Zephaniah 1:2: “‘I will utterly consume...
December 7th, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalZephaniah the prophet was related to the reigning King Josiah, which gave him access ...
Habakkuk 3:17–18: “Though the fig tree may...
December 6th, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis verse is certainly worth memorizing for those times and storms and troubles that ...
Habakkuk 2:4: “Behold the proud, / His soul...
December 5th, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe first part of this verse, "Behold the proud," was a reference to the ...
Habakkuk 1:12–13: “Are You not from everlasting,...
December 4th, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalGod told His prophet Habakkuk that He was going to use the ungodly Chaldean ...
Nahum 3:7–8: “It shall come to pass that...
December 3rd, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalWe find an interesting spiritual history lesson here from the destruction of Nineveh, the ...
Nahum 2:2: “For the LORD will restore the excellence...
December 2nd, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalWe remember that the son of Isaac, Jacob (Hebrew 'Ya'akov' = to follow, as ...
Nahum 1:7: “The LORD is good, / A stronghold...
December 1st, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis is a great verse to teach kids early in their journey along the ...
Micah 7:18–19: “Who is a God like You, /...
November 30th, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalMicah's name in Hebrew means, "Who is like Yahweh," which underscores this section. No ...
Micah 6:8: “He has shown you, O man, what is...
November 29th, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalMicah told God's people that God had already given them His word and revealed ...
Micah 5:2: “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah /...
November 28th, 2021 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,...
November 27th, 2021 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...
November 26th, 2021 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...
November 25th, 2021 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...
November 24th, 2021 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,...
November 23rd, 2021 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...
November 22nd, 2021 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...
November 21st, 2021 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...
November 20th, 2021 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...
November 19th, 2021 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...
November 18th, 2021 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,”...
November 17th, 2021 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,...
November 16th, 2021 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...
November 15th, 2021 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...
November 14th, 2021 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,...
November 13th, 2021 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,...
November 12th, 2021 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...
November 11th, 2021 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...
November 10th, 2021 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,...
November 9th, 2021 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...
November 8th, 2021 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...
November 7th, 2021 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn Joel 1, we read of a time of national disaster in Israel. A ...