Month: April 2020

“Look … the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace!” Nahum 1:15 Remember Nineveh? Remember Jonah? In the Bible book that bears his name, God rebukes Jonah for not wanting to share God’s mercy with Nineveh. Even though Jonah was a reluctant missionary, the whole city of Nineveh repented! But Nineveh fell…

“Who despises the day of small things?” Zechariah 4:10 Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah all describe the rebuilding of the temple after the Jews returned from exile in Babylon. A curious incident occurred at the dedication of the new temple. Generally, the people shouted for joy. But many of the older leaders, who remembered Solomon’s temple,…

“… for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.” Psalms 107:9 Successful people are often just people who were a little hungrier and thirstier for success than the rest of us. What we desired, they pursued. Napoleon was born in poverty. His classmates made fun of him in school. But he…

“If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.” Exodus 18:23 A good general knows it’s a mistake to try and fight on too many fronts at once; that when you’re “spread out too thin” you’re vulnerable! And the same…

“But they urged him strongly, ‘Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.’” Luke 24:29 Two people were walking from Jerusalem to a village nearby. They were discussing the crucifixion of Jesus, reliving the events of the past few days. They couldn’t make any sense of it. They “had hoped…

“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” Isaiah 30:21 Jesus understood God’s strategic plan for His life — the redemption of humankind — and lived each day of His life in the light of it. At…

“When Peter saw him, he asked, ‘Lord, what about him?’” John 21:21 The Bible says, “Peter turned around and saw behind them the disciple Jesus loved — the one who had leaned over to Jesus during supper and asked, ‘Lord, who will betray you?’ Peter asked Jesus, ‘What about him, Lord?’ Jesus replied, ‘If I want…

“God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 I don’t know what’s on your heart. I don’t know what you believe. As you read John 3:16, which is probably the most well known verse of the…

“And (the LORD) said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ And I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, you know.’” Ezekiel 37:3 When the LORD spoke to Ezekiel in this chapter, the Jews were in captivity in Babylon. They had no strength to go home or to defend themselves. They said about themselves, “Our bones…