TODAY’S DAILY READING: 2 Kings 23-24 & Psalms 99-100
Old Testament: 2 Kings 23- Covenant
2 Kings 23:3
“Then the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant.”… Read
2 Kings 24- Survival
2 Kings 24:3
“Surely at the commandment of the Lord this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done.”
The final chapters of 2 Kings tell the story of the death of a nation. After having a glorious beginning, and being miraculously sustained for a thousand years, the nation of Judah is defeated, the Temple destroyed, and the people taken as prisoners … Read More
Psalm 99- God Who Forgives
Psalms 99:8
“You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were to them God-Who-Forgives,
Though You took vengeance on their deeds.”
The Psalmist writes regarding the forgiveness of God and the fact that He will mete out vengeance on certain… Read More
Psalm 100- You Should Know Better
Psalm 100:3
“Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”
Have you ever heard the phrase, “you should have known better?” We use it when we view evidence so compelling… Read More
Jim Gallagher 