Issue 1860 – Under Water – December 12, 2025
Like us, creation waits for the final culmination of all things when our Lord returns.
Daily devotionals from Scripture to nourish your faith, deepen your prayer life, and grow in God's grace.


Every day, Scripture speaks to ordinary life. Gleanings From the Word is a daily devotional drawn from the Bible and written for people who live in the middle of things — work, family, struggle, and ordinary Monday mornings.
Kevin Corbin has been writing these devotionals since January 1, 2001. The aim is simple: stay close to the text, say what is there, and trust that God meets us where we live.
The Lord loves ordinary people. He must, because He made so many of us.
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Hallelu Yah
That is an excellent place to meet God. The Lord loves ordinary people … He must because He made so many of us. My devotionals are drawn from ordinary life and I hope illustrate the truths of Scripture. Scripture trumps my writing in every way, yet many people find it helpful in their faith walk.
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Hallelu Yah (praise God)
Soli Deo Gloria (for the glory of God alone.)
by Kevin Corbin · Published 12 December 2025 · Last modified 15 December 2025
Like us, creation waits for the final culmination of all things when our Lord returns.
by Kevin Corbin · Published 11 December 2025
We are not all that different. The temptation of sin draws us into places we know we should not be, and suddenly we find ourselves unable (or unwilling) to turn back and plummet down until we hit bottom.
by Kevin Corbin · Published 10 December 2025
“Church people and God’s people are not the same thing. Church people go to church. God’s people are the church.”
by Kevin Corbin · Published 9 December 2025
The all powerful God of creation could have accomplished His goals in any way He wished. Yet He chose to give us the blessing of participating with Him. He’s given you and me, ordinary people, the task of sharing His love with the world.
by Kevin Corbin · Published 8 December 2025
Kevin’s paraphrase “to know and experience the grace of God and to fully delight in it.” This joy exceeds superficial happiness; it comes from deep within
by Kevin Corbin · Published 5 December 2025
In the last of our three-part series about the wise men who visited Christ, we look at the fallout from their visit.
by Kevin Corbin · Published 4 December 2025
Each of these gifts tells us something about the Christ.
by Kevin Corbin · Published 3 December 2025
This morning, I was in Matthew 2, “The Visit of the Wise Men.” It’s a passage that fulfills prophecy and is prophetic in itself, but is often misunderstood.
by Kevin Corbin · Published 2 December 2025
Someone once said that God must like ordinary things because He made so many of them. There is some truth in that statement.
by Kevin Corbin · Published 1 December 2025
One true church, regardless of labels, practice, or language.