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Our scripture today is Daniel 1:17 (MEV). As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in every branch of learning and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all kinds of visions and dreams. The book of Daniel is part of a unique group of literature that is termed apocalyptic. That mouthful loosely …
Our scripture today is Ezekiel 36:22 (NIV). Therefore say to the Israelites, “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.” …
Our scripture today is Ezekiel 34:12 (NIV). As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. The people of Ezekiel’s time would remember David’s psalm …
Our scripture today is Ezekiel 11:19 (NIV). I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Back in 1980 Christian singer/songwriter Keith Green sang “So You Want to Go Back to Egypt”, a kind …
Our scripture today is Ezekiel 11:12 (NIV). And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you. God tells the people their sin of not honoring Him and that they will see what it …
Our scripture today is Ezekiel 10:18 (MEV). Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. One of the saddest verses in all of scripture, this records the Lord’s presence departing the temple. God tells them “if you don’t want to be My special people, …
Our scripture today is Ezekiel 3:17 (NIV). “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.” In the time that Ezekiel lived, watchmen served as lookouts for danger that might affect their people, normally an enemy army approaching. …
Our scripture today is Ezekiel 1:2-3 (NIV). On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin— the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. There the hand of the Lord was on …
Our scripture today is Lamentations 5:21 (NIV). “Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old” Lamentations ends with a plea from the people to be restored to God. This is the basis of the Parable of the Prodigal Son that Jesus tells us in Luke 15. Thinking we …
Our scripture today is Lamentations 4:16 (NIV). The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor. There was special condemnation for the priests and elders who did not speak out against the apostasy and idol worship that was widespread. There is a …