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...
by David Keesling | Aug 11, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Mark 16:1 “When the Sabbath was over…” Observation: The sentence goes on to say that very early the morning after Sabbath’s end, three women who loved Jesus set out for His tomb to anoint His body. Christ had been crucified the day before Sabbath, His body quickly...
by David Keesling | Aug 10, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Luke 23:56b “But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.” Observation: Jesus had been crucified, after which Joseph of Arimathea had removed the body from the Cross, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a garden tomb. John expands the story to tell...
by David Keesling | Aug 9, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Luke 22:19, 20 “This (bread) is my body given for you, do this in remembrance of me.” “…He took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.’” Observation: Jesus and the disciples have just shared their last Passover. Also...
by David Keesling | Aug 8, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Matthew 26:14 “Then one of the twelve…the one called Judas Iscariot…went to the chief priests and asked “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” Observation: It was two days before Passover, and the chief priests and elders assembled in Caiaphas’...
