Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised. Job 1:21 The first line in the book of Job sounds like a fairy tale: “In the land
Read more →“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 The ten
Read more →“Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” Daniel 6:20b Let’s look at the other famous story from the book of Daniel. It is arguably one of the top five or ten most well-known stories
Read more →“Then Nebuchadnezzar said, ‘Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants!‘” Daniel 3:28a It was the time of the Babylonian captivity. Daniel and three fellow Hebrews, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were chosen to enter the king’s service because
Read more →Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, “Why do you prophesy as you do?” Jeremiah 32:3a Jeremiah and Job could probably have related to each other. Both went through horrible ordeals, and they sometimes wondered where God was in the midst of it all.
Read more →“You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the LORD’s servants shed by Jezebel.” 2 Kings 9:7 Jezebel married Ahab, king of Israel, who was the worst king Israel
Read more →“I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.” Revelation 17:6 In many translations, the key phrase I’ve honed in on for the title of this devotional is stated as “the blood of
Read more →Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. Proverbs 3:5-7 Let me
Read more →For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:13 Let me close with another sobering devotional. I want to deal with a subject that you really won’t
Read more →It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be
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