Posts with the tag “week-26”

2 Chronicles 29:3-31:21.  “Faithful Reform” Hezekiah’s father, Ahaz, was a wicked king, as was Hezekiah’s son, Manasseh.  However, Hezekiah “did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight” (29:2).  Hezekiah promoted reform in Judah as had not been witnessed in years.  He developed a powerful prayer life and interceded for his people.  He instituted civil and religious reform.  He contributed generously...  Read More

2 Kings 16:19-20; 2 Chronicles 28:26-27; Isaiah 13-16.  “Faithful Prophecies” It is amazing to read through the passage in Isaiah as it describes the fall of Babylon and to remember that this was written a century before Babylon even became a world power.  Assyria was the world power in the time of Isaiah, and Babylon is just a small part of that empire.  Isaiah predicts that it will not only beco...  Read More

Isaiah 1:21-5:30.  “Faithful Judgment” “God is a judge who is perfectly fair” (Psalm 7:11a).  Today’s passage testifies repeatedly of God’s coming judgment.  Israel and Judah were to be dealt with according to their disobedience.  There are actually four things to remember as you read this passage.  Number one, the judgment is warranted by the accused.  Israel rejected God and everything He asked ...  Read More

2 Kings 17:5-41; 18:9-12; Isaiah 1:1-20; 28:1-29.  “Faithful Treatment” Isaiah 28 closes with a wonderful poetic parable.  The parable describes how a farmer deals uniquely with each crop.  The farmer knows what each of his various sections of land will produce the most of a specific crop.  He knows what tools will prepare the land the best.  He knows what each crop will require in order to produc...  Read More

Hosea 9-14.  “Faithful Always” Under Nevada state law, any county with a population of fewer than 700,000 is allowed to legalize prostitution in brothels if it so chooses (which all rural counties have had at least one legal brothel in operation at one point or another).  Escort services offering sexual entertainment consume 140 pages of the Las Vegas yellow pages.It’s disturbing to even talk abou...  Read More

Hosea 2:14-8:14.  “Faithful Love” I performed a wedding ceremony a few weeks ago and not once were there promises of unfaithfulness.  In fact, I’ve never been to a wedding where a couple vowed to be unfaithful.  Yet Hosea knew his wife, Gomer, would be unfaithful.  God had told the prophet this and had told him why.  Hosea’s life was a living love story and illustration of Israel’s love story with...  Read More

2 Kings 15:30-31; 16:10-18; 17:1-4; 18:1-8;  2 Chronicles 28:16-25; 29:1-2; Isaiah 12:1-6; 17:1-14; Hosea 1:1-2:13.  “Faithful Expressions” Faithfulness is the theme of the week.  We will see illustrations of God’s faithfulness to us and the people’s faithfulness to Him.  We will also read vivid real-life examples of what it means to be unfaithful.  We will see what God thinks of being unfaithful,...  Read More

Faithfulness is the theme of the week.  We will see illustrations of God’s faithfulness to us and the people’s faithfulness to Him.  We will also read vivid real-life examples of what it means to be unfaithful.  We will see what God thinks of being unfaithful, and we will also see how He responds to it (believe it or not, faithfully—both in love and judgment).  Read More