As Joshua faces his new position as the leader of Israel, the Lord speaks directly to him confirming the promise and covenant to drive out the inhabitants of this land before them and give it as an inheritance to Israel.…
Category: Devotions
Who Is a God Like You
Though the prophet is telling them of their captivity and dispersion among the nations, there is a strong future message about a leader to come. Jesus Christ will come in Micah 5:2 “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, too small to…
Woe to Those Who Plan Wickedness
The Lord created a world of abundance with room for everyone and yet there are those that take from others and of them the Lord says in Micah 2:1 “Woe to those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their…
Who Is Discerning That Knows
The Lord has been speaking to the children of Israel through his prophet Hosea, but they are wrapped up in their political alliances and are trusting in the work of their own hands in Hosea 12:8 And Ephraim said, “Surely,…
It Is Time To Seek Yahweh
Isreal, the Northern tribes, Ephraim, has lost its place in the world. They are no longer set apart and sought out as the Queen of Sheba came to Solomon in 1 Kings 10:6–9. Now, in Hosea 8:8 “Israel is swallowed…
Come Let Us Return to Yahweh
The Lord has come to his people through Hosea and presents their actions, from the priests, to the people, and to their King and says in Hosea 5:4 “Their deeds do not permit them to return them to God. Because…
On That Day I Will Answer Declares Yahweh
The people of Israel have been unfaithful to the Lord and are living among the nations as one of them. The Lord has spoken by the prophets and now gives them an object lesson, not just words, but examples through…
Look Days Are Coming
The Lord is, and has always been for righteousness, holiness, justice and has told these people through Amos in Amos 5:15 “Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate”. But they continue their abuses as in Amos…
Hate Evil and Love Good and Establish Justice
People often talk about the haves and the have nots, and in this fallen world, there are those that take what they want because they can. But in Amos 4:2 My Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that, “Behold,…
My Lord Yahweh has Spoken
The day of the Lord is coming and the Prophet Amos begins in Amos 1:2 And he said, “Yahweh roars from Zion and he utters his voice from Jerusalem”. And his words begin with the nations around Judah where Tyre…
Deliverance Belongs to Yahweh!
Jonah is a short book and a little unusual because it is as much about the prophet and his responses to God as it is about the prophet’s message. It begins with Jonah running from God and everyone around him…
There Are Many Other Things That Jesus Did
Jesus revealed the will of God by the things that he did. He read from the prophecy of Isaiah in Luke 4:18 and fulfilled it as he “went around doing good and healing” in Acts 10:38. Yet none of them…
The King of the Jews
The Jews brought Jesus to Pilate requesting a death sentence. In John 19:16 Pilate said to them, “You take him and crucify him! For I do not find a basis for an accusation against him”. But Pilate knew the Jews…
I Find No Basis for an Accusation
Jesus had been born for this purpose, to give his life for the sin of the world. And, he did willingly lay down his life, but he didn’t take his own life. By not resisting those that cried “Crucify! Crucify!”…