Category: Daily Devotional

Merry Christmas to all! Jesus is surely the Savior whom God sent into the world in the fullness of time. We come now to the birth of our Savior, Jesus.  We go back to Luke 2:1-21 for this part of the story: 1In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should…

Habakkuk 1-3 1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. Habakkuk’s Complaint 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,    and you will not hear?Or cry to you “Violence!”    and you will not save?3 Why do you make me see iniquity,    and why do you idly look at wrong?Destruction and violence are before me;    strife and contention arise.4 So the law is paralyzed,    and justice never…

We continue our look at a chronology of biblical accounts around Jesus’ birth. Some 700 years before Jesus was born, the prophet Isaiah wrote prophecies of the birth of the Savior.  Isaiah 9:1-7 tells this part of the story: 1But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought…

Micah 6-7 The Indictment of the Lord 6 Hear what the Lord says:Arise, plead your case before the mountains,    and let the hills hear your voice.2 Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord,    and you enduring foundations of the earth,for the Lord has an indictment against his people,    and he will contend with Israel. 3 “O my people, what have I done to you?    How have I wearied you?…

We continue our look at a chronology of biblical accounts around Jesus’ birth. Mary, having stayed with Elizabeth for 3 months, returns to Nazareth. She is obviously pregnant and Joseph now must decide what to do about the situation. Matthew 1:18-25 tells this story: 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother…

Micah 4-5 The Mountain of the Lord 4 It shall come to pass in the latter days    that the mountain of the house of the Lordshall be established as the highest of the mountains,    and it shall be lifted up above the hills;and peoples shall flow to it,2     and many nations shall come, and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain…

As we look at a chronology of biblical accounts around Jesus’ birth, our next event is Mary’s visit to her relative Elizabeth who is six months pregnant with a son who will be known as John the Baptist. Luke 1:39-56 tells this story: 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country,…

Micah 1-3 1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. The Coming Destruction 2 Hear, you peoples, all of you;[a]    pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,and let the Lord God be a witness against you,    the Lord from his holy temple.3 For behold, the Lord is…

As we look at a chronology of biblical accounts around Jesus’ birth, our next event is the angel who visits Mary to announce her favored status to be the mother of the Son of God. Luke 1:26-38 tells us the story: 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of…

Jonah 1-4 Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil[a] has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he…