Category: Daily Readings

August 12 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 18-22) God revealed His purpose by sending Jeremiah to the house of the potter. Jeremiah watched as the potter worked with the clay on the wheel. When the potter found a fault in the clay, “he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make” (18:4). God…

August 11 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 14-17) There is so much disappointment, even desolation, in the words, “They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their vessels empty” (14:3). I have not been anywhere close to dying of thirst, but I have had a glimpse of the disappointment of searching…

August 10 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 10-13) If we are to fulfill God’s purpose of being His spokespersons in this world, we must be clear that He alone is God! God had challenged His people through Jeremiah: “But where are your gods which you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you in…

August 9 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 7-9) Jeremiah 7 gives us insight into true worship. God delivered His message by asking Jeremiah to stand at the gate of the Lord’s house, where the people gathered to worship. He reproached the people for saying, “This is the temple of the Lord,” while committing evil and walking “after…

August 8 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 4-6, NIV) God’s plan in calling Jeremiah revealed His purpose: “I appointed you as a prophet to the nations” (Jer. 1:5). Israel had already been conquered by Assyria; now Jeremiah prophesied the fall of Judah at the hands of Babylon. Their sin was revealed: “Go up and down the streets…

August 7 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 1-3) There is a theme in Jeremiah of God’s plan, purpose, and promise. “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you [purpose], plans to give you hope and a future [promise]’” (Jer. 29:11, NIV). God’s plan for…

August 6 (Daily reading: Zephaniah) Zephaniah was a prophet in the days of King Josiah. Judah declined spiritually after Hezekiah died, but Josiah led the nation to make many reforms. He was backed by the prophets Jeremiah and Nahum, but Judah would not change its ways. Zephaniah’s theme was the approaching “day of the Lord:”…

August 5 (Daily reading: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35) Josiah was eight years old when he became king … He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left” (2 Kgs. 22:1-2). It…

August 4 (Daily reading: Nahum) When Jonah preached to Nineveh, the people repented, and God spared the city. But all too soon, Nineveh reverted to its evil ways and God revealed to the prophet Nahum that judgment was coming. Nineveh fell in 612 B.C. Nahum helps us understand many things about God. He revealed that…

August 3 (Daily reading: 2 Chronicles 32-33) Hezekiah said to the people in the face of great danger: “Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with…