Josh. 16-18 I stand corrected – Jerusalem was actually one of Benjamin’s cities (should have known that, as that is why Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem when she was pregnant with Jesus for the ...
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 99 – Josh 10-12; Luke 10:1-24Day 99 – Josh 10-12; Luke 10:1-24
Josh. 10-12 Note that when Israel went to fight on behalf of the people of Gibeon, who were attacked by the Amorites, they evidently did not make the same mistake that they made at Ai. ...
Day 98 – Josh 7-9; Luke 9:37-62Day 98 – Josh 7-9; Luke 9:37-62
Josh. 7-9 In Joshua 7, Israel was defeated before Ai because one man among them had disobeyed God. In chapter 9, Israel was deceived by the Gibeonites because they “did not seek counsel from the ...
Day 97 – Josh 4-6; Luke 9:18-36Day 97 – Josh 4-6; Luke 9:18-36
Josh. 4-6 We continue to see the importance of remembrance when God had the people set up 12 stones after crossing the Jordan. Traditions do serve a purpose. God knows that we forget so very ...
Day 96 – Josh 1-3; Luke 9:1-17Day 96 – Josh 1-3; Luke 9:1-17
Josh. 1-3 Once again, God gives a command (not a pep talk) to be strong and courageous and not to fear. So it seems God commands us not to fear. Fear is a lack of ...
Day 95 – Deut 32-34; Luke 8:26-56Day 95 – Deut 32-34; Luke 8:26-56
Deut. 32-34 Simeon is missing from Moses’ blessing of the tribes in Deut. 33. Looking into this a bit, I found that most believe this is due to the fact that Jacob cursed his two ...
Day 94 – Deut 30-31; Luke 8:1-25Day 94 – Deut 30-31; Luke 8:1-25
Deut. 30-31 It seems we humans are wired to choose death. Adam and Eve chose it in the Garden. The Israelites chose it after entering into the Promised Land. So I would say that we ...
Day 93 – Deut 28-29; Luke 7:31-50Day 93 – Deut 28-29; Luke 7:31-50
Deut. 28-29 Blessings and curses for obedience to God’s law – some people subscribe to the thought that bad things happen when you sin but if you live in obedience all will be well; that ...
Day 92 – Deut 26-27; Luke 7:1-30Day 92 – Deut 26-27; Luke 7:1-30
Deut. 26-27 Egypt is often a representation of sin in the OT (I’m sure there is an interesting study in that thought). Apply that thought here and we see that God’s rescuing His people from ...
Day 91 – Deut 23-25; Luke 6:27-49Day 91 – Deut 23-25; Luke 6:27-49
Deut. 23-25 I sure don’t understand God’s OT laws! There is no mercy or forgiveness in so many of them. But righteousness is righteousness, I suppose, and we ain’t got it. I guess that’s where ...
Day 90 – Deut 20-22; Luke 6:1-26Day 90 – Deut 20-22; Luke 6:1-26
Deut. 20-22 In the first few verses of Deut. 20, God tells His people not to be afraid of their enemies who are greater than they – this is not a pep talk, it is ...
Day 89 – Deut 17-19; Luke 5:17-39Day 89 – Deut 17-19; Luke 5:17-39
Deut. 17-19 Reading through this section in Deuteronomy, it seems to me that the children of Israel did not do any of the things God told them to do. Even the Godly men, like David ...
Day 88 – Deut 14-16; Luke 5:1-16Day 88 – Deut 14-16; Luke 5:1-16
Deut. 14-16 Look at God’s promise in Deut. 15:18 regarding His command for His people to release their Hebrew slaves in the seventh year: “It shall not seem hard to you when you let him ...
Day 87 – Deut 11-13; Luke 4:31-44Day 87 – Deut 11-13; Luke 4:31-44
Deut. 11-13 With all the amazing things the people of Israel saw God do for them and with all the amazing promises He gave them for good, to take care of them and prosper them, ...
