Ez. 47-48 The land portions that God allotted to His people were important to Him. There were many laws about not moving the boundaries or taking someone’s inheritance away. There were also provisions, such as ...
Category: Godly Love
Day 337 – Ez 45-46; 1 John 2Day 337 – Ez 45-46; 1 John 2
Ez. 45-46 Gotta say, I’m still at a loss with all of this temple stuff. And I’m still curious as to why all of these structure and service details were supposed to make the house ...
Day 322 – Ez 8-10; 1 Tim 5Day 322 – Ez 8-10; 1 Tim 5
Ez. 8-10 In Ezekiel chapter 9, God told a man clothed in linen to go throughout Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of all who remained faithful to God and grieved over the ...
Day 283 – Hos 12-14; Rom 16Day 283 – Hos 12-14; Rom 16
Hos. 12-14 God did so much for His people, yet they repeatedly turned away from Him. He could have walked away. He could have left them in their rejection. But He didn’t. Instead, He went ...
Day 281 – Hos 5-8; Rom 15:1-13Day 281 – Hos 5-8; Rom 15:1-13
Hos. 5-8 I’m no theologian, but an interesting thought came to me when I read Hosea 6:1-3. It made me think of Jesus and His work for us on the cross. God has torn Jesus, ...
Day 280 – Hos 1-4; Rom 14Day 280 – Hos 1-4; Rom 14
Hos. 1-4 It amazes me, some of the things God had His prophets do to demonstrate His message to His people. God asked Hosea to take a prostitute for a wife and to love her. ...
Day 279 – Is 65-66; Rom 13Day 279 – Is 65-66; Rom 13
Is. 65-66 Isaiah tells of the day when God will remove His blessings from those who refuse to serve Him. They will no longer have good things, because good things come from God. But where ...
Day 272 – Is 45-46; Rom 8:22-39Day 272 – Is 45-46; Rom 8:22-39
Is. 45-46 God is not limited in doing what He has purposed to do. He says to Cyrus, “I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me.” (Is 45:4b) ...
Day 174 – SoS 4-5; Acts 7:1-21Day 174 – SoS 4-5; Acts 7:1-21
SoS 4-5 Sigh…this love poetry still is not really resonating with me. I can see that the two lovers are highly praising of and devoted to one another and I can see that the bride ...
Day 173 – SoS 1-3; Acts 6Day 173 – SoS 1-3; Acts 6
SoS 1-3 Now here is a book that I truly do not understand!! What does this book have to do with anything??? And so I sought some help. I would strongly encourage you to look ...
Day 155 – Ps 68, 72, 96; John 14Day 155 – Ps 68, 72, 96; John 14
Ps. 68 “Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation” (Ps 68:19). Did you catch that? Daily! God is there, with us and for us, every.single.day. Ps. 72 It appears ...
Day 154 – Ps 61-62, 65; John 13:21-38Day 154 – Ps 61-62, 65; John 13:21-38
Ps. 61-62 I continue to read David’s words as if they were the words of our Christ. What stands out to me in Psalm 61 is verse 5b, “You have given me the inheritance of ...
Day 145 – Ps 15-16; John 9:1-23Day 145 – Ps 15-16; John 9:1-23
Ps. 15-16 David is one of several representations of Christ in the Bible story. He is also in the direct line of Christ. This adds interest to the fact that so many of David’s words ...
Day 120 – 1 Sam 19; Ps 23,59; Luke 21:1-19Day 120 – 1 Sam 19; Ps 23,59; Luke 21:1-19
1 Sam. 19 How many of us, in David’s position, would have maintained the respect that David had for Saul as God’s anointed? Technically, God had already rejected Saul and anointed David in his place. ...
Day 107 – Judges 9-10; Luke 14:1-24Day 107 – Judges 9-10; Luke 14:1-24
Judges 9-10 At the end of chapter 10, God had become weary of saving Israel, only to have them turn away from Him again and again, so when they pleaded for His help this time ...
Day 100 – Josh 13-15; Luke 10:25-42Day 100 – Josh 13-15; Luke 10:25-42
Josh. 13-15 How fitting that Jerusalem (God’s chosen city) was in Judah’s territory, as it is Judah through whom God chose to extend His line to Christ. And interesting to me that the people of ...
Day 47 – Ex 23-24; Matt 28Day 47 – Ex 23-24; Matt 28
Ex. 23-24 Now the part of the law given in the first several verses of Exodus 23 I can understand! And it struck me as I was reading the first two verses, “You shall not ...
Day 41 – Ex 9-11; Matt 25:31-46Day 41 – Ex 9-11; Matt 25:31-46
Ex. 9-11 I noticed an interesting thing in chapter 9 that I had never noticed before. After the sixth plague – the boils – is the first time the text specifies that the LORD hardened ...
Day 38 Ex 1-3; Matt 24:1-28Day 38 Ex 1-3; Matt 24:1-28
Ex. 1-3 One thing that stands out to me in these chapters is the courage of the Hebrew midwives. Technically, they lied to Pharaoh, but it says that “God dealt well” with them because of ...
Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20
Job 36-37 The problem I have with the views of Job’s friends is that they are judging people based on their circumstances. If bad things are happening to you, you are being judged by God, ...
Day 15 – Job 17-19; Matt 10:21-42Day 15 – Job 17-19; Matt 10:21-42
Job 17-19 Job’s friends continue to attack him based on what they believe to be true – that Job would not be suffering if he was innocent. But Job, though he insists that God is ...