Category: Daily Devotional

The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. 1 Peter 4:1-11 Peter points out to his readers (that would be us today) that Christ suffered “in the flesh.” Christians, in all ages, must be ready to suffer as Christ did, in the flesh. The future of…

Isaiah 1-2 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The Wickedness of Judah 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;    for the Lord has spoken:“Children[a] have I reared and brought up,    but they have rebelled against me.3 The ox knows its owner,    and the donkey its master’s crib,but Israel…

Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you… 1 Peter 3:8-22 Peter, now, encourages the brethren to be unified in Christ, showing sympathy, brotherly love and, humbleness…

Song of Solomon 6-8 Others 6 Where has your beloved gone,    O most beautiful among women?Where has your beloved turned,    that we may seek him with you? Together in the Garden of Love She 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden    to the beds of spices,to graze[a] in the gardens    and to gather lilies.3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;    he grazes among the…

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord… 1 Peter 3:1-7 Peter addresses, here, an issue that came into existence after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, “To the woman He said, ‘I will…

Song of Solomon 4-5 Solomon Admires His Bride’s Beauty He 4 Behold, you are beautiful, my love,    behold, you are beautiful!Your eyes are doves    behind your veil.Your hair is like a flock of goats    leaping down the slopes of Gilead.2 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes    that have come up from the washing,all of which bear twins,    and not one among them…

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by Him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 1 Peter 2:13-25 Peter commands the Christians, to whom he is writing and Christians today reading the Holy Bible, to submit to…

Song of Solomon 1-3 1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. The Bride Confesses Her Love She[a] 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!For your love is better than wine;3     your anointing oils are fragrant;your name is oil poured out;    therefore virgins love you.4 Draw me after you; let us run.    The king has brought me into his chambers. Others We…

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house… 1 Peter 2: 4-5 Peter, writing to Christians who have been run out of Jerusalem into other parts of the Roman Empire, tells them to…

Ecclesiastes 10-12 10 Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;    so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.2 A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,    but a fool’s heart to the left.3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,    and he says to everyone that he is a fool.4 If the anger of the ruler…