that my head were waters,    and my eyes a fountain of tears,that I might weep day and night    for the slain of the daughter of my people!2 [b] Oh that I had in the desert    a travelers’ lodging place,that I might leave my people    and go away from them!For they are all adulterers,    a company of treacherous men.3 They bend their tongue like…

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 1 Corinthians 5 The church often finds itself pulled toward one of two extremes.…

Jeremiah 6-8 Impending Disaster for Jerusalem 6 Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin,    from the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,    and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem,for disaster looms out of the north,    and great destruction.2 The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy,    the daughter of Zion.[a]3 Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her;    they shall pitch their tents around her;    they shall pasture,…

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.  1 Corinthians 4 Given that Paul has written about how not to grasp for authority or prominence in the church back in chapter 1, one might conclude that there is no place for someone to exercise authority over…

Jeremiah 3-5 3 “If[a] a man divorces his wife    and she goes from himand becomes another man’s wife,    will he return to her?Would not that land be greatly polluted?You have played the whore with many lovers;    and would you return to me?declares the Lord.2 Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see!    Where have you not been ravished?By the waysides you have…

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3 Christ Himself, in His person, works, and words, constitutes the cornerstone of the foundation of the church. The Old Testament Prophets and the New Testament Apostles make up the rest of the foundation of the church. We must take great care about…

Jeremiah 1-2 1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of…

…these things God has revealed to us through the [Holy] Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Paul writes here of the Holy Spirit’s work of illumination within the Christian. In Romans 8:12-17, Paul wrote of the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit, which tells us that the Holy Spirit confirms…