Day 86 – Deut 8-10; Luke 4:1-30Day 86 – Deut 8-10; Luke 4:1-30
Deut. 8-10 Deut. 9 makes it very clear that God did not bless the people of Israel because of their righteousness. He blessed them to set them apart, because He chose them. Starting with Abram, ...
Day 85 – Deut 5-7; Luke 3Day 85 – Deut 5-7; Luke 3
Deut. 5-7 How do we keep our primary focus on God in a world full of distractions? I mean, we have to live, right? We have to eat and earn an income and take care ...
Day 84 – Deut 3-4; Luke 2:25-52Day 84 – Deut 3-4; Luke 2:25-52
Deut. 3-4 I love this statement from Moses to God in Deut. 3:24 – “O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand.” Very few men saw ...
Day 83 – Deut 1-2; Luke 2:1-24Day 83 – Deut 1-2; Luke 2:1-24
Deut. 1-2 So, it was the people’s idea to send scouts into the land before going in to take it. I can agree that there is some wisdom in seeing what you are getting into ...
Day 82 – Num 34-36; Luke 1:57-80Day 82 – Num 34-36; Luke 1:57-80
Num. 34-36 God is pretty adamant about the land that was given to each tribe staying within that specific tribe – there are several laws dealing with this. I wonder why? What is the significance ...
Day 81 – Num 31-33; Luke 1:39-56Day 81 – Num 31-33; Luke 1:39-56
Num. 31-33 It seems there is more to the story of Balaam that what was told a few chapters ago, and it seems that, although God spoke to Balaam, Balaam was not exactly a man ...
Day 80 – Num 28-30; Luke 1:21-38Day 80 – Num 28-30; Luke 1:21-38
Num. 28-30 Chapter 30 seems to go along with the thought that man is to woman as Christ is to His Church. It states that any man that a woman ‘belongs’ to – whether her ...
Day 79 – Num 26-27; Luke 1:1-20Day 79 – Num 26-27; Luke 1:1-20
Num. 26-27 So when God swallowed up the three rebels who rose up against Moses and Aaron, for some reason He did not take the sons of Korah – one of the three men. The ...
Day 78 – Num 23-25; Mark 16Day 78 – Num 23-25; Mark 16
Num. 23-25 Balaam repeatedly told Balak that he could only say what the LORD put in his mouth to say. When he repeated this after his third blessing on the people of Israel, he added ...
Day 77 – Num 20-22; Mark 15: 26-47Day 77 – Num 20-22; Mark 15: 26-47
Num. 20-22 Moses was set up!! Why did God tell him to take the staff if all He wanted Moses to do was to speak to the rock? But God did not tell them, “you ...
Day 76 – Num 17-19; Mark 15:1-25Day 76 – Num 17-19; Mark 15:1-25
Num. 17-19 I love this – overnight, Aaron’s staff goes from being a dead stick to bearing ripe almonds!! Tell me my God can’t do anything! And if He can give this kind of life ...
Day 75 – Num 15-16; Mark 14:54-72Day 75 – Num 15-16; Mark 14:54-72
Num. 15-16 Moses and Aaron continued to plead and to act on behalf of an ungrateful, accusing, complaining people. To me, this makes Moses an image of Christ (like Joseph was), in that we humans ...
Day 74 – Num 12-14; Mark 14:27-53Day 74 – Num 12-14; Mark 14:27-53
Num. 12-14 I wonder why only Miriam was struck with disease? Perhaps she was the one who was really doing the complaining, or at least instigated it. Moses was indeed meek – he never craved ...
Day 73 – Num 9-11; Mark 14:1-25Day 73 – Num 9-11; Mark 14:1-25
Num. 9-11 I love that some of the men in this passage approached God, wanting to be able to bring their offering before Him for Passover, but being unclean through no fault of their own. ...
Day 72 – Num 7-8; Mark 13:21-37Day 72 – Num 7-8; Mark 13:21-37
Num. 7-8 Really not much to say here except that, wow – that’s a bunch of animals! Mark 13:21-37 “Stay awake.” A comment in the Bible that always scares me, because I don’t stay awake ...