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 ...
Category: God’s Plan
Day 321 – Ez 5-7; 1 Tim 4Day 321 – Ez 5-7; 1 Tim 4
Ez. 5-7 God had a purpose in the destruction He wrought on His people. Three times in chapter 5 He declares, “I am the LORD”, and seven times in chapters 6 and 7 He says ...
Day 317 – Dan 8-10; Phlm 1Day 317 – Dan 8-10; Phlm 1
Dan. 8-10 Can’t say that much of this stuff in Daniel makes any sense to me. But God opens our eyes and gives us understanding over time, so perhaps there is yet hope. I do ...
Day 309 – Jer 39, 52, 40; Heb 10:19-39Day 309 – Jer 39, 52, 40; Heb 10:19-39
Jer. 39, 52, 40 Zedekiah was not obedient to God. He had his eyes put out, was bound in chains, and was taken to Babylon. Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern, however, ...
Day 307 – Jer 33, 21; Heb 9Day 307 – Jer 33, 21; Heb 9
Jer. 33, 21 Time after time throughout the Old Testament, God offers His people a choice. It is a simple choice. As He says in Jeremiah 21:8b, “I set before you the way of life ...
Day 306 – Jer 31-32; Heb 8Day 306 – Jer 31-32; Heb 8
Jer. 31-32 God gives some beautiful promises regarding the restoration of His people. Because God’s people in the Old Testament are representative of all of His people today, these promises are applicable to us. They ...
Day 305 – Jer. 51; Jer. 30; Heb 7Day 305 – Jer. 51; Jer. 30; Heb 7
Jer. 51 When God’s people were taken captive and exiled to Babylon, God told them to settle there and to go on living their lives. He told them to seek the welfare of their captors. ...
Day 304 – Jer 50; Heb 6Day 304 – Jer 50; Heb 6
Jer. 50 God used Babylon as a refining fire for His people. Then He used another nation to the North to execute His judgment against Babylon. I feel like He did all of this not ...
Day 302 – Jer 23-24; Heb 4Day 302 – Jer 23-24; Heb 4
Jer. 23-24 “Men willingly believe what they wish” (Julius Caesar). How true that is! God addresses this fact through His prophet in Jeremiah 23:16-17. Just because somebody says they are speaking for God, it does ...
Day 301 – Jer 49, 13, 22; Heb 3Day 301 – Jer 49, 13, 22; Heb 3
Jer. 49, 13, 22 I still see God’s mercy, even in all of this declared disaster for the nations. Right up until the end God told His people that if they would turn from their ...
Day 295 – Jer 9-10, 14; Col 1Day 295 – Jer 9-10, 14; Col 1
Jer. 9-10, 14 “Thus says the LORD: ‘Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but ...
Day 282 – Hos 9-11; Rom 15:14-33Day 282 – Hos 9-11; Rom 15:14-33
Hos. 9-11 In all this declaration of doom for Ephraim and Israel, God says, “How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel?…My heart recoils within me; my ...
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 276 – Is 56-58; Rom 11:1-18Day 276 – Is 56-58; Rom 11:1-18
Is. 56-58 I wonder what it really means to keep the Sabbath? I have some loose ideas running around in my head, but nothing really cohesive. Jesus showed that it has nothing to do with ...
Day 275 – Is 53-55; Rom 10Day 275 – Is 53-55; Rom 10
Is. 53-55 These chapters are so full of promise! They reveal God’s plan for a new covenant with us, His people. I particularly like the promise in Is 54:13. “All your children shall be taught ...
Day 274 – Is 50-52; Rom 9:16-33Day 274 – Is 50-52; Rom 9:16-33
Is. 50-52 The book of Isaiah is full of prophecy about Jesus. I see it in chapter 50. “I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the ...
Day 273 – Is 47-49; Rom 9:1-15Day 273 – Is 47-49; Rom 9:1-15
Is. 47-49 As long as this earth remains, God will continue to use godless men (and nations) to accomplish His purpose. But being used by God does not excuse their wickedness. God spoke to Babylon ...
Day 262 – Is 23-25; Eph 5:17-33Day 262 – Is 23-25; Eph 5:17-33
Is. 23-25 Again, there is a lot that I don’t understand about all these prophesies. But there are a few things that come through loud and clear. Eph. 5:17-33 Submission. It has something of a ...
Day 259 – Is 14-16; Eph 3Day 259 – Is 14-16; Eph 3
Is. 14-16 Interesting how the prophesied taunt against Babylon becomes a taunt against Satan. “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn!…You said in your heart, …’I will make myself like ...
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 241 – 2 Chron 10-12; 2 Cor 3Day 241 – 2 Chron 10-12; 2 Cor 3
2 Chron. 10-12 When Rehoboam became king, he sought counsel with two groups – the elders who had stood before his father, Solomon, and his friends. What I know about the first group is that ...
Day 236 – 1 Chron 26-27; 1 Cor 1:1-28Day 236 – 1 Chron 26-27; 1 Cor 1:1-28
1 Chron. 26-17 There is another reference to David’s census in this passage, and perhaps it sheds a little more light on why he incurred God’s wrath for the count. It says here that David ...
Day 234 – 1 Chron 20-22; 1 Cor 14:1-20Day 234 – 1 Chron 20-22; 1 Cor 14:1-20
1 Chron. 20-22 I get the feeling there is A LOT more significance to this story of David’s census and the ensuing plague than what we see on the surface. The end result of the ...
Day 231 – Ps 73, 85; 1 Cor 11:17-34Day 231 – Ps 73, 85; 1 Cor 11:17-34
Ps. 73, 85 The writer of Psalm 73 starts off by acknowledging that he knew that God is good to His own. But when he looked around at the world around him, he saw the ...
Day 226 – 1 Chron 10-12; 1 Cor 8Day 226 – 1 Chron 10-12; 1 Cor 8
1 Chron. 10-12 When the Philistines found Saul and his sons dead, they “sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols…”. (1 Chron 10:9). I am so ...
Day 209 – Ps 104-105; 1 Thes 1Day 209 – Ps 104-105; 1 Thes 1
Ps. 104-105 These two Psalms show God as creator and caretaker. Psalm 104 speaks of His creation of the whole earth and how He cares for it all. It even mentions His rejoicing in His ...
Day 205 – Ps 89, 92; Phil 3Day 205 – Ps 89, 92; Phil 3
Ps. 89, 92 There are so many things in the Bible that have a double meaning or that we can read two ways. As I was reading through Psalm 89 this morning, one such alternative ...
Day 198 – 2 Kings 17-18; Gal 4Day 198 – 2 Kings 17-18; Gal 4
2 Kings 17-18 I want to be like Hezekiah. Of all the kings of Judah, Hezekiah was the one who was wholeheartedly committed to God alone. 2 Kings 18:6 says, “he held fast to the ...
Day 197 – 2 Kings 15-16; Gal 3Day 197 – 2 Kings 15-16; Gal 3
2 Kings 15-16 There is a stark contrast between the history of the kings of Judah and that of the kings of Israel. Judah was far from perfect, but most of the kings generally “did ...
Day 194 – Amos 1-3; Acts 15:22-41Day 194 – Amos 1-3; Acts 15:22-41
Amos 1-3 These prophesies of Amos reveal many things about the character and nature of God, as well as His plan – both temporal and eternal – for humanity. 1. Just because God uses someone ...