Category: Daily Devotional

Isaiah 39-40 Envoys from Babylon 39 At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2 And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his…

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 1 John 5:1-5 The book of Revelation is one of the most studied and controversial Biblical books. Many people spend years looking at its details in order to understand its seemingly perplexing message. Christians…

Isaiah 37-38 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help 37 As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz. 3 They…

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7-21 John continues to explain how we are to imitate God in loving one another. Having told us in 1 John 4:8 that “God is love,” the apostle reminds us of the supreme manifestation of…

Isaiah 34-36 Judgment on the Nations 34 Draw near, O nations, to hear,    and give attention, O peoples!Let the earth hear, and all that fills it;    the world, and all that comes from it.2 For the Lord is enraged against all the nations,    and furious against all their host;    he has devoted them to destruction,[a] has given them over for slaughter.3 Their slain shall be cast out,    and the…

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1-6 2 Timothy 3:16–17 and its teaching on inspiration and the Bible’s being God-breathed tell us that Scripture is useful for teaching and for reproof, demonstrating that all believers should earnestly desire…

Isaiah 32-33 A King Will Reign in Righteousness 32 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,    and princes will rule in justice.2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,    a shelter from the storm,like streams of water in a dry place,    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.3 Then the eyes of those who see…

For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 1 John 3:11-24 John has used Cain as the preeminent example of the one who is of the Devil. This son of Adam hated his brother Abel to the extent that he ended Abel’s life. Because all sin originates…

Isaiah 30-31 Do Not Go Down to Egypt 30 “Ah, stubborn children,” declares the Lord,“who carry out a plan, but not mine,and who make an alliance,[a] but not of my Spirit,    that they may add sin to sin;2 who set out to go down to Egypt,    without asking for my direction,to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh    and to seek shelter in the…

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so, we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1-10 All those who have been born of God will necessarily resemble Christ with respect to His righteousness.…