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  • The Bible’s Proverbs on Speech (Wise and Foolish Talk)

    If you read my family devotionals, or if we’ve talked about spiritual matters in recent years, you probably know that I am a big fan of The Daily Bible. In fact, it has been one of my top five purchases ever. For this post, I’m going to “borrow” from The Daily Bible’s topical organization of the…

  • October 21 – Jesus, the Wise Young Boy

    Reading Matt. 2:1-23 Luke 2:39-52 Devotional Some period of time (probably around 6 months) after Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Magi from the east came to visit “the king of the Jews“. The Magi were sorcerers, magicians or wizards, from a country in the east (probably Persia). They were familiar with the prophecies of the…

  • September 10 – Longing for an Advocate

    Reading Job 8:1-10:22 Devotional When something happens to us, it is both natural and wise to question, “Why did this happen to me?” Often we can look at our own choices and identify that the reason we got where we are is because of a past decision—good or bad. That is called consequences. Our actions…

  • May 16 – The Importance of Wisdom

    Reading Prov. 8:1-9:6; 2:1-22; 3:13-24; 1:20-33; 9:13-18; 4:1-27 Devotional Today’s reading begins our look into the Proverbs. Proverbs are short, wise sayings. Solomon spoke over 3,000 proverbs and the Bible book entitled Proverbs contains many of them, as well as proverbs from a few other individuals. In the Daily Bible, the proverbs are categorized and…