Daily Devotion
Wed, Mar 08
|Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.


Time & Location
Mar 08, 2023, 9:51 PM – Mar 09, 2023, 11:59 PM
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
About the event
Comfort on Doorframes
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
As I scanned my social media feed in the aftermath of the 2016 flood in southern Louisiana, I came across a friend’s post. After realizing her home would have to be gutted and rebuilt, my friend’s mom encouraged her to look for God even in the heart-wrenching work of cleaning up. My friend later posted pictures of Bible verses she uncovered on the exposed door frames of the home, apparently written at the time the home had been built. Reading the Scriptures on the wooden planks gave her comfort.
The tradition of writing Bible verses on doorframes may stem from God’s command to Israel. God instructed the Israelites to post His commands on doorframes as a way of remembering who He is. By writing the commandments on their hearts (Deuteronomy 6:6),…