Jer. 15-17 Jeremiah was not a friend of the people. They did not like his message and, because its fulfillment was long in coming, they disbelieved and mocked him for it. Thus they continued in ...
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Day 293 – Jer 6, 11-12; Acts 27:27-44Day 293 – Jer 6, 11-12; Acts 27:27-44
Jer. 6, 11-12 In its simplest form, all of God’s law boils down to two things – love God and love others. God declares through Jeremiah, as with the other prophets, that His people are ...
Day 292 – Jer 3-5; Acts 27:1-26Day 292 – Jer 3-5; Acts 27:1-26
Jer. 3-5 Was God fair in unleashing His wrath and His judgment on His people? Some definitions of fair are “acceptable and appropriate” and “without self-interest”. Some people view God’s actions from a “you didn’t ...
Day 289 – Zeph 1-3; Acts 24Day 289 – Zeph 1-3; Acts 24
Zeph. 1-3 I did not realize that Zephaniah was Hezekiah’s great, great grandson. Not that I have any idea how or if that matters. I just thought it was interesting that Zephaniah was a distant ...
Day 278 – Is 62-64; Rom 12Day 278 – Is 62-64; Rom 12
Is. 62-64 Isaiah prophesies some beautiful things about Zion; about how God will lift her up and she will be His delight. And He promises a day when He will never again turn her over ...
Day 263 – Is 26-27; Eph 6Day 263 – Is 26-27; Eph 6
Is. 26-27 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” (Is 26:3). Wow. I don’t know about you, but I’m not really felling a whole lot ...
Day 260 – Is 17-19; Eph 4Day 260 – Is 17-19; Eph 4
Is. 17-19 God is not just the God of Israel and Judah. He is God of the whole earth. He shows that here in Isaiah by declaring judgments against all of the nations. God alone ...
Day 253 – 2 Chron 27-28; Acts 19:1-20Day 253 – 2 Chron 27-28; Acts 19:1-20
2 Chron. 27-28 Jotham did right and the LORD blessed him, “but the people still followed corrupt practices.” (2 Chron 27:2b). Furthermore, his son, Ahaz, who reigned after him was corrupt and turned the people ...
Day 247 – 2 Chron 22; Joel 1; 2 Cor 9Day 247 – 2 Chron 22; Joel 1; 2 Cor 9
2 Chron. 22 Interesting…somehow one of Ahaziah’s daughters, in spite of the evil influence of her grandmother, Athaliah, and the rest of the house of Ahab, managed to end up married to the priest. It ...
Day 246 – 2 Chron 21; Obad 1; 2 Cor 8Day 246 – 2 Chron 21; Obad 1; 2 Cor 8
2 Chron. 21 We read yesterday that Jehoshaphat messed up by allying himself with evil King Ahab of Israel. It seems the marriage alliance he made was with his oldest son, who married one of ...
Day 245 – 2 Chron 19-20; 2 Cor 7Day 245 – 2 Chron 19-20; 2 Cor 7
2 Chron. 19-20 Wow – so much to learn from Jehoshaphat! He sought God, promoted justice in the land, directed the people back to God, and turned to God in his need. His prayer is ...
Day 239 – 2 Chron 4-6; 2 Cor 1Day 239 – 2 Chron 4-6; 2 Cor 1
2 Chron. 4-6 A couple of interesting things regarding the Temple that Solomon built. Firstly, this was no small engineering, manufacturing, and construction feat! They may not have had all the fancy technology that we ...
Day 237 – 1 Chron 28-29; 1 Cor 15:29-58Day 237 – 1 Chron 28-29; 1 Cor 15:29-58
1 Chron. 28-29 I have several brief thoughts from this reading that I believe are very applicable to our day-to-day lives. They are as follows: 1 Cor. 15:29-58 I’m not sure I understand everything that ...
Day 229 – Ps 45-47; 1 Cor 10:19-33Day 229 – Ps 45-47; 1 Cor 10:19-33
Ps. 45-47 Psalm 46 is such a great Psalm! No matter what disasters take place around us, we need not fear. We have a safe place in God, who is mighty above all. God is ...
Day 224 – 1 Chron 4-6; 1 Cor 7:1-19Day 224 – 1 Chron 4-6; 1 Cor 7:1-19
1 Chron. 4-6 Ugh! The genealogies are hard to follow! Names crop up out of nowhere, maybe because they sometimes use two different names for the same person but don’t make that clear (might have ...
Day 219 – Ps 133-135; 1 Cor 2Day 219 – Ps 133-135; 1 Cor 2
Ps. 133-135 “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” (Ps 133:1). We just read Paul’s exhortation to the Corinthian church for this very thing yesterday. But unity is hard, isn’t ...
Day 217 – Ps 127-129; Acts 18Day 217 – Ps 127-129; Acts 18
Ps. 127-129 Any effort done apart from God is in vain. Got it. But how does this thought in the first half of Psalm 127 connect with the second half, which states that children are ...
Day 215 – Ps 120-122; 2 Thess 2Day 215 – Ps 120-122; 2 Thess 2
Ps. 120-122 “Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.” (Ps 120:2). Was the Psalmist referring to the lips and tongues of others or his own, I wonder? Perhaps both. It sounds ...
Day 211 – Ps 113-115; 1 Thess 3Day 211 – Ps 113-115; 1 Thess 3
Ps. 113-115 These three Psalms are most definitely praise Psalms, exalting God above all else. I like the contrast in Psalm 113. Right after making a point of how high God is, the Psalmist notes ...
Day 206 – Ps 93-95; Phil 4Day 206 – Ps 93-95; Phil 4
Ps. 93-95 One thing that stands out to me in this group of Psalms is Ps 94:12-13. “Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law, to ...
Day 203 – Ps 33, 43, 66; Phil 1Day 203 – Ps 33, 43, 66; Phil 1
Ps. 33, 43, 66 It is good to praise the LORD. Praise should be a regular habit in my life, because praise acknowledges and brings to mind all that God is and does. The Psalms ...
Day 201 – 2 Kings 24-25; Acts 16:1-21Day 201 – 2 Kings 24-25; Acts 16:1-21
2 Kings 24-25 Judah and Jerusalem fell to Babylon, according to God’s word through His prophets from even before His people entered the Promised Land. The story of God’s people shows me just how much ...
Day 200 – 2 Kings 22-23; Gal 6Day 200 – 2 Kings 22-23; Gal 6
2 Kings 22-23 When Josiah was presented with the previously “lost” and ignored Book of the Law, he threw himself into it wholeheartedly. As he did, he did not need anybody to tell him that ...
Day 199 – 2 Kings 19-21; Gal 5Day 199 – 2 Kings 19-21; Gal 5
2 Kings 19-21 I see a repeated pattern among the righteous kings of Judah in the humility with which they approach the LORD. They do not approach God with pomp and pride, demanding action on ...
Day 190 – 2 Kings 7-9; James 3Day 190 – 2 Kings 7-9; James 3
2 Kings 7-9 It is interesting to me how Israel could not keep a royal family. The ‘house of Ahab’ was the third that God cursed to utter destruction. Not one member of any of ...