Daily Devotional

READ: 1 Kin. 22:1–28: … But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” … I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd … The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all […]

READ: 1 Kin. 21:1–28: … there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD … King Ahab, who has his royal palace in Samaria, often resides in his summer palace in Jezreel. There he sees a vineyard near his palace belonging to Naboth. Ahab wishes

READ: 1 Kin. 20:22–43: … your life in place of his life … Ben-Hadad consults with his servants about the cause of his defeat. He intends to attack again. He considers the LORD a god of the mountains, less effective on the plains. Therefore a great army is assembled to fight on level ground. The prophet

READ: 1 Kin. 19:19–20:21: … Elijah went over to him and threw his mantle on him … He left the oxen … they ate … Then he arose, followed Elijah, and served him … I will deliver it into your hand today … so that he struck Syria with a great blow … Elijah receives instructions

READ: Rom. 16:25–27: Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began but now made manifest … to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen. In the closing of

READ: Rom. 16:17–24: Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. … For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning

READ: Rom. 16:1–16 Phoebe is mentioned as a sister in the Lord, a servant in another congregation near Corinth. The office of deaconess is not meant here. Was she someone who offered hospitality to travelers or cared for the sick? She receives a recommendation, a kind of attestation, to receive her in a worthy manner

READ: Rom. 15:30–33: Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me … As an apostle in his work for Christ, Paul experienced much hardship, care, and struggle. From unbelieving Jews and Gentiles his life

READ: Rom. 15:17–29: … For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. … For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things … Paul elaborates here on

READ: Rom. 15:14–16: … that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Paul has pointed to weakness in mutual dealings, but that does not mean that no good qualities and activities are