Daily Devotional – Page 37

01/05/T – The Cup of Wrath and the Cup of Mercy

2 Kings 25:8-30; Acts 23:1-10; Psalms 3:1-5; Proverbs 1:24-28 OT: “On the seventh day of the fifth month — which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon — Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem;Continue reading “01/05/T – The Cup of Wrath and the Cup of Mercy”

01/04/M – Wisdom’s Warning

2 Kings 23:31-25:7; Acts 22:17-30; Psalms 2:7-12; Proverbs 1:20-23 Psalms: “I will declare the Lord’s decree. He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance and the ends of the earth your possession. You will break them with anContinue reading “01/04/M – Wisdom’s Warning”

01/03/Su – Zeal for the Lord

2 Kings 23:8-30; Acts 22:1-16; Psalms 2:1-6; Proverbs 1:10-19 OT: “The king commanded all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God as written in the book of the covenant.” No such Passover had ever been observed from the time of the judges who judged Israel through the entire time of the kingsContinue reading “01/03/Su – Zeal for the Lord”

01/02/S – Conviction and Repentance

2 Kings 22:3-23:7; Acts 21:37-40; Psalms 1:6; Proverbs 1:7-9 OT: “The high priest Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it… Then the court secretary Shaphan told the king, “The priest Hilkiah has given meContinue reading “01/02/S – Conviction and Repentance”

01/01/F – Darkness and Light

2 Kings 21:1-22:2; Acts 21:27-36; Psalms 1:1-5; Proverbs 1:1-6 OT: “Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.Continue reading “01/01/F – Darkness and Light”

12/31/Th – Worthy of Praise

2 Kings 20:1-21; Acts 21:18-26; Psalms 150:6; Proverbs 31:25-31 Proverbs: “Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.” (‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31:30‬ ‭CSB) The last chapter in Proverbs is described as advice given to King Lemuel from his mother. Tradition suggests that Lemuel was Solomon, but no oneContinue reading “12/31/Th – Worthy of Praise”

12/30/W – Compelled by the Holy Spirit

2 Kings 19:5-37; Acts 21:7-17; Psalms 150:1-5; Proverbs 31:10-24 NT: “After we had been there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in JerusalemContinue reading “12/30/W – Compelled by the Holy Spirit”

12/29/T – Humility and Praise

2 Kings 18:13-19:4; Acts 21:1-6; Psalms 149:2-9; Proverbs 31:8-9 OT: ““Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Make peace with me and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and each may drink water from his own cisternContinue reading “12/29/T – Humility and Praise”

12/28/M – Godly Examples

2 Kings 17:29-18:12; Acts 20:16-38; Psalms 149:1; Proverbs 31:1-7 OT: “In the third year of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah… He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestor David had done. He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, andContinue reading “12/28/M – Godly Examples”

12/27/Su – The Consequences of Compromise

2 Kings 17:1-28; Acts 20:1-15; Psalms 148:5-14; Proverbs 30:32 OT: “This disaster happened because the people of Israel sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt and because they worshiped other gods. They lived according to the customs ofContinue reading “12/27/Su – The Consequences of Compromise”