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 08/26/2019

When Sakka asks what place is truly delightful, the Buddha replies that it is wherever the perfected ones dwell.Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove. And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, “Sir, what is a delightful place?” “Shrines in parks and forests, well-made lotus ponds, are not worth a sixteenth part of a delightful human being. Whether in village or wilderness, in a valley or the uplands, wherever the perfected ones live is a delightful place. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/26/2019

When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in… When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, {and} that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, And her two sons; of which the name of the one {was} Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: {Gershom: that is A stranger there} And the name of the other {was} Eliezer; for the God of my father, {said he, was} mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: {Eliezer: that is, My God is an help} And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with herAnd Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of {their} welfare; and they came into the tent. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/25/2019

The gods complain when a poor man is reborn in heaven. But Sakka points out that even though poor, he did many good deeds.At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” “Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: “Once upon a time, mendicants, there was a poor person, impoverished and pitiful. They took up faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/25/2019

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle… For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavensFor in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in {this} tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/24/2019

Mahāli the Licchavi is skeptical as to whether the Buddha has really seen Sakka.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. Then Mahāli the Licchavi went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, “Sir, have you seen Sakka, lord of gods?” “I have, Mahāli.” “But surely, sir, you must have seen someone who looked like Sakka. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/24/2019

Elihu spake moreover, and said,… Elihu spake moreover, and said, Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's? For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if..: or, by it more than by my sin} I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. {answer…: Heb. return to thee words} Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds {which} are higher than thou. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/23/2019

Sakka’s many names arose due to the diverse good deeds he did in the past.Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove. There the Buddha said to the mendicants: “Mendicants, in a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he was a brahmanical student named Magha. That’s why he’s called Maghavā. In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he gave gifts in stronghold after stronghold. That’s why he’s called Purindada, the Stronghold-Giver. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/23/2019

And it came to pass, {that} on one of those days, as… And it came to pass, {that} on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon {him} with the elders, And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/22/2019

Sakka achieved his status because of seven vows he kept in the past.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, in a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he undertook seven vows. And it was because of undertaking these that he achieved the status of Sakka. What seven? As long as I live, may I support my parents. As long as I live, may I honor the elders in the family. As long as I live, may I speak gently. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/22/2019

And all the congregation of the children of Israel… And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and {there was} no water for the people to drinkWherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? [Read More]