Archive for July 2019

Amos 7:14-16aAmos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ Now then, hear the word of the Lord.…

Hosea 1:2When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.” Hosea’s marriage was a picture of God’s relationship with his people Israel. When we read this story,…

Daniel 3:17-18“If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold…

Daniel 1:8But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. The Daniel fast has been common among believers for some time as a go-to fast. We see the power that Daniel’s fast produced, and we desire to…

Eze 1:1In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. During his upbringing in the land of Judah, Ezekiel was being groomed to be a priest. His training was interrupted when he…

Jer. 39:17-18“But I will rescue you on that day, declares the Lord; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear. I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the Lord.” Faith in God develops in us…

Jeremiah 7:27“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.” When we think about accomplishing a good work for God, we envision certain things happening. For example, if God tells us proclaim his name to those who do not believe in him and…

Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” It takes great faith to take on a job for God before we know what it is. That faith comes from a place of trusting what God…