Good morning! Text: Job 34-36; Isaiah 7 Isaiah is remarkable. It is beautiful poetry, but also very rich in prophecy about Jesus. …
9/19/23
Good morning! Text: Job 31-33; Isaiah 6 Isaiah 6 opens with the prophet’s remarkable vision of the throne room of God. The awesome and frightening presence …
9/18/23
Good morning! Text: Job 28-30; Isaiah 5 In Isaiah 5, we read more words of indictment against God’s people – the inhabitants of …
9/17/23
Good morning! Text: Job 25-27; Isaiah 4 Job’s three friends have all brought Job the same answer to the question, “Why suffering?” They all …
9/16/23
Good morning! Text: Job 22-24; Isaiah 3 In these passages of Job, his friend Eliphaz is working to persuade Job that the explanation …
9/15/23
Good morning! Text: Job 19-21; Isaiah 2 The prophet Isaiah speaks truth to the sin of the people of ancient Israel, warning of judgment. At the same …
9/14/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day* Want a booster? Read Psalm 121 aloud. It is a powerful reminder that …
9/13/23
Good morning! Text: Job 16-18; Isaiah 1 Isaiah opens with a volley of indictment against Judah for their rebellion and …
9/12/23
Good morning! Text: Job 13-15; Psalm 122 As Job responds to his friends’ remarks, he struggles with the great mysteries of life, …
9/11/23
Good morning! Text: Job 10-12; Psalm 121 As Job wrestles with his grave troubles, he receives “advice” from his friends …
9/10/23
Good morning! Text: Job 7-9; Psalm 120 As Job wrestles to understand his plight and to respond to his three …
9/9/23
Good morning! Text: Job 4-6; Psalm 119:161-176 I wrote earlier that some consider Job the most intellectually challenging book in the Bible. As we get …
9/8/23
Good morning! Text: Job 1-3; Psalm 119:145-160 Job is characterized as the most intellectually challenging books of the Bible. Many scholars also believe it …
9/7/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. In yesterday’s meditation I mentioned how rich 2 Timothy is. Here is another …
9/6/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Timothy; Psalm 119:129-144 This second letter to Timothy is so rich that I find almost all …
9/5/23
Good morning! Text: Esther 8-10; Psalm 119:113-128 The Book of Esther is unique in the Bible in that God is never mentioned – not even once. …
9/4/2023
Good morning! Text: Esther 4-7; Psalm 119:97-112 Psalm 119:105 is one of my favorite verses; “Your word is a lamp to my feet and …
9/3/23
Good morning! Text: Esther 1-3; Psalm 119:81-96 Even reading a familiar story in the Bible can bring us new truth. In today’s reading from Esther, …
9/2/23
Good morning! Text: 1 Timothy 4-6; Psalm 119:65-80 1 Timothy 4:7-8 had a great impact upon my early Christian walk. …
9/1/23
Good morning! Text: 1 Timothy 1-3; Psalm 119:49-64. 1 Timothy is known as a “pastoral epistle”, a letter giving instructions to a church leader …
8/31/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The scene following the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem, where Ezra reads the Word of God to the people really stands out. …
8/30/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Psalm 116:15 brings us words that have always made me think: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of …
8/29/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. A verse that caught my eye on this read-through was Nehemiah 7:2: “I …
8/28/23
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 11-13; Psalm 119:33-48 We live in a time and culture that is saturated with images to look at. …
8/27/23
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 8-10; Psalm 119:17-32 When the Book of the Law is read aloud in the presence of the assembly of all Israel, it has a profound …
8/26/23
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 4-7; Psalm 119:1-16 I love the story of Nehemiah leading the people as they rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and have studied …
8/25/23
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 1-3; Psalm 118:15-28 Psalm 118 was sung as people went up to the temple to worship at the great Jewish …
8/24/23
Good morning! Text: Ezra 8-10; Psalm 118:1-14. Ezra comes to a challenging ending, as Ezra confronts the people for having broken God’s …
8/23/23
Good morning! Text: Ezra 5-7; Psalm 117. Yesterday in Ezra we saw how the adversary was able to get work rebuilding the temple stopped. As we …
8/22/23
Good morning! Text: Ezra 1-4; Psalm 116 Ezra brings the account of the rebuilding of the temple after the exile in Babylon. Just as prophesied by Isaiah, and in accordance with timing in the Word of …
8/21/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. We spend a lot of effort working to correct, avoid, deny or cover …
8/20/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 10-13; Psalm 115 As Christians, we are in a spiritual battle – as attested in 2 Corinthians 10. We …
8/19/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 7-9; Psalm 114 What do we grieve over? When I hear that word, “grieve”, I think …
8/18/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 4-6; Psalm 113 Some people think that becoming a Christian is a step into perfection. …
8/17/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 1-3; Psalm 112 There is a lot in these passages! A powerful supernatural reality for us all …
8/16/23
Good morning! Text: Obadiah; Psalm 111 Obadiah is an unusual book of prophecy as it speaks out against Edom, a …
8/15/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 34-36; Psalm 110 Today we finish our time in 2 Chronicles as the Babylonians execute God’s judgment on the sinful nation …
8/14/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The Psalms provide us with pathways to connect us with the Lord – in praise and in prayer. We find …
8/13/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 31-33; Psalm 109 God did a great and wonderful thing when He defended Jerusalem against the Assyrians. …
8/12/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 28-30; Psalm 108 King Hezekiah brings revival to Judah, cleansing the temple, resuming the celebration of the Passover and inviting the people to …
8/11/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 25-27; Psalm 107 This morning’s reading spoke of King Jotham of Judah, one who “did …
8/10/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 22-24; Psalm 106:24-48 When King Joash was anointed, he was but seven years old. The priest, Jehoiada, …
8/9/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 19-21; Psalm 106:1-23 In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat of Judah is confronted by hostile nations. In verse …
8/8/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 16-18; Psalm 105 The account of Jehoshaphat becoming king of Judah says that ” The Lord was with …
8/7/23
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The Old Testament history we read in 2 Chronicles tells the tales of kings who cycle between good …
8/6/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 12-15; Psalm 104:24-35 In 2 Chronicles 14, we meet a new king in Judah, Asa. The Word says that Asa did …
8/5/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 8-11; Psalm 104:1-23 The Psalms are rich. Words of prayer written by men, yet inspired by the Holy …
8/4/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 5-7; Psalm 103 When Solomon dedicates the temple, he brings a powerful and rousing prayer of invocation, …
8/3/23
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 1-4; Psalm 102 The Psalms are remarkable literature. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, they are honest and godly …
8/2/23
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 15-16; Psalm 101 I have been involved in men’s ministry for many years. Just for today’s devotional, I …