February ⁽⁸⁹⁾

Passage Read: 2 Kings 8-11 Meditation Verse: 10:28-31 Jehu did well, but he didn't take time to know the Lord's complete will. He got rid of the foreign gods, but he grew up believing that the Lord was worshiped with golden calf idols. He didn't…

Passage Read: Nehemiah 8-11 Meditation Verse: 9:26 The prophets testified against the people in order to turn them back to the Lord. But of course the people hated that, and worked to silence the prophets, even killing them. No one wants to be told what…

Passage Read: Nehemiah 4-7 Meditation Verses: 6:10-11 Nehemiah was leading this great work, for the good of the people and of the city. If he showed fear, fear would overwhelm the people and they would be discouraged. If he sought to save his own life…

Passage Read: Ezra 10 - Nehemiah 3 Meditation Verses: Ezra 10:10-12 Those commands to not intermarry with foreigners actually reveals a couple things about life long ago: It shows that many father's didn't actually oversee their own homes and exercise real dominion there. They left…

Passage Read: Ezra 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:13-14 There is such a danger to misunderstand the grace and kindness of God. When He punishes His people, He holds back part of His wrath so as not to completely destroy us. But we can misunderstand that and…