Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Nahum’s ministry was one of warning to Nineveh because of her sins.  An interesting statement from the beginning of the book:  “The Lord...

A very quick note, this morning, largely letting a single verse and song lyrics to tell the story.   What a powerful ending prophecy...

“The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth” (1:1).  The Lord uses ordinary people to accomplish his purposes.  An example? ...

God is concerned about Nineveh!  How shocking that message must have been to Jonah and to Israel.  It might be comparable, today, to a...

We have only the one chapter in which Obadiah spoke concerning Edom.  His message was quite clear and to the point:  Though Edom was...

There’s this series of five visions in Amos 7-9:  The locusts eating crops, Judgment by fire, The wall and plumb line, The basket of...

There is great danger in bowing to group pressure and not standing up for what is right.  Always this is a temptation, i.e., “to go along...

“Blow a trumpet in Zion;       sound an alarm on my holy mountain!” (2:1)   And so, Joel cries out as he sees terrible, terrible...

I always tend to close out my musings on Hosea by pointing to the closing verses.  Someone might ask, “Why do you always reflect on those...

The prophecies of Hosea are easily divided into two groups:  chapters 1-3 biographical materials & chapters 4-14 oracles.  Back in 4:1,...

Several days ago, I quoted Daniel as he prayed:  “O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his prayers for mercy . . .”...

One of the most shocking verses in all the prophetic books.  God speaks through Hosea to say, “My people inquire of a piece of wood, and...

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

Three chapters left in Daniel but so much more to come:  the 70 weeks prophecy, the vision of the man which terrified Daniel (ch. 10),...

Lots of imagery in these chapters, the meaning of which has been hotly debated over the years.  In these three chapters (There’s more in...