Daily Devotionals

June 25 - 3 Stories about God’s Love - Luke 15 The three stories emphasizing the same theme include the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son.  The Lost Sheep emphasizes the joy of the Shepherd when He successfully retrieves the one straying...

June 24 - The Role of the Suffering Servant - Isaiah 53 The Servant (Jesus Christ) was introduced at the end of chapter 52, and the role of the Servant is portrayed in chapter 53.  In verse 2 it prophesies that Jesus will not be physically appealing or desired of...

June 23 - Salvation Prophesied - Isaiah 52 Isaiah paints a picture of a future salvation and freedom that will lead to God reigning.  Just like God’s people were enslaved to the Assyrians at this time in the Bible, today God’s people are enslaved by their own...

June 22 - The First Sin Creates a Need - Genesis 3 Today we read the account of the first sin committed by man, and several needs are created as a result of the sin.  The sin was simple disobedience.  Adam and Eve from the forbidden tree.  They were...

June 20 - Walking Skeletons - Ezekiel 37 God takes Ezekiel on a vision and places him in a valley.  This valley is full of dried bones, signifying that death had taken place long ago, and dignified burials did not happen pointing to a possible past...

June 19 - Disappointed in a Gracious God - Jonah 4 Today’s passage is staged by the last verse in chapter 3.  God withheld his judgment on Nineveh and gave them mercy.  As we begin chapter 4, Jonah is angry at God’s mercy and grace that is exercised for the...

June 18 - The King Fasted - Daniel 6 Today we find King Darius fasting all night to try to undo a problem that he caused.  King Darius had listened to ungodly advice, and signed a decree making it against the law to ask a petition of any man or God for 30...

June 17 - The Writing on the Wall - Daniel 5 King Belshazzar does not learn from his father’s mistake of having a mind hardened with pride.  Belshazzar throws a party and uses the golden cups that were taken out of the Temple in Jerusalem to drink out of...

June 16 - A Nagging Dream - Daniel 2 In today’s story King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has an unordinary dream with a significant meaning, but the problem came when he tried to recall the dream to get an interpretation.  All of his wise counsels to interpret the...

June 15 - Judgment Arrives - Jeremiah 52 King Zedekiah had a rebellious spirit toward the Lord.  This chapter outlines the punishment allowed due to the rebellion against God.  Some of the events are painful for Zedekiah, like all of his sons being put to...