by David Keesling | Apr 10, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Luke 18:1 “Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” Observation: Jesus had in the previous chapter stirred an expectation that the end of the age would come suddenly. In Noah’s day the routines of life were...
by David Keesling | Apr 9, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Genesis 3:24 “After He drove the man out…” Observation: Adam had sinned. The uncreated God had created the most idyllic place on the planet to express the fullness of His love for this created being. God’s great passion had been for relationship with Adam, yet by his...
by David Keesling | Apr 8, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Job 42:10a “After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again…” Observation: Job had finally come to the end of himself. Admitting that he had spoken “of things (he) did not understand, things too wonderful for (him) to know,” (v. 3) he...
by David Keesling | Apr 7, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Luke 22:61: “The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter.” Observation: Jesus had been arrested by a combination of Roman soldiers and Jewish Sanhedrin. From the place of arrest He was taken to Caiaphas’ home, the ruling high priest, where the Jewish phase of His...
by David Keesling | Apr 6, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Genesis 3:24 “After He drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” Observation: Everyone in the story sinned: Adam, Eve and the serpent. Each came under...
by David Keesling | Apr 5, 2024 | Daily Devotional
Genesis 3:6 “She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.” Observation: Genesis 3 is the awful story of man’s fall, a tale of blame, of unresisted yielding to rebellion, and of subsequent shame and punishment. The chapter begins with an abrupt...
