Day 348 Jonah 1:1-4:11; Revelation 5:1-14; Psalm 133:1-3; Proverbs 29:26-27 When the Lamb Will Roar Jonah, Psalm 133, and the Proverbs for the day all point to living a good and wise life. Revelation 5 makes certain that that such a life is even more. The question is asked, “Who is worthy to open the…
Day 347 Obadiah 1-21; Revelation 4:1-11; Psalm 132:1-18; Proverbs 29:24-25 Don’t Anger the Momma Bear As I was reading Obadiah, the image of an angry ‘momma bear’ came to mind. My wife will tell you that as easygoing and peace-loving as she is, she becomes a momma bear if anyone harms her children in any…
Day 346 Amos 7:1-9:15; Revelation 3:7-22; Psalm 13:1-3; Proverbs 29:23 Unlocking the Door of Our Hearts Doors have a special place in the Bible. Jesus said if we knock, the door would be opened. We are called to enter through the narrow door. In many parables, those outside of the kingdom had the door closed…
Day 345 Amos 4:1-6:14; Revelation 2:18-3:6; Psalm 130:1-8; Proverbs 29:21-22 His Coming… Right Now! “Hold on to what you have until I come.” – Revelation 2:25 In the season of Advent, the anticipation of the coming of our Savior into the world, we prepare. In our homes, we clean, cook, shop, and decorate to create…
Day 344 Amos 1:1-3:15; Revelation 2:1-17; Psalm 129:1-8; Proverbs 29:19-20 Pray Before You Speak For those of us who have been parents of teenagers, we can relate to the words of the Proverbs. After all, how many of us have felt, when trying to correct our children, that we are talking to a brick wall?…
Day 343 Joel 1:1-3:21; Revelation 1:1-20; Psalm 128:1-6; Proverbs 29:18 Acting On The Vision Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) “Where there is no vision the people perish…” There is so much power in having a vision for where you are going or what you are doing. For example, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has been driven…
Day 342 Hosea 10:1-14:9; Jude 1-25; Psalm 127:1-5; Proverbs 29:15-17 Standing for the Faith Throughout history there have been all kinds of false doctrines, alternative teachings, and strange forms of spiritualities that have led Christians astray. In the early Church, heresies came and went that forced the Church to define or sharpen what they believed….
Day 341 Hosea 6:1-9:17; 3 John 1-15; Psalm 126:1-6; Proverbs 29:12-14 The Wrath of God Satisfied Despite first glance at the text today, the major theme of Hosea is not that God would delight in harming His people but that He delights in the redemption of those who follow or who come back to Him…
Day 340 Hosea 4:1-5:15; 2 John 1-13; Psalm 125:1-5; Proverbs 27:18-20 Human Nature “There is no faithfulness or loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land. Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed” (Hos. 4:1b-2). Hosea’s prophetic “indictment” against the Northern Kingdom of Israel was pronounced in the…
Day 339 Hosea 1:1-3:5; 1 John 5:1-21; Psalm 124:1-8; Proverbs 29:5-8 God Will Change Your Name The call of Hosea was to experience the broken heart of God personally. His call was to take a wife, Gomer, who would become unfaithful in marriage. And yet, Hosea was to remain bound to her in covenant faithfulness…
Day 338 Daniel 11:36-12:13; 1 John 4:1-21; Psalm 123:1-4; Proverbs 29:2-4 The Futility of Self-Importance It is likely that all of us have met, at one time or another, a person who tried to impress us, perhaps with pompous manner, or with fine clothing, or with vast wealth, or with esoteric knowledge, or with a…
Day 337 Daniel 11:2-35; 1 John 3:7-24; Psalm 122:1-9; Proverbs 29:1 A Joyful Approach “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’” Psalm 122 is a Song of Ascents where it refers to going up to the city of Jerusalem to pay honor and praise and…
