Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Concerning Edom:  Though she is lofty and proud, she will be brought down.  Though rich, she will be pillaged.  Having entered into...

These chapters contain a series of five visions: The locusts eating crops, Judgment by fire, The wall and plumb line, The basket of...

Always, there’s the temptation to “go along to get along,” to “go with the flow,” “to run with the crowd,” “to test the currents,” etc....

Joel saw terrible, terrible destruction coming in the form of swarms of locusts.  So certain was the coming judgment that he was able to...

For years, Donna had to watch Hallmark Channel movies by herself.  I just was not interested.  In recent years, however, I have learned...

Israel (Ephraim) continued to reject the prophet’s warnings and offers of mercy on behalf of God.  They continued to sin outrageously and...

The family matters taken care of, Hosea begins his oracles:  “Hear the word of the Lord . . .” (4:1).  We live in a day in which the Word...

I always enjoy it when the book of Hosea rolls around.  Hosea’s biography is a story of adultery and redemption.  His wife, Gomer,...

The four beasts = four kingdoms that will rise and then fall.  The ram and the goat (ch. 8), the little horn, etc.   In the midst of all...

Things are not looking good in the Middle East.  Though agreements, treaties, and significant assistance from the US, Israel is despised...

I need to step back to Lamentations, which I inadvertently skipped over.  Actually, they are “The Lamentations of Jeremiah,” which he...

The Lord will judge Gog.  The result?  “So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. ...

Chapter 37 is the “dry bones chapter.”  There is a statement here that I have seen in many other places in the book of Ezekiel:  “And I...

Chapter 33 is a reminder (see ch. 3) that Ezekiel is Israel’s watchman.  He’s not the only one.  Time and time again, the Lord has...

I’m just amazed at the boldness with which Ezekiel (and the other prophets) spoke to his (their) fellow countrymen.  He called Jerusalem...