Welcome to Daily Digital Devotion

This website is meant to be your source for a daily scripture to read and contemplate. Regardless of religion there is something we can all gain by reading scripture daily. Let us rejoice in the universe! Below are the most recent posts to start your journey.

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 02/17/2020

Posted on February 17, 2020

A mendicant who is proud on account of their material possessions, honor, and praise is never at peace, like a mangy jackal.At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal … Mendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?” “Yes, sir.” “That old jackal has the disease called mange. He’s not happy in his den, or at the root of a tree, or out in the open. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 17  #1. The First Chapter  #8. A Jackal 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 02/17/2020

Posted on February 17, 2020

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that… Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ JesusAnd the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. {among: or, by} Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of {this} life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. [Read More]
#Christian  #2Timothy  #2Timothy 2 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 02/16/2020

Posted on February 16, 2020

Material possessions, honor, and praise are terrible things, like a poison dart.At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal … Who should be pierced by a poisoned arrow? A trainee who comes into possessions, honor, and popularity before they achieve their heart’s desire. ‘Arrow’ is a term for possessions, honor, and popularity. So brutal are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”

#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 17  #1. The First Chapter  #7. A Poisoned Arrow 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 02/16/2020

Posted on February 16, 2020

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and… There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it {is} common among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this {is} vanity, and it {is} an evil diseaseIf a man beget an hundred {children}, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also {that} he have no burial; I say, {that} an untimely birth {is} better than he. [Read More]
#Christian  #Ecclesiastes  #Ecclesiastes 6 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 02/15/2020

Posted on February 15, 2020

Material possessions, honor, and praise are terrible things, like a lightning strike.At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal … Who should be struck by lightning? A trainee who comes into possessions, honor, and popularity before they achieve their heart’s desire. ‘Lightning strike’ is a term for possessions, honor, and popularity. So brutal are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”

#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 17  #1. The First Chapter  #6. A Bolt of Lightning 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 02/15/2020

Posted on February 15, 2020

[A Psalm {and} Song {at} the dedication of the house… [A Psalm {and} Song {at} the dedication of the house of David] I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. [Read More]
#Christian  #Psalm  #Psalm 30 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 02/14/2020

Posted on February 14, 2020

A mendicant who is proud on account of their material possessions, honor, and praise is like a dung beetle proud of their ball of dung.At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal … Suppose there was a dung-eating beetle full of dung, stuffed with dung, and before her was a huge pile of dung. She’d look down on other beetles, thinking: ‘For I am a dung-eating beetle full of dung, stuffed with dung, and before me is a huge pile of dung. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 17  #1. The First Chapter  #5. A Dung Beetle 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 02/14/2020

Posted on February 14, 2020

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,… And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, {Concerning} the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim {to be} holy convocations, {even} these {are} my feastsSix days shall work be done: but the seventh day {is} the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work {therein}: it {is} the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. [Read More]
#Christian  #Leviticus  #Leviticus 23 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 02/13/2020

Posted on February 13, 2020

Material possessions, honor, and praise are terrible things, which snare you like a long-haired goat in a briar patch.At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal … Suppose a fleecy sheep was to enter a briar patch. She’d get caught, snagged, and trapped at every turn, coming to ruin. In the same way, take a certain mendicant whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity. They robe up in the morning and, taking their bowl and robe, enter the village or town for alms. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 17  #1. The First Chapter  #4. A Fleecy Sheep 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 02/13/2020

Posted on February 13, 2020

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,… Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, {my} dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, {and} peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our LordI thank God, whom I serve from {my} forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; {Greatly…: or, remembering thy tears, I greatly desire to see thee that} When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. [Read More]
#Christian  #2Timothy  #2Timothy 1