Devotions from June 2022

Passage Read: Jeremiah 45-48 Meditation Verse: 46:28 Because God's people do not walk faithfully in His ways, He must discipline them. He will scatter them among the nations, sending them into exile, so it will not be a light discipline. He will discipline them with…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 49-52 Meditation Verse: 51:6 This same thing is said of the future Babylon, that the Lord's people should flee from it. This Babylon will never be rebuilt because the destruction of it was so complete, and God promised it would never rise…

Passage Read: Lamentations 1-4 Meditation Verses: 3:58-62 Jeremiah goes from how good it is for a man to bear the yoke while he is young, how good it is for him to sit in silence because the Lord has done this, to the Lord seeing…

Passage Read: Lamentations 5 - Ezekiel 3 Meditation Verses: Ezekiel 3:5-7 If he had been sent to foreigners, they would have listened to Ezekiel, but he was sent to his own people, and they would not listen to him. Though he spoke the Word of…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 4-7 Meditation Verse: 6:9 The Israelites have no understanding of how they have hurt and offended the Lord by their disloyalty, by their whoring after other gods that are just idols. They have broken His heart but don't understand. He is God,…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 8-11 Meditation Verses: 11:17-20 Those who remained in Jerusalem looked on the exiles as lost and hopeless, and they rejected them, as if they themselves were the better, were chosen, the favored of God. But God says of the exiles that it…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 12-15 Meditation Verse: 13:22 The false prophets make sad the righteous, though God has not brought pain on them, because by their lies they strengthen the hands of those who do wrong so that they won't repent and live. The righteous hear…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 16-19 Meditation Verse: 18:24 If the righteous lives by faith, then his faith must produce righteousness. And if he turns from his righteousness, then something has gone wrong with his faith! How can he who fears the Lord and believes in Him…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 20-23 Meditation Verse: 20:49 Wow! This is how people write off the Word of the Lord! If it is parables, then they have an excuse why they can't understand it, but if it is plain language and exactly what it says, then…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 24-27 Meditation Verse: 25:3 Though the Lord was forced to punish His people, yet He does not take kindly to the pagans who rejoice over the destruction He brings on His people. He is still jealous for His people, He has not…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 28-31 Meditation Verses: 31:13-14 Assyria was once the greatest empire on earth, but it was overthrown because of its arrogance, because it abused God's people. And to be a sign to all other great nations, that none of them can last forever,…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 32-35 Meditation Verses: 34:17-22 Not only are the shepherds abusing the flock, not caring for the needs of the sheep but caring only for their own wants and needs, so also the fat sheep bully the thin. They take all the good…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 36-39 Meditation Verse: 36:32 The Lord promises to return Israel from exile and give them a heart of flesh to obey His commands and statutes. But He assures them that He is not doing it for their sake, as if they have…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 40-43 Meditation Verse: 43:11 Only if the people are ashamed of their ways, their waywardness, only if they're ready to change their ways and seek the Lord in truth, then Ezekiel is to show them the measurements and statutes of this new…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 44-47 Meditation Verse: 47:22 Uncircumcised aliens are not welcome in the Temple, but aliens who live among the Israelites are to be granted land as an inheritance just like a native Israelite. But they will be subject to all the laws and…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 48 - Daniel 3 Meditation Verse: Daniel 2:38 This always seems strange that God would mention that Nebuchadnezzar is also king of the animals. What do the animals care? It's not like they acknowledge his right to rule over them. But God…

Passage Read: Daniel 4-7 Meditation Verses: 7:11-12 The last beast, the Antichrist, he is destroyed by Christ, but the other nations are allowed to endure, though they lose their authority. Those other kingdoms survive for a season and a time, longer than a time, times…

Passage Read: Daniel 8-11 Meditation Verses: 11:33-35 Those who understand will help many in those last days to stand firm, to understand what is truly happening, that all is happening according to the plans established by the Lord from of old. Those who understand will…

Passage Read: Daniel 12 - Hosea 3 Meditation Verses: Hosea 3:3-5 Hosea buys back Gomer and says she will remain with him, but be without lover or close relationship with him. God explains that this signifies Israel being many days without king or ruler, without…

Passage Read: Hosea 4-7 Meditation Verses: 6:6-7 God desires to show mercy, not receive sacrifice; He desires that His people understand Him rather than offer burnt offerings. But instead, like Adam, they sin against Him, breaking His covenant and betraying Him. He wants to do…

Passage Read: Hosea 8-11 Meditation Verses: 11:7-9 As bad as Israel has become and as much as the Lord is compelled to discipline them, He cannot bring Himself to completely abandon them. He is moved with compassion for them and will bring them back, and…

Passage Read: Hosea 12 - Joel 1 Meditation Verse: Hosea 14:9 The righteous shall walk in the ways of Jehovah, but transgressors will stumble in them. Those who truly believe the Lord will have little trouble walking in His ways. They will recognize what ways…

Passage Read: Joel 2 - Amos 2 Meditation Verses: Joel 2:16-18 Joel calls for all the people to be gathered, for everyone, even bride and bridegroom who should be rejoicing over their wedding day. He calls them to gather and weep before the Lord and…

Passage Read: Amos 3-6 Meditation Verses: 5:18-20 The day of the Lord is a day of contradictions. For the believer it means salvation is at hand. For the unbeliever, it is a day of doom. And for those who think they are safe but yet…

Passage Read: Amos 7 - Obadiah 1 Meditation Verse: Amos 8:4 To be humble is to be vulnerable to those who are not. The prideful think nothing of taking advantage of the poor and humble, even to the point of driving them out of the…

Passage Read: Jonah 1-4 Meditation Verse: 4:11 The Lord has pity on Nineveh, even though He knows they will soon execute His anger against Israel, and they will exceed His intent and become liable to His wrath. Still He has pity on them and grants…

Passage Read: Micah 1-4 Meditation Verses: 4:6-7 The Lord promises to set the lame and the one cast off into a strong nation, never to be abandoned, never to be oppressed again, not as long as He reigns. He will establish justice throughout the earth,…

Passage Read: Micah 5 - Nahum 1 Meditation Verse: Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in love and kindness, yet He will not leave the guilty unpunished. He will not acquit the guilty. Indeed, He either pays for the sin Himself…

Passage Read: Nahum 2 - Habakkuk 2 Meditation Verse: Nahum 3:7 The problem with being powerful enough to do whatever you want and treat people however you desire is that you make more enemies than friends. Indeed, no one is truly your friend. Those who…

Passage Read: Habakkuk 3 - Zephaniah 3 Meditation Verses: Zephaniah 3:11-12 In order to redeem His people, the Lord must remove the proud ones out of their midst, and leave behind the weak and poor, who need the Lord and will call on Him and…