DR. DAVID SPEICHER
Devotionals
John 17 Part 14
John 17:17 (ESV): Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. So, we are investigating the implications of the prayer for sanctification Jesus offers to the Father on behalf of those given to him by the Father. We understand that Jesus is...
John 17 Part 13
John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. Here is the fourth thing that Jesus prays for as he prepares to leave Earth. Jesus desires that the Father would sanctify those whom the Father had given him. In this context, Jesus is...
John 17 Part 12
John 17:15–16 (ESV): I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Isn’t it interesting that Jesus asks the Father to keep his followers from the evil...
John 17 Part 11
John 17:15–16 (ESV): I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. We are aliens in the purest sense! It is crazy how much this world can feel...
John 17 Part 10
John 17:14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Alright, Jesus gave Himself to us. Now because we have accepted the gift of Jesus, the world hates us. There could be a lot said...
John 17 Part 9
John 17:14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. We probably should not zoom past this verse too quickly to find our next nugget in John 17. This verse is nugget all by itself. When...
John 17 Part 8
So, since Jesus is focusing prayer on these 11 men who are his disciples, (he calls them Apostles) those who are being sent with a message. What does he actually pray for? The reason why I ask this is because He clarifies in verse 7-10 who he is praying for. BTW – He...
John 17 Part 7
John 17:9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. Who is them? Well, we need to go back to the prior verse to understand this. John 17:8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they...
Antichrist Part 2
1 John 2:18-19 (ESV) Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would...
Antichrist Part 1
1 John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. How’s that for a topic?! Before you turn away believing this to be end-times mumbo jumbo, you...
Religion That Works Part 2
Isaiah 58:7-9 “Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I...
Religion That Works Part 1
Isaiah 58:1-3 (The Message Translation) “Shout! A full-throated shout! Hold nothing back—a trumpet-blast shout! Tell my people what’s wrong with their lives, face my family Jacob with their sins! They’re busy, busy, busy at worship, and love studying all about me. To...
John 17 Part 6
John 17:6-8 “I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They...
John 17 Part 5
John 17:6-8 I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They...
John 17 Part 4
John 17:6–11 (ESV): I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the...
John 17 Part 3
John 17:6–11 (ESV): I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the...
John 17 Part 2
John 17:1–4 (ESV): When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have...
John 17 Part 1
John 17:1–4 (ESV): When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have...
Temple Work Part 2
Luke 11:20-22But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; 22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes...
Temple Work
Luke 11:20-22 But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; 22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes...