Is. 1-2 I can’t say that I have a firm grasp on the prophesies of the Bible, but there are a few tidbits of information or wisdom that I pick up here and there. And ...
Day 249 – 2 Chron 24-26; 2 Cor 11:1-15Day 249 – 2 Chron 24-26; 2 Cor 11:1-15
2 Chron. 24-26 I see a pattern here…all three of these kings – father, son, and grandson – started strong but finished weak. We humans seem to have trouble sticking to the right path with ...
Day 248 – 2 Chron 23; Joel 2-3; 2 Cor 10Day 248 – 2 Chron 23; Joel 2-3; 2 Cor 10
2 Chron. 23 “But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage….” (2 Chron 23:1a). I’d say that Jehoiada took courage six years prior, when he chose to hide Joash in the house of God. It ...
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 244 – 2 Chron 17-18; 2 Cor 6Day 244 – 2 Chron 17-18; 2 Cor 6
2 Chron. 17-18 Let me see if I’ve got this straight. Ahab called the prophet Micaiah before him (granted, only at Jehoshaphat’s request) to ask if they should go to battle against the Assyrians. Then, ...
Day 243 – 2 Chron 15-16; 2 Cor 5Day 243 – 2 Chron 15-16; 2 Cor 5
2 Chron. 15-16 “The LORD is with you while you are with Him.” (2 Chron 15:1a). The Holy Spirit has been convicting me recently of my tendency to want God to be with me more ...
Day 242 – 2 Chron 13-14; 2 Cor 4Day 242 – 2 Chron 13-14; 2 Cor 4
2 Chron. 13-14 God is faithful and dependable. Judah fights two battles in these chapters, under two different kings. Both times they are severely outnumbered. Yet both times they prevail. Why? “…because they relied on ...
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 240 – 2 Chron 7-9; 2 Cor 3Day 240 – 2 Chron 7-9; 2 Cor 3
2 Chron. 7-9 Wow – this whole Temple dedication was an astronomical affair! 22,000 oxen? 120,000 sheep? I can’t even fathom it! And it says again that the glory of the LORD filled the Temple ...
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 238 – 2 Chron 1-3; 1 Cor 16Day 238 – 2 Chron 1-3; 1 Cor 16
2 Chron. 1-3 As I was reading through the list of things that Solomon did NOT ask from God, one thing stuck out to me. We all know that Solomon did not ask for riches ...
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 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 235 – 1 Chron 23-25; 1 Cor 14:21-40Day 235 – 1 Chron 23-25; 1 Cor 14:21-40
1 Chron 23-25 David didn’t just make preparations for the building of the Temple for Solomon. It seems he also made preparations for the service of the Temple as well. He organized the priests, the ...
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 233 – 1 Chron 17-19; 1 Cor 13Day 233 – 1 Chron 17-19; 1 Cor 13
1 Chron. 17-19 King David wanted to build a house for God. Instead, God promised to build a house for David. David was speaking of making a cedar house, but God was speaking of making ...
Day 232 – Ps 87-88; 1 Cor 12Day 232 – Ps 87-88; 1 Cor 12
Ps. 87-88 The Psalms are a bit of a mystery at times. I can’t imagine what the Psalm writers were thinking or experiencing to write some of the stuff they wrote. When I read Psalm ...
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 230 – Ps 48-50; 1 Cor 11:1-16Day 230 – Ps 48-50; 1 Cor 11:1-16
Ps. 48-50 I wonder what was / is special about Jerusalem that made God choose it as His eternal dwelling place? The Psalms talk a lot about Jerusalem, The City of David, and Mount Zion, ...
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 228 – 1 Chron 16; Ps 42, 44; 1 Cor 10:1-18Day 228 – 1 Chron 16; Ps 42, 44; 1 Cor 10:1-18
1 Chron. 16 Music is a big part of worshiping God. Music speaks to our souls, somehow; it is a gift from God and we worship Him by offering it back to Him. It is ...
Day 227 – 1 Chron 13-15; 1 Cor 9Day 227 – 1 Chron 13-15; 1 Cor 9
1 Chron. 13-15 The first time David attempted to move the Ark of the Covenant, he did it wrong. He did not follow the instructions that God had given back when the Ark was first ...
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 225 – 1 Chron 7-9; 1 Cor 7:20-5Day 225 – 1 Chron 7-9; 1 Cor 7:20-5
1 Chron. 7-9 Lost in lists of names again today! Among the odd comments inserted into today’s text is 1 Chronicles 7:24. “His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheera”. ...
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 223 – 1 Chron 1-3; 1 Cor 6Day 223 – 1 Chron 1-3; 1 Cor 6
1 Chron. 1-3 Boy, the genealogies are tough to read! So many names!! But they must be important, because the Bible includes them multiple times. I know that being able to follow the line from ...
Day 222 – Ps 149-150; 1 Cor 5Day 222 – Ps 149-150; 1 Cor 5
Ps. 149-150 There are several Psalms, as well as a couple of other books in the Bible, that tell us to “sing to the LORD a new song”. It does so here in Psalm 149:1. ...
Day 221 – Ps 147-148; 1 Cor 4Day 221 – Ps 147-148; 1 Cor 4
Ps. 147-148 Psalm 147 is yet another Psalm that declares that the same God who numbers the stars binds up the wounds of the brokenhearted. This Psalm declares God’s great care for His creation and ...