SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 38 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign LORD. In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts…
breathe prayer
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 37 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came…
for His Name’s sake
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 36 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. [Ezekiel 36:22] God’s problem is that He wants to restore…
the poison of bitterness
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax, therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did…
the good shepherd
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 34 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. [Ezekiel 34:16, compare Luke 15:3-6] Some days it is easy to find a connection to Jesus; today…
a fickle audience
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.’ My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to…
The splash of God’s love
[April 28, 2011] On Easter Sunday we were able to witness the baptism of Lisa and her son Andrew. They came to Crossroads through the invitation of Lisa’s friend Michelle. They have been a part of our community since January 2011.
judgment day
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 32 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign…
when there’s no fruit
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God. [Ezekiel 31:9] Today’s words are a warning to the king of Egypt, using the glory and fall of Assyria as an example of what is coming. Assyria is compared to a tree in…
God’s power and purpose
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord. [Ezekiel 30:26] Sometimes I find it hard to connect the reading for the day to Jesus; today was one of those days, but eventually the Lord led me to see…