by David Keesling | Oct 4, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Deuteronomy 14:29b “…in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands which you may do.” Observation: This ends the 14th chapter of Deuteronomy, a large part of which is devoted to commands regarding tithing. God expected two tithes from...
by David Keesling | Oct 3, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Deuteronomy 1:6, 8 “…you have stayed long enough at this mountain…go in and possess the land….” Observation: Verse 2 says that it is an eleven-day journey from Horeb, where the Israelites were camped, to Kadesh-Barnea. Kadesh-Barnea was the place where the...
by David Keesling | Oct 2, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Psalm 49: 12, 20 “Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, is like the beasts that perish.” Observation: This verse is presented twice in Psalm 49. In both places it references those who are rich in the things of this world: “Their inner thought is that their...
by David Keesling | Oct 1, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Luke 1:29 “But she was greatly troubled at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this might be.” Observation: In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s miraculous pregnancy with John, the angel Gabriel made another prenatal appearance, this time to her...
by David Keesling | Sep 30, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Deuteronomy 8:5 “Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.” Observation: Forty years have passed since the Hebrews began their odyssey through the wilderness. Instigated by their intransigence...
by David Keesling | Sep 29, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Acts 3:10 “And they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms.” Observation: The setting is the gate called Beautiful. Peter and John were heading to morning prayers when they came upon a beggar who asked...
