Click for a PDF version Monday Habakkuk 1:1-4 The book of Habakkuk was written by the prophet Habakkuk around 605 BC to the people of Judah who were struggling to comprehend the ways of God. It contains a dialogue between the prophet and God. The prophet argues with God over His ways, which appear...
Click for a PDF version Monday Nahum 1-3 Nahum is the seventh of the Minor Prophets, the last 12 books of the Old Testament. When God had a message for the people, He spoke through prophets. His word came to them through visions, dreams, oracles, parables, burdens, and the like. Most of these books...
Click for a PDF version Monday Micah 1 & 2 Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, spoke more to the rural people, whereas Isaiah prophesied in Jerusalem. The years preceding Micah’s prophecy were prosperous, the result of foreign trade and international stability. Consequently, Micah, like Amos, speaks out against the abuses associated with increased wealth....
Click for a PDF version Monday Jonah 1-4; Isaiah 26:12 God chose Jonah to prophecy against Nineveh. Would you have picked Jonah to take a message to Nineveh? I would not have chosen Jonah. It’s true that he was a true prophet. It’s true that he believed absolutely in the true God. But his...
Click for a PDF version Monday Obadiah 1; Jeremiah 49:7-22 Obadiah and Edom are this week’s lenses as we survey God’s sovereign favor toward His own. Though loving, God is righteous and holy; His patience (“longsuffering”) with disobedience has limits. Edom’s issues included their ongoing contentiousness with Israel and rejecting Yahweh—as Abraham’s descendants, they...
Click for a PDF version Monday Amos 1:1 – 2:16 The Book of Amos (1:1) identifies Amos as an 8th century BC prophet, a contemporary of Isaiah. His message begins with comparing the LORD to a lion, roaring from Zion (v. 2). His roaring was directed toward Israel, the northern kingdom that had turned...
Click for a PDF version Monday Isaiah 13: 1-13 Joel is one of the few Old Testament prophetic books that contains no overt reference to its historical context. However, there are clues within the text that suggest it was written as early as the late 9th century BC and as late as the 5th...
Click for a PDF version Monday Hosea 9:1-3; Isaiah 1:16-21; 2 Kings 17:6-13 The Prodigal Son story is well-known, particularly in depicting the eagerness of the loving father (portraying God) to forgive and welcome the wayward son (representing repentant sinners turning to God) who had foolishly squandered his inheritance. As we anticipate Mother’s Day,...
Click for a PDF version Monday 2 Corinthians 4:17-18; 5:7 “For we live by believing and not by seeing.” (2 Corinthians 5:7) How do you feel when a person tells you to “see your troubles as opportunities”? Paul was a man who constantly faced “opportunities” and wrote to the believers how he does not...
Click for a PDF version Monday Matthew 16:16-18; Ephesians 4:15-16; Revelation 19:7-8 Jesus is the reason for church. “I am building My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” —Jesus (Matt. 16:18) Paul said that Jesus’ Church is His Body with different members having different functions, working together to accomplish...
