April 4, 2022 | Jeremiah 5:20–31 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Digging into our sin is like peeling an onion. We’re never done—there always seems to be another layer. And the more layers are revealed, the more we recognize the depths of our sinfulness and our inability to help ourselves. As Jeremiah said later in the […]
April 3, 2022 | Jeremiah 2:1–13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Although 70 percent of Americans claim to be Christians, many do not attend any church. Denominational numbers are declining, as are church donations. Every year, about 6,000 to 10,000 local churches close their doors permanently. They have forsaken me, the spring of living water. JEREMIAH […]
April 2, 2022 | Jeremiah 1:4–19 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue How were Old Testament prophets appointed? When Isaiah was called, he “saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne.” Angels called to one another, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory” (Isa. 6:1–3). Similarly, when […]
April 1, 2022 | Jeremiah 1:1–3 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Jeremiah has been called “the weeping prophet.” Why? Because he brought mostly bad news. It grieved him even more that God’s people did not respond with repentance. They continued to sin, and judgment inevitably arrived. No wonder he wept! What was said through the prophet […]
March 31, 2022 | Proverbs 31:10–31 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue What a wide variety of women we have studied this month! These Old Testament women have made courageous decisions by faith, stepped up to lead, struggled with bitterness, loved with kindness, worshiped idols, spoke with wisdom, and prophesied truth. Each had different goals, obstacles, victories, […]
March 6, 2022 | Judges 4:11-24 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The battle between the Israelites and the Canaanites happened exactly as Deborah prophesied it would. Barak and Deborah moved in with their army of 10,000. Their opponent Sisera gathered his 900 iron chariots and all of his men to fend them off. The LORD himself […]
March 5, 2022 | Judges 4:1-10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Have you ever experienced this cycle? We sin, suffer, repent, and are reconciled, only to fall back into sin again. This pattern is played out again and again in the Old Testament. See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. […]
March 4, 2022 | Joshua 6:22-25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue What does it mean to live by faith? The essence of faith is to take God at His word and trust in Him. In both Testaments, believers were called to rely upon God for forgiveness and salvation. Those who live in faith depend upon God […]
March 3, 2022 | Joshua 2:12-24 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Biblical providence refers to God’s work of providing for the needs of His people. It is sometimes surprisingly miraculous and often seemingly simple. Always, it is deeply compassionate and a cause for gratitude. Today’s Scripture passage pulses with providence. What, then, shall we say in […]
March 2, 2022 | Joshua 2:1-11 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Since World War II, the Force RECON branch of United States Marine Corps has completed information-gathering missions that can only be accomplished by soldiers on the ground. In today’s passage, Joshua initiated his own on-the-ground intelligence operation. Rather than running headlong into battle, he sent […]