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  • September 4 – The Fiery Furnace

    Reading Dan. 3:1-30 Devotional This is one of the greatest stories of faith bringing a victory in all of the Bible. Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden statue which was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide—that’s as tall as a 9 story building. Then Nebuchadnezzar made a law that when the instrument sounded, everyone had…

  • August 27 – Suffering Humbles the Proud

    Reading Jer. 37:3-21; 38:1-28 Devotional It has been three or four years since Zedekiah king of Judah rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Zedekiah was a proud man who obviously thought he was in control of his people’s fate. Over the next few years, GOD would use Nebuchadnezzar to humble Zedekiah. Even the most proud…

  • August 9 – Jehoiakim Dies

    Reading 2 Kings 24:1b-4 Jer. 48:1-47; 49:1-33; 22:18-23 2 Kings 24:5-6a Devotional Despite numerous attempts from GOD to call Jehoiakim king of Judah to repentance, Jehoiakim refused. He was very proud and unwilling to humble himself before GOD. He even rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. As a result the LORD sent raiders from Babylon, Aram, Moab, and…

  • August 2 – Josiah’s Sweeping Reforms

    Reading 2 Kings 22:3-7; 2 Chron. 34:8-13 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Chron. 34:14-15 2 Chron. 34:16-32 2 Kings 23:4-14, 24; 2 Chron. 34:33 2 Kings 23:15-20 2 Chron. 35:1-19, 26-27 Devotional King Josiah is fully committed to the LORD. In the 18th year of his reign he repaired the temple, during which some workers found…

  • July 21 – A Sober Reminder from GOD

    Reading Isa. 65:1-66:24 2 Kings 19:37 2 Chron. 33:10-17 Devotional Isaiah concludes his prophecy with a very sober reminder from GOD: 1 Thus says the LORD, “Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?…

  • July 19 – Three Important Truths from the Mind of GOD

    Reading Isa. 57:1-59:21 Devotional Today’s devotional will focus on three key truths that GOD gives us from His mind. 1. Why Righteous People Die One of the most frequently asked questions is, “Why do good people die?” GOD gives us the answer in Isa. 57:1-2: 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to…

  • July 4 – One Life to Live; Make it Count

    Reading 2 Chron. 29:3-36; 30:1-27; 31:1-21 Devotional Each of us has only one life to live. It’s one of the first lessons we learn—that people are born, they grow up, grow old and eventually they die—but it’s also one of the easiest lessons to forget. We easily get wrapped up in life’s little moments and,…

  • June 30 – Judah Defeated by Israel and Aram

    Reading Isa. 10:1-34; 11:1-16; 12:1-6 2 Chron. 28:5-21 Devotional Continuing with Isaiah’s prophecy, GOD explained that, although He would use Assyria to punish Israel, afterward He would also punish Assyria because of the king’s prideful heart and haughty eye (both of which the LORD hates) and his desire to utterly destroy. GOD reminds the reader…

  • June 28 – Early Beginnings of Captivity

    Reading 2 Kings 15:29; 1 Chron. 5:23-26 2 Kings 15:37, 31, 30; 17:1-2; 15:36, 38; 16:1-2a 2 Chron. 28:1b-4 Devotional The warnings of the prophets are beginning to come true. During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, the king of Assyria came and took several towns and regions, including Gilead and Galilee and all…

  • June 27 – Micah’s Prophecy to Judah (Part 3)

    Reading Micah 6:1-7:20 Devotional Today’s reading concludes our look at Micah’s prophecy to Judah. GOD reminds Judah of His goodness and faithfulness to them and of their betrayal. He tells them what their life purpose is: 6 With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come…