Archive for the ‘devotional’ Category

Amos 8:11: “Behold, the days are coming,”...

February 18th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
There 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 devotional
A 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 devotional
These 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 devotional
In 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 devotional
The 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 devotional
As 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 devotional
In 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 devotional
Amos 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 devotional
This "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 devotional
After 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 devotional
In 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 devotional
As 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 devotional
Once 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 devotional
Wind 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 devotional
This 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 devotional
At 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 devotional
As 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 devotional
We 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 devotional
God 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 devotional
The words, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," sound familiar to many because Jesus ...

Hosea 5:7: “They have dealt treacherously with...

January 29th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God's message to His people through Hosea was that He was upset with them ...

Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack...

January 28th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The King James Version of this verse reads, “My people perish for lack of ...

Hosea 3:2: “So I bought her for myself for...

January 27th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God told Hosea to go and buy back his adulterous wife. According to sources ...

Hosea 2:8–9: “For she did not know / That...

January 26th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The people of Israel were experiencing good times. They had plenty of grain, wine, ...

Hosea 1:2: “When the LORD began to speak by...

January 25th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The prophet Hosea lived during the reign of one of the worst northern kings ...

Daniel 12:3–4: “Those who are wise shall...

January 24th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Daniel was told that the words in this prophecy were to be hidden or ...

Daniel 11:36–37: “Then the king shall do...

January 23rd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
These verses give us some details about the Antichrist of Daniel's 70th week, which ...

Daniel 10:12–13: “Then he said to me, ‘Do...

January 22nd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
This chapter teaches us several interesting things about prayer, and also gives us some ...

Daniel 9:25 “Know therefore and understand, / That...

January 21st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
While Daniel was in captivity in Babylon, he was reading Jeremiah's book and came ...

Daniel 8:9: “And out of one of them came a...

January 20th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Daniel was shown a vision of the nations and times that were to come. ...

Daniel 7:4: “The first was like a lion, and...

January 19th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The lion in this vision given to Daniel by God, has long been considered ...