Chapter 9 ⁽²⁴⁾

Passage Read: Ezra 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:13-14 This is a right understanding of grace: After all we have suffered for our evil deeds and great guilt, because Jesus has taken the punishment we deserve on Himself for our sins, so God has repaid us less…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:4-7 The obedience of Solomon and his sons allows the Lord to keep His promise to David, and allows Him to bless the nation. But if he or his sons disobey, the Lord will bring trouble on them…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 2-5 Meditation Verses: 2:40-43 After the years of living in Jerusalem, knowing he wasn't to leave under penalty of death, Shimei left the city in pursuit of two runaway slaves. Solomon's men knew when he had gone and knew when he…

Passage Read: Exodus 7-10 Meditation Verses: 9:15-17 God could have wiped Egypt off the face of the earth at the very beginning. He could have simply called His people out from there, and the army of Egypt would have been powerless to stop them. But…

Passage Read: 1 Corinthians 8-9 Meditation Verse: 9:24 Paul wants every believer to live as if only one of us will win the prize of eternity with Christ. Talk about outdoing one another! Not attacking others; even runners don't do that! That would violate the…