As of Labor Day, 2022, this devotional has been up and running for 16 years.It has been written with a labor of love for God and His word and you, the readers. My prayer is that each one of you will seek God and His word each day from His word. John, the disciple of […]
Hezekiah was 25 years old when he began his reign in Judah. He was a godly king. In fact, he removed the places where people worshiped idols. He broke down idols poles and cut down Asherah. 2 Kings 18:1, 2, 4 Hezekiah worshiped the LORD God, he trusted his God. He was one of the […]
Micah was a prophet of God. He knew his God. Do you know your God? The God of the Holy Bible? Who: Micah What: The word of the LORD came to Micah (that is what a “prophet” means, a prophet speaks God’s words) When: Micah prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah – […]
Isaiah was a prophet to the southern kingdom of Judah. Israel was divided into two countries, one called Judah and the northern kingdom called Israel. Isaiah was called by God when King Uzziah died. Isaiah says he saw the Lord sitting on a throne in heaven, it was “high and lifted up, with the train […]
Joel was a prophet in Judah, the southern part of divided Israel, where two of Israel’s tribes lived. The other ten tribes lived in the northern part, Israel. Joel was given the responsibility by God to tell Judah of God’s coming day of judgment. He called the people to repentance. Today, I believe, we still […]
Amos was a prophet of God in the northern kingdom of Israel, in the days when Israel was a divided country. The northern ten tribes were known as Israel. The southern two tribes were known as Judah. Amos was a prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel. He probably wasn’t a popular man, he named […]
Amos was a prophet who told the truth that God will hunt down whoever God’s enemies are. He will find you. Amos 9:1-15 God judges His people with fairness (oh good) and with justice (uh-oh). God judges His people and His enemies. Whatever God says, it will happen. God protects His people, but He doesn’t […]
God’s people, the sons of Israel, were not treated nicely by many countries and cities. God judged those nations and told why He judged them, they mistreated His people. Amos, a prophet of God, was given visions of Israel and there were a series of judgments against Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon – God judged […]
Hosea was asked, by God, to marry a prostitute! No kidding! That prostitute was a picture of Israel, God’s people. Hosea was an example of God Himself. Israel worshiped other gods. God told them to stop! They did not. Hosea married the prostitute, they had children. And his wife ran away, doing “her thing”, of […]
Do you believe in God, do you trust Him to keep His word and to give you direction for others’ good? Jonah was called by God to go to a terrible enemy, Nineveh, Assyria. They were cruel and did malicious things to people. Jonah hated his enemies. He did not go to Nineveh, he boarded […]