Tag: fall
August 21 – GOD Kills Ezekiel’s Wife As A Sign
Reading Eze. 24:1-27 Devotional On the very day that Jerusalem was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, GOD spoke to Ezekiel and told him what was happening hundreds of miles away from Babylon. In one of the saddest and most difficult to explain events in all of Scripture, GOD tells Ezekiel that He is going to take the…
July 3 – Isaiah Prophesies about Babylon’s Fall
Reading Isa. 14:28-32; 13:1-22; 14:1-23; 21:1-10 Devotional The Babylonians were a fierce and ruthless nation. In the year that king Ahaz of Judah died, Isaiah received a prophecy from GOD about the coming fall of Babylon. 4 Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,…
June 4 – Elijah’s Roller Coaster
Reading 1 Kings 17:1-24; 18:1-46; 19:1-21 Devotional Today’s reading begins our look at the prophet Elijah. A lot happened in this reading so our devotional is more lengthy than usual, but this is among my favorite stories in GOD’s word. The recorded account of Elijah begins with GOD sending him to Ahab, king of Israel,…
May 19 – Pride and Humility
Reading Sincere Motivation Motive and the Heart – Prov. 15:11; 16:2; 17:3; 20:11, 27; 21:2; 27:19 False Worship – Prov. 15:8, 29; 21:3, 27 Duplicity – Prov. 6:12-15; 10:10-11; 11:3; 16:30; 20:14; 23:6-8; 26:23-26 Concern for Others Love and Faithfulness – Prov. 3:3-4; 16:6; 20:6; 25:19 Love, Hatred, and Compassion – Prov. 10:12; 15:17; 17:5;…
May 5 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 17)
Reading Psalm 139; 145; 148; 150 Devotional Psalm 139 GOD has searched us individually and known us perfectly. He knows when I sit down and when I get up. He knows my thoughts from where He is. He knows all of our ways perfectly. He knows what we will say even before we speak it.…
April 26 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 8)
Reading Psalm 1; 14; 15; 36; 37; 39 Devotional Today we begin the second section of Psalms which deal with righteousness and wickedness. We continue our focus on what we can learn about GOD’s nature and character. Psalm 1 GOD watches over the way of the righteous. Psalm 14 GOD looks down from heaven on…