Hear, Listen, Obey
Today’s Reading: Micah 1-2 One important verb in the Hebrew Old Testament is לשמע (leShema), which means “to hear (or, to listen).” The word is used many times to get both
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Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 15:7, 19-28, 32-33; 2 Chronicles 26:22-23; 27:2-6; Isaiah 1:18-20, 27-31; 2:1-5, 19 – 3:7; 4:2-6; 5:26-30; 6:1-13 After talking yesterday about the different sins, today begins
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Today’s Reading: Isaiah 1:1-17, 21-26; 2:6-18; 3:8-4:1; 5:1-25; 32:9-11 Today’s reading in Isaiah is interesting, because although this is a record of the words Isaiah prophesied, in actual fact, it
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Today’s Reading: Amos 7:10-17; 2 Kings 14:28-29; 15:8-18; 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 Pride is dangerous. Uzziah’s pride robbed him of his royal position and all his relationships. I wonder if he
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Today’s Reading: Amos 5:1-7:9; 8-9 Our portion from Amos today ends on a very positive note. I love it! Though punished under the wrath of God, Israel will once again
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Today’s Reading: Amos 1-4 Amos 1:3 through 2:3 focuses on judgment of the sins of Israel’s neighbours—Aram, Philistia, Phoenicia, Edom, Ammon, and Moab (four of those nations were distant relatives
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 14:17,21; 15:1-2,3; 2 Chronicles 25:26-28; 26:1-15; Hosea 10-14 What an illustration of failed leadership! Uzziah, as king, did what was right in God’s eyes, yet the
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Today’s Reading: Hosea 4-9 “Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears” (Hosea 6:4b), is the Lord’s response to Israel’s words of repentance. It was
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Today’s Reading: Hosea 1-3 I’m not sure how you are affected by today’s story of Hosea and his unfaithful wife. For me, it is painful beyond words. Perhaps there is
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Today’s Reading: Jonah; 2 Kings 13:5-6; 14:25-27 This is another one of my favourite books or stories in the Bible – of another very extra-ordinary, ordinary man or prophet! Sent
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