Today's Bible Reading Isaiah 14:24 The Lord of host has sworn:"As I have planned so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand." We live in, for the most part, a faithless world. It is hard to have faith in anyone or anything. The world is filled with promise breakers, rather than promise keepers. Commitments are swallow and easily broken. We can't trust someone to follow through with what they said or accomplish what they agreed upon. We have lost faith in people

Today's Bible Reading Isaiah 5:4 What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? We all have expectations. Some of them are self-imposed and others are placed upon us by others. We typically strive to make sure that those expectations are met, or at least we begin with high hopes of meeting them. But when they are not met, we can easily become disappointed and disillusioned. We may find

Today's Bible Reading Isaiah 1:18 Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. There are times in our life when we are at such odds with someone that we tell them, "Let's talk." The hope is that through the encounter you might reason with each other to develop an amicable resolution to your conflict. This is the beginning to building back bridg

Today's Bible Reading Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. They say that timing is everything. Hitting a curve ball, catching a long throw and kicking the ball between the defends for a goal all take precise timing. A few seconds hesitation can change the outcome. If the timing is right it will result in an advantageous outcome, but i

June 26th Today's Bible Reading Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. Sometimes God allows us to be struck down so that we will return to Him. We all backslide. We all stumble into sin and find ourselves straying away from our faith. In those moments we will either relish our rebellion and continue in sin or be repulsed by sin and long to return to God. It is on us to deci

June 25th Today's Bible Reading 2 Chronicles 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. Today church attendance seems to be optional for more and more people. It has become that way because of a variety of reasons. Two particularly come to mind. They quit attending because church is not

June 24th Today's Bible Reading Isaiah 8:19-20 And when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. When we don’t know what is happening or where to go from here, we often seek guidance to help us. Some turn inwardly with great introsp

June 23rd Today's Bible Reading 2 Chronicles 27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. There are many ways to evaluate the legacy and life of someone. One can examine their accomplishment, their job performance, their relationship to their family, their reputation before others and even their spirituality. The assessment of their life is really relative to those who are analyzing it. Those in his family might say that he was a good so

Today's Bible Reading: AMOS 7:1-9:15, 2 KINGS 14:28-15:7, 2 CHRONICLES 26:22-23, ISAIAH 6:1-13 Isaiah 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." Missions is for every believer. It is the plan and purpose of God that every born-again believer be “On Mission”. We are all called to communicate the gospel globally “to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people” (Rev 14:6). The good news of Jesus is t

Today's Reading: AMOS 1:1-6:14 Amos 4:11 I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning, yet you did not return to me,” declares the LORD. God’s people are constantly straying from their steadfast commitment to Him. They are continually “drawn away and enticed by their own desires” (James 1: 14). They are repeatedly pulled off God’s path and plunged into temptation. This is not unknown to the Lord, as He t

Today's Reading: 2 KINGS 13:12-15:5, 2 CHRONICLES 26:1-25:28, JONAH 1:1-4:11 Jonah 1:17 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights; 2:10 and the Lord spoke to the fish . . . God is in control of all things. His control extends to all inanimate and animate things. Every aspect of His creation caters to His will and accomplishes His purpose. Throughout the pages of scripture, we find Him controllin

Today's Reading: 2 KINGS 12:17-13:1-25, 2 CHRONICLES 24:23-27 Not Yet 2 Kings 13:23 But the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence. There are times in our lives when we encounter tremendous difficulties, some of which causes great fear to well up within us. Perhaps it’s a news of a tragic accident or a terminal disease. No matter

Today's Reading: 2 KINGS 10:32-12:16, 2 CHRONICLES 22:10-24:22 2 Kings 12:2 Jehoash (Joash) do what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Often our obedience to the Lord is affected by those who we surround ourselves by. Those who faithfully follow the Lord teach us the truths of God’s word and how to do what is right in the sight of the Lord. They nurture us in the grace and admonition of the Lord. They direct us how to

Today's Reading: 2 CHRONICLES 21:8-22:9, 2 KINGS 8:23-10:31 2 Kings 10:10 “Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done what he said by his servant Elijah." We live in a world of unfulfilled promises. We live in a land of lies. People will commit to something then fail to follow through with what they promised to do. It happens at the altar, among friends, in business and

Today's Bible Reading: 2 KINGS 5:1-8:15 2 Kings 6:16 He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” This is not the only reality. There is another mostly unseen world. It is a spiritual dimension comprised of heavenly and hellish beings. This is the realm of faithful and fallen angels, of which the evil angels are set at destroying all that is godly, while the elect warrior angels stand ready to aid the Lord’s people. This i

Today's Bible Reading: 2 KINGS 2:1-25, 4:1-44 2 Kings 4:34 Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. We live in a world of those who identify as Christians, but show no evidence that validates their claim. They say they have spiritual life, but there is no proof of life. Their profession and practice do not coincide. On the other hand, genuine beli

Today's Bible Reading: 1 KINGS 22:41-50; 2 KINGS 1:1-18, 3:1-27, 8:16-22; 2 CHRONICLES 20:31-37, 21:1-7 2 Chronicles 21:7 Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever. Obviously good people are not good all the time and some bad people do good things. That’s just the way it is. This is how it is with believers as well. Believers can get

Today's Bible Reading: 1 KINGS 22:10-53; 2 CHRONICLES 18:9-20:30 2 Chronicles 20:12 "O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” Catastrophes can come upon us suddenly, when we don’t expect them or haven’t prepared for them. The calamity that confronts us often appears without notice or provocation, such was the situation in out text. The I

Today's Bible Reading: 1 KINGS 20:23-22:9, 2 CHRONICLES 18:1-8 1 Kings 20:28 And a man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because the Syrians have said, "The LORD is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys," therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.'" We live in a world of commonly believed misconceptions. Some include the idea that since fortune cookies are given

Today's Bible Reading: 1 KINGS 17:8-20:22 1 Kings 18:21 Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” We live in a blended society. We have blended families, blended drinks, a 50/50 blend of clothes, and even blended words such as brunch, bromance, frenemy, and off course chillax. But there are some attempts to blend items together that don’t work. I mean would you drink a