by David Keesling | Aug 16, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Genesis 3:16b “Your desire will be for your husband and he shall rule over you.” Observation: Eve comes now before her Creator to receive sentence for her sin. He has already told her that pain in childbearing would be greatly increased; now He addresses the pride and...
by David Keesling | Aug 15, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Genesis 3:3b “…you must not touch it, or you will die.” Observation: The setting is Eden’s garden, the place God had made for intimate fellowship between Him and His highest creation. The words are Eve’s, her first recorded in Scripture. Satan has just challenged Eve...
by David Keesling | Aug 14, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Acts 11:9 “…Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” Observation: Peter found himself called on the carpet in Jerusalem defending his recent visit in a gentile home: “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.” (v. 3) His defense,...
by David Keesling | Aug 13, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Psalm 17:15b “…when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing Your likeness.” Observation: The whole of Psalm 17 has the immediate context of a soliloquy David presents to the Lord. Saul is in hard pursuit, yet David affirms his trust in God at every turn. He is...
by David Keesling | Aug 12, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Luke 24:53 “And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.” Observation: This last verse of Luke’s Gospel depicts men who have been profoundly changed from their former condition. Following Jesus’ crucifixion, they had been abjectly saddened. Then word came...
