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“I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” – Job

Read Obadiah-Jonah 4

“Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.” Jonah 3:5 We are all familiar with the Story of Jonah, how God spoke to him, how he disobeyed, and the consequences that followed. He ended up doing what God […]

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Read Amos 6-9

“Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.” Amos 7:14 Amos is upbraided by Amaziah the priest for prophesying of Israel’s doom and judgement. Here is his reply, and one that we can learn

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Read Amos 1-5

“For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind and declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness and treads on the high places of the earth, the Lord God of hosts is His name.” Amos 4:13 Several times in this Book, Amos draws upon the “Theme” of God’s

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Read Joel 1-3

“Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near,” Joel 2:1 This is the warning God gives through His Prophet Joel. As we read of the devastation by an Army of

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Read Hosea 10-14

“Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, the more altars he made; The richer his land, the better he made the sacred pillars.” Hosea 10:1 In Today’s Reading, Hosea uses the imagery of a Vine producing fruit and likens it to the People of Israel. Then, as they

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Read Hosea 5-9

“Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.” Hosea 6:1 In the previous Chapter, God has likened Himself to a lion. He says in 5:14, “For I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a

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ET On John – 12

John 3:9-21 Nicodemus replied, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things? I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. If I have told

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Read Hosea 1-4

“And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.” Hosea 2:20 When you take time to meditate on Scripture and consider all that it consists of, you have to be continually amazed. Today, we are introduced to Hosea, who is told at the beginning of his book, to “take

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