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 08/16/2019

Posted on August 16, 2019

The demon lord Vepacitti proposes to Sakka that they engage in a battle of wits in debate rather than war. Vepacitti speaks in praise of forceful punishment, while Sakka stands up for patience and forgiveness.At Sāvatthī. “Once upon a time, mendicants, a battle was fought between the gods and the demons. Then Vepacitti, lord of demons, said to Sakka, lord of gods, ‘Lord of gods, let there be victory by fine words! [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 11  #1. The First Chapter  #5. Victory by Good Speech 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/16/2019

Posted on August 16, 2019

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and… Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my wordsBehold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. {in my mouth: Heb. in my palate} My words {shall be of} the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. [Read More]
#Christian  #Job  #Job 33 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/15/2019

Posted on August 15, 2019

In a battle between the gods and the demons, and the demon lord Vepacitti is captured and brought in chains to Sakka’s hall. Vepacitti abuses Sakka, who endures his harsh words in patience. The charioteer Mātali asks whether he is silent out of weakness or fear, but Sakka says there is no point is wasting words arguing with a fool.At Sāvatthī. “Once upon a time, mendicants, a battle was fought between the gods and the demons. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 11  #1. The First Chapter  #4. With Vepacitti 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/15/2019

Posted on August 15, 2019

And he spake a parable unto them {to this end}, that… And he spake a parable unto them {to this end}, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: {in a city: Grin a certain city} And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. [Read More]
#Christian  #Luke  #Luke 18 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/14/2019

Posted on August 14, 2019

Sakka rallies his troops with the sight of his banner. But the Buddha points out that the deities, powerful as they are, are not free of fear, but he is. He encourages the mendicants to recollect the Triple Gem to abandon fear.At Sāvatthī. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” “Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: “Once upon a time, mendicants, a battle was fought between the gods and the demons. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 11  #1. The First Chapter  #3. The Banner’s Crest 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/14/2019

Posted on August 14, 2019

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song… Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the seaThe LORD {is} my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he {is} my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. [Read More]
#Christian  #Exodus  #Exodus 15 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/13/2019

Posted on August 13, 2019

When Sakka, the Lord of Gods, tries to organize a conterattack against the demons, he is frustrated by his lazy general Susīma. Sakka asks Suvīra how one might get what one wants without effort; but Suvīra apparently believes Sakka can grant any wish he wants. The Buddha emphasizes that if effort is valuable among the gods, how much more so for mendicants.At Sāvatthī. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” “Venerable sir,” they replied. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 11  #1. The First Chapter  #2. With Susīma 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/13/2019

Posted on August 13, 2019

But I determined this with myself, that I would not… But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heavinessFor if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is {the joy} of you all. [Read More]
#Christian  #2Corinthians  #2Corinthians 2 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/12/2019

Posted on August 12, 2019

When Sakka, the Lord of Gods, tries to organize a counterattack against the demons, he is frustrated by his lazy general Suvīra. Sakka asks Suvīra how one might get what one wants without effort; but Suvīra apparently believes Sakka can grant any wish he wants. The Buddha emphasizes that if effort is valuable among the gods, how much more so for mendicants.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 11  #1. The First Chapter  #1. With Suvīra 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 08/12/2019

Posted on August 12, 2019

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he… So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he {was} righteous in his own eyes{to…: Heb. from answering} Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. {himself: Heb. his soul} Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and {yet} had condemned Job. [Read More]
#Christian  #Job  #Job 32