Chapter 4 ⁽⁵⁴⁾

Passage Read: Mark 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:37-40 How quick we are to question the Lord's love for us. Things go sideways, maybe even only a little, maybe we're not worried about how we'll survive, but some small thing goes awry, and we jump to, "Don't…

Passage Read: Jonah 1-4 Meditation Verse: 4:11 These enemies of Israel, who would soon destroy Israel and send their survivors into exile, these enemies of Israel know nothing of right and wrong, and God has compassion on them. Even though these were people whom God…

Passage Read: Amos 3-6 Meditation Verses: 4:4-8 Here is God speaking sarcasm, to point out the deafness of His people. He encourages them to bring their tithes and offerings to their appointed holy places. But He calls out their sin. They offer sacrifices that God…

Passage Read: Lamentations 1-4 Meditation Verses: 4:13-16 The prophets and priests sinned against the Lord, shedding the blood of the righteous in their streets, so the people became defiled with blood. They themselves cried out that they were unclean, and the nations refused to give…

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 3-6 Meditation Verse: 4:13 This describes Saul and David well, though Solomon was not alive to see the conflict or the character of Saul. But he knew that it was because of disobedience that Saul lost the kingdom to David. It is…