Personal Devotions
Notes from Mark's personal Bible reading and meditation
With a goal to apply one truth from each day's reading to my life that day
Mar 4, 2025, 1:10 AM
Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 23-26
Meditation Verses: 25:4-5
Thought
God promised to exalt Heman, and did so by granting him fourteen sons. His sons would be leaders of divisions in the work, and they would multiply and become even greater numbers with more responsibilities coming into his family. And he would be the head of them all.
Mar 3, 2025, 6:42 AM
Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 19-22
Meditation Verses: 22:18-19
Thought
Many people have said or suggested that until and unless they have peace and all their needs provided for, they cannot spare time or energy to seek the Lord. David's words seem to imply that, but his example is the exact opposite.
Mar 2, 2025, 6:35 AM
Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 15-18
Meditation Verse: 16:4
Thought
The temple was a place of worship that was open all the time, in operation all day, every day. There were set times for worship, the morning and evening sacrifices, but people could come and go any time.
Mar 1, 2025, 6:44 AM
Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 11-14
Meditation Verses: 14:13-15
Thought
David was a famous and successful warrior by this time. That is a large part of why all Israel came to make him king, because the Lord blessed his leadership of the army. But here he is, with all his wisdom and experience,
Feb 28, 2025, 6:50 AM
Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 7-10
Meditation Verses: 10:13-14
Thought
Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord, yet he died around the age of 70! So it's not like his life was taken early, but he lived a full life. His life was marked by several significant events of disobedience, including the time he consulted a medium.
Feb 27, 2025, 12:17 AM
Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 3-6
Meditation Verses: 5:19-20
Thought
The three tribes east of the Jordan had some successes in battle, and here the Scriptures record their victory against the Hagrites.