Day 108 Joshua 16:1-18:28; Luke 19:1-27; Psalm 87:1-7; Proverbs 13:11 Grace and Work In the sacristy of our church, there is a needlepoint hanging on the wall. It reads, “Ask God to bless your work, but do not expect Him to do it for you.” The reading from Joshua reminds me of this. The LORD…
Day 107 Joshua 15:1‐63; Luke 18:18‐43; Psalm 86:1‐17; Proverbs 13:9‐10 Unite My Heart to Fear Your Name It’s amazing how hyperactive our hearts can be – flitting from this distraction to that one, from this affection to that one, from this allegiance to that one. David, “a man after God’s own heart,” understood. So he…
Day 106 Joshua 13:1‐14:15; Luke 18:1‐17; Psalm 85:1‐13; Proverbs 13:7‐8 Don’t Give Up Hope This reading from Luke exposes a judge who is not predisposed to justice and neither feared God nor respected man. The widow was the symbol of the poor and defenseless. It was only through her persistence that this godless judge granted…
Day 105 Joshua 11:1‐12:24; Luke 17:11‐37; Psalm 84:1‐12; Proverbs 13:5‐6 Marks of a Warrior Leader TRUST:Joshua’s trust in God’s sovereign power does not waver throughout his long life. Of those rescued from slavery in Egypt by God’s mighty power, he and Caleb alone enter the Promised Land. As young men, they had gone with other…
Day 104 Joshua 9:3‐10:43; Luke 16:19‐17:10; Psalm 83:1‐18; Proverbs 13:4 Is Wealth a Sin? When we read the parable of the “Rich man and Lazarus” we immediately conclude that being rich must be a sin. The one outstanding feature of the man was that he was RICH. Is that a sin? God himself blessed Abraham,…
Day 103 Joshua 7:16‐9:2; Luke 16:1‐18; Psalm 82:1‐8; Proverbs 13:2‐3 The Lord Has Spoken! Psalm 82 has the full drama of the cinema. God takes His seat among the gods of the world, and He prosecutes them for their conspiracy against the ordinary people—and the gallery erupts in cheers, encouraging God on in His victory….
Day 102 Joshua 5:1‐7:15; Luke 15:1‐32; Psalm 81:1‐16; Proverbs 13:1 The Mysterious Man As Joshua neared Jericho, he ran into a mysterious person. “He looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand” (v. 13). Joshua didn’t recognize him. Joshua was probably prepared either to fight,…
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…
