Day 101 Joshua 3:1-4:24; Luke 14:7-35; Psalm 80:1-19; Proverbs 12:27-28 Self Reflection At this point we have reached 101 Days in the Word. What an accomplishment! As you read today’s Scripture passages you are encouraged to write down something that you draw from the passages. There is no right or wrong way to do the…
Day 100 Deuteronomy 34:1‐12; Joshua 1:1‐2:24; Luke 13:22‐14:6; Psalm 79:1‐13; Proverbs 12:26 The Narrow Door Is Really Not Wide! There seems to be sadness in Jesus’ words in the reading from Luke—sadness that only a few will be saved, sadness that many will not enter the door, that many of His people will be excluded…
Day 99 Deuteronomy 33:1‐29; Luke 13:1‐21; Psalm 78:65‐72; Proverbs 12:25 Fruitful in Kind and in Character When we moved into our first house, I discovered a “mysterious” citrus tree in the backyard. I say “mysterious” because I could not tell if it was an orange, grapefruit, tangerine, lime, or lemon tree by simply looking at…
Day 98 Deuteronomy 32:28-52; Luke 12:35-59; Psalm 78:56-64; Proverb 12:24 A Faithful God, Unfaithful People Our reading from Deuteronomy, part of a psalm referred to as the Song of Moses, contrasts the record of God’s faithfulness to His people with Israel’s faithlessness and predicts more disobedience in the future. The portion of Psalm 78 appointed…
Day 97 Deuteronomy 31:1‐32:27; Luke 12:8‐34; Psalm 78:32‐55; Proverbs 12:21‐23 A Nation of Forgetters We are a nation of forgetters. The flood of information that assaults us every day is often named as a reason. Attention spans and memory are shortened by TV and other entertainment and diversions that provide an unbroken chain of sensory…
Day 96 Deuteronomy 29:1‐30:20; Luke 11:37‐12:7; Psalm 78:1‐31; Proverbs 12:19‐20 Beautiful Idols The idea of law in the Near East was not unique to the Hebrews. Law collections existed 500 years before Moses. The Pentateuch expresses a variation of these traditions called a suzerainty treaty. A suzerain covenant was granted by a powerful and independent…
Day 95 Deuteronomy 28:1‐68; Luke 11:14‐36; Psalm 77:1‐20; Proverbs 12:18 Think Before You Speak “Rash Words (ouch) are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise man brings (ahhh) healing” (Proverbs 12:18). Remember the phrase “open mouth insert foot”? Guilty! Once harsh words are said, you can’t take them back, you can only live…
Day 94 Deuteronomy 26:1‐27:26; Luke 10:38‐11:13; Psalm 76:1‐12; Proverbs 12:15‐17 Laws of the Heart In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses writes the words “…follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.” It certainly is one thing to follow the laws of the Lord and quite another…
Day 93 Deuteronomy 23:1‐25:19; Luke 10:13‐37; Psalm 75:1‐10; Proverbs 12:12‐14 You Shall Not Muzzle an Ox When… Tucked in a bunch of miscellaneous laws is a curious command forbidding the muzzling of an ox. At first, it’s as if Moses is checking to see if his audience is still paying attention, “Refrain from running, dunking,…
Day 92 Deuteronomy 21:1-22:30; Luke 9:51-10:12; Psalm 74:1-23; Proverbs 12:11 He Set His Face to Go to Jerusalem “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.” Jesus knew His purpose for coming to earth and was determined to carry out the Father’s will. His…
Day 91 Deuteronomy 18:1‐20:20; Luke 9:28‐50; Psalm 73:1‐28; Proverbs 12:10 God Is in the Day-to-Day Details Everyday life is full of everyday struggles, obstacles, issues, and trials. In the journey of faith, Almighty God seeks to redeem the details of life and reveal Himself in the midst of the ordinary, making it extraordinary. In these…
Day 90 Deuteronomy 16:1‐17:20; Luke 9:7‐27; Psalm 72:1‐20; Proverbs 12:8‐9 Reverence and Obedience Today’s reading from Deuteronomy leaves no doubt concerning the expectations God had for His children. Though they had fallen, He presided over their restoration with meticulous care for fear that they would lose their way because of ignorance and spiritual blindness. We…
