There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Jonah 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. [Jonah 4:2] Jonah knew that God would forgive the wicked Ninevites, that is why he didn’t want to preach to them – he…
who is He sending me to?
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Jonah 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. [Jonah 3:4-5] Go to work today and…
from the depths I pray
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Jonah 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me. I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ [Jonah 2:3-4]…
no place to hide (2)
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Jonah 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa,…
no place to hide
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 139 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my…
the lofty one cares
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 138 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar. [Psalm 138:6] The leader of my country does not know my name; those that are under him do not know me either. Eventually, down the line, there is some…
singing despite
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 137 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” [Psalm 137:1-3]…
the song that never ends
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 136 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever. [Psalm 136:26] This psalm is a responsive reading, designed to be used when believers gather. It makes for a great “thanksgiving litany”, and a good pattern to follow when family or friends gather for thanksgiving. The…
reasons to praise Him
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 135 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. [Psalm 135:3] All you Israelites, praise the LORD; house of Aaron, praise the LORD; house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD. [Psalm 135:19-20] Who should…
night shift
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 134 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. [Psalm 134:1] As I see it, the night is for sleeping. And normally that is what I want to do through the night, though lately my sleep is…