In The Word Read: James 1: 1-18 The Testing of Your Faith 1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. 2 Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let […]
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Return To Me
In The Word Read: Malachi 3:7-18 7 “From the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ You Have Robbed God 8 “Would anyone rob God? Yet you […]
God Hates Divorce
In The Word Read: Malachi 2:10-3:6 Sin in the Family 10 Do we not all have one Father? Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in […]
Love, Honor, and Respect
In The Word Read: Malachi 1-2:9 God’s Love for Jacob 1 The pronouncement of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi: 2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “WasEsau not Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and […]
A Day Is Coming
In The Word Read: Zechariah 14 God Will Battle Jerusalem’s Enemies 14 Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoils taken from you will be divided among you. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women raped, and half […]
The Difference
In The Word Read: Zechariah 12-13 Jerusalem to Be Attacked 12 The pronouncement of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of a person within him, declares: 2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering […]
It’s Not About Us
In The Word Read: Zechariah 11 The Doomed Flock 11 Open your doors, Lebanon, So that a fire may feed on your cedars. 2 Wail, juniper, because the cedar has fallen, For the magnificent trees have been destroyed; Wail, oaks of Bashan, Because the impenetrable forest has come down. 3 There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail, […]
The King Is Coming!
In The Word Read: Zechariah 9-10 Prophecies against Neighboring Nations 9 The pronouncement of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of mankind, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord), 2 And Hamath also, which borders on it; Tyre and […]
Truth And Peace
In The Word Read: Zechariah 8 The Coming Peace and Prosperity of Zion 8 Then the word of the Lord of armies came, saying, 2 “The Lord of armies says this: ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.’3 The Lord says this: ‘I will return to Zion and dwell in […]
Heart Condition
In The Word Read: Zechariah 7 7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. 2 Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to seek the favor of the Lord, 3 speaking to the […]