Micah 5:2: “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah /...
March 1st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis verse, which was written centuries before the Messiah came, clearly predicted that the ...
Micah 4:3: “He shall judge between many peoples,...
February 28th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis verse sounds familiar to most of us because it is also recorded in ...
Micah 3:12: “Therefore because of you / Zion...
February 27th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalUltimately, in 586 BC, the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Mount Zion, "the mountain of ...
Micah 2:12–13: “I will surely assemble all...
February 26th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalSomeday soon God Himself will gather His scattered people, like a shepherd gathering his ...
Micah 1:3–5: “For behold, the LORD is coming...
February 25th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis is worded as though God had been away for a while but was ...
Jonah 4:2: “So he prayed to the LORD, and said,...
February 24th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJonah's brutal honesty here, as he gives us more information than we had in ...
Jonah 3:1–2: “Now the word of the Lord came...
February 23rd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalWe serve the gracious God and Savior of the second chance. God displays His ...
Jonah 2:2: “And he said: / ‘I cried out...
February 22nd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJonah was swallowed by a fish, and he was inside its belly for 3 ...
Jonah 1:17: “Now the LORD had prepared a great...
February 21st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalGod told Jonah to go to Nineveh to warn them of His coming judgment ...
Obadiah 1:3: “The pride of your heart has deceived...
February 20th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe nation of Edom was well fortified because they "[dwelled] in the clefts of ...
Amos 9:11–13: “On that day I will raise up...
February 19th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn Acts 15, the Apostles used this passage to show that the Gentiles have ...
Amos 8:11: “Behold, the days are coming,”...
February 18th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThere was then, as there will be at the end of time, a famine ...
Amos 7:8: “And the LORD said to me, ‘Amos,...
February 17th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalA plumb line is a simple tool that has been used for 1000s of ...
Amos 6:14: “But, behold, I will raise up a...
February 16th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThese two locations, "Hamath" and "the Valley of the Arabah," are the most northern ...
Amos 5:18: “Woe to you who desire the day of...
February 15th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn Amos' day, just like today, everyone claimed they wanted the day of the ...
Amos 4:12: “Therefore thus will I do to you,...
February 14th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe concept of preparing to meet their God was first used at Mount Sinai ...
Amos 3:7: “Surely the Lord God does nothing,...
February 13th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAs God's servants today, it is easy to apply this verse to our own ...
Amos 2:11–12: “I raised up some of your sons...
February 12th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn Amos 2, God proclaimed that He would discipline both Judah and Israel for ...
Amos 1:1: “The words of Amos, who was among...
February 11th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAmos prophesied about the discipline God was bringing on the nations surrounding Israel and ...
Joel 3:13–14: “‘Put in the sickle,...
February 10th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis "valley of decision" seems to be the same as the "Valley of Jehoshaphat" ...
Joel 2:25: “So I will restore to you the years...
February 9th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAfter prophesying their destruction by locusts, drought, and a mighty army, God gave Joel ...
Joel 1:14: “Consecrate a fast, / Call a sacred...
February 8th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn Joel 1, we read of a time of national disaster in Israel. A ...
Hosea 14:9: “Who is wise? / Let him understand...
February 7th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAs it was in the days of Hosea so it still is today, those ...
Hosea 13:14: “I will ransom them from the power...
February 6th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalOnce again God encouraged His faithful people by giving them a beautiful picture of ...
Hosea 12:1: “Ephraim feeds on the wind, / And...
February 5th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalWind is empty; it cannot satisfy hunger or nourish the body. The people of ...
Hosea 11:4: “I drew them with gentle cords,...
February 4th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis verse is a stirring picture of Father God teaching His children to walk ...
Hosea 10:1–2: “Israel empties his vine; /...
February 3rd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAt this time in Israel's history, they were acknowledging God, but worshipping Baal, which ...
Hosea 9:1–2: “Do not rejoice, O Israel, with...
February 2nd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAs a living illustration to His people of their relationship with Him, God instructed ...
Hosea 8:7: “They sow the wind, / And reap the...
February 1st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalWe reap what we sow. This is a familiar, reoccurring theme and principle found ...
Hosea 7:16: “They return, but not to the Most...
January 31st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalGod described the character of His people as being like a deceitful or crooked ...
Hosea 6:6: “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,...
January 30th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe words, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," sound familiar to many because Jesus ...
