Author: Michael Moran

Good morning! Text:  2 Kings 8-11; Psalm 88 Wading through the messy business of eliminating the house of Ahab, this …

Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 5-7; Psalm 87 In 2 Kings 6, the Lord supernaturally enables Elisha to advise the …

Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 1-4; Psalm 86 In the opening chapters of 2 Kings we read of the miracle-rich …

Good morning! Text:  Philemon; Psalm 85 Philemon is a book we seldom study.  Like all Scripture, however, it is rich …

Good morning! Text:  Jonah; Psalm 84 What glorious passages we have today!  I have read and studied Jonah in depth …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 20-22; Psalm 83 King Ahab is a bad guy.  Before is final battle with the …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day.  Enjoy! I am still thinking about Elijah.  In 1 Kings 19, he collapses from spiritual …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 16-19; Psalm 82 I love the story of Elijah’s showdown on Mount Carmel with the …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 13-15; Psalm 81 In 1 Kings 13 we encounter the story of a “man of God” …

Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 10-12; Psalm 80 In Psalm 80, three verses say the same thing (v3, 7 and 19): …

Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 7-9; Psalm 79 King Solomon builds the temple in Jerusalem.  In 1 Kings 8 we …

Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 4-7; Psalm 78:40-72 Solomon was a remarkable man and king.  He inherited peace and safety …

Good morning! Text:  1 Kings 1-3; Psalm 78:1-39 As David’s life comes to an end, there is a struggle for …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Yesterday we read Colossians.  A verse close to my heart is 1:17. “And he …

Good morning! Text:  Colossians; Psalm 77 Colossians is a rich yet compact treatise on our Christian life.  One challenging gemstone …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 21-24; Psalm 76. Three incidents in these closing chapters of 2 Samuel are curiously aligned.  …

Good morning! Text:  2 Samuel 18-20; Psalm 75 Violence and sorrow fill these pages of 2 Samuel.  David’s sin with …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 14-17; Psalm 74 As Absalom pursues his rebellious course against his father, King David, he …

Good morning! Text:  2 Samuel 11-13; Psalm 73 Psalm 73 speaks to the struggle Asaph, the psalmist here, is having …

Good morning! Text:  2 Samuel 8-10; Psalm 72 In 2 Samuel 9 we see David reconnect with his covenant relationship …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Some years ago I took my car to a repair shop.  The proprietor …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Looking back over the past week of reading, 2 Samuel 5:24 came into …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When the ark of the covenant is brought into Jerusalem, there is great …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 4-7; Proverbs 31 There is a terrible incident in 2 Samuel where Uzzah touches the …

Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 1-3; Proverbs 30 As 2 Samuel opens, we find a story of sad vengeance.  Abner, …

Good morning! Text:  Philippians; Proverbs 29:15-27 I am finding it more and more difficult to interact with the daily news.  …

Good morning! Text: 1 Samuel 29-31; Proverbs 29:1-14 In 1 Samuel 30 there is the account of how, while David …

Good morning! Text: 1 Samuel 26-28; Proverbs 28:15-28 In 1 Samuel 28, Saul seeks help from the spiritual realm in …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 23-25; Proverbs 28:1-14 In 1 Samuel 25 we find the story of David, Nabal and Abigail.  …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 20-22; Proverbs 27:15-27 In 1 Samuel 20-22 we read of the deepening enmity Saul has for …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The story of David and Goliath is familiar.    As David approaches the …

Good morning! Text: 1 Samuel 13-15; Proverbs 26:17-28. The developing story of King Saul shows some clear patterns.  Saul struggles …

Good morning! Text: 1 Samuel 13-15; Proverbs 26:17-28. The story line in 1 Samuel is fascinating, and there is much …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 10-12; Proverbs 26:1-16 After Saul is anointed king over Israel, Samuel speaks to the people …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 7-9; Proverbs 25:15-28 Every time we sing “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” and come …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 4-6; Proverbs 25:1-14 In 1 Samuel 4-6 we read the story of the loss and …

Good morning! Text:  1 Samuel 1-2; Proverbs 24:23-34 How careful are we with our words?  Young Samuel is called by the …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When I open the Word, I ask the Lord to speak to my …

Good morning! Text:  Ephesians 4-6; Proverbs 24:1-22 These three chapters in Ephesians are a great synopsis of what the Christian …

Good morning! Text:  Ephesians 1-3; Proverbs 23:19-35 Ephesians 3 ends with a lofty expression of praise for the Lord: Now …

Good morning! Text:  Ruth; Proverbs 23:1-18 Ruth is a powerful and sweet story of unconditional love, redemption and also is …

Good morning! Text: Romans 14-16; Proverbs 22:17-29. In chapters 15 and 16 of Romans, an expression repeats itself; “…the God …

Good morning! Text:  Romans 12-13; Proverbs 22:1-16. Wow!  So much content here from God’s Word. Romans 13:12 is my catch of the …

Good morning! Text:  Romans 9-11; Proverbs 21:17-31 The great impetus for what we do – proclaiming Jesus aloud – is …

Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Romans 1:16 says this:  …I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of …

Good morning! Text:  Romans 6-8; Proverbs 21:1-16 Romans is remarkably dense, filled to the brim with theological truth.  It is worthy …

Good morning! Text:  Romans 4-5; Proverbs 20:16-30 Romans includes one of the places in the New Testament where we are …

Good morning! Text: Romans 1-3; Proverbs 20:1-15 Romans is a very important book of the Bible, rich in the doctrine …

Good morning! Text:  Judges 19-21; Proverbs 19:15-29 While we have been reading the wild stories of Judges, we have also …

Good morning! Text:  Judges 16-18; Proverbs 19:1-14 The Book of Judges is filled with unsettling stories – Jephthah’s daughter, Samson’s …