When we disobey God we journey downward away from His presence. Every step away from God's way was down to Joppa, down into the ship, and down into the sides of the ship. When we are disobedient to the LORD we bring harm upon others too. Our reading for today is Jonah 1 through 4. …
Category: Minor Prophets
The day of the LORD is near…
Our reading for today is only one chapter; it is a one chapter book with a very strong message of warning and hope. Obadiah 1. For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. …
Behold, the days come…
The apostle Paul has written in Romans 11:29 "For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance," therefore God will keep His promises to the people of Israel, and will bring them back to Himself. Our reading of Scripture for today is Amos 7 through 9. In that day will I raise up the …
…The LORD is His name…
Our Bible reading today is Amos 4 through 6. For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, "Seek ye Me, and ye shall live: but seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. "Seek the LORD, and …
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing…
There is more to these words. Be sure to read Amos 1 through 3. Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, "You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore …
From Me is your fruit found…
It is always God who gives the increase. Read Hosea 13 through Joel 1. O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto Him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves …
They shall walk after the LORD
Reading today in Hosea 10 through 12. "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called My son out of Egypt. As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they …
…They have not cried unto Me with their heart…
Our Bible reading for today is Hosea 7 through 9. "Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. When they shall go, I will spread My net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation …
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Come, and let us return unto the LORD…
It is time for the Christians of the world to repent, and return unto the LORD, and the truth of His word. Today, our Scripture reading is Hosea 4 through 6. Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind …
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king…
Today's reading is Hosea 1 through 3. Then said the LORD unto me, "Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine." So I bought her to me for fifteen …
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The Coming of the King
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle …
He Shall Build His Temple
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, "Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set …
The LORD Does What He Says He Will Do
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, "The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. Therefore say thou unto them, "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; "Turn ye unto Me," saith the …
Consider Your Ways
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, "Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, …
The LORD Will Joy Over You With Singing
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My suppliants, even the daughter of My dispersed, shall bring Mine offering. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for …