by David Keesling | Sep 19, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Psalm 94:18 “When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,” your love, O Lord, supported me” (NIV). Observation: This Psalm embodies a plea from Israel’s oppressed for deliverance and protection. There are taskmasters who take pleasure in wrongdoing; the appeal of the weak is...
by David Keesling | Sep 18, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Psalm 18:20 “The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me” (NIV). Observation: David exulted in God’s deliverance from all his enemies. He earlier likened such oppression to being entangled by...
by David Keesling | Sep 17, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Ecclesiastes 1:11 “There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow” (NIV). Observation: Most of Ecclesiastes is a commentary on life’s futility. The author’s range of vision was necessarily limited...
by David Keesling | Sep 16, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Romans 16:3–13 “Greet (fill in the blank) … fellow workers in Christ [who] risked their lives for me … who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia … my relatives who have been in prison with me … whom I love in the Lord … tested and approved in Christ...
by David Keesling | Sep 15, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Romans 15:7 “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant” (NIV). Observation: In Romans 15, Paul continued his persuasive arguments to the effect that the Gospel is the great...
by David Keesling | Sep 14, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Romans 14:4(a) “Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?” (NIV). Observation: Paul’s question is intended to build harmony within the body by pointing out that all believers are fellow servants of the same Lord, Jesus Christ. The examples upon which Paul builds...
