Category: Daily Readings

July 23 (Daily reading: Isaiah 31-34) Isaiah warned against trusting any human power (such as the horsemen and chariots of Egypt). This had been Israel’s position: “But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!” (31:1). He put the Assyrians in the same camp as the Egyptians and advised…

July 22 (Daily reading: Isaiah 28-30) We see the purpose of these prophecies: “Now go, write it … that it may serve in the time to come as a witness forever” (30:8). We learn as we see how God has dealt with His people in the past. The people of Isaiah’s day were guilty of…

July 21 (Daily reading: Hosea 8-14, NIV) We go back to see what God’s purpose was in asking Hosea to marry Gomer. He wanted Israel to hear this message: “I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and…

July 20 (Daily reading: Hosea 1-7; quotes are from NIV) God gave Hosea a difficult assignment: “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD” (1:2). God used his marriage and the birth of his children to foretell how He…

July 19 (Daily reading: 2 Kings 18; 2 Chronicles 29-31; Psalm 48) 2 Kings 18 said that Hezekiah “did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done” (v. 3). It is so refreshing that there is no “but” after these words! Hezekiah did everything right! The record…

July 18 (Daily reading: Isaiah 23-27) Two selections from today’s reading were quoted by Paul as he wrote about the end times. “He will swallow up death for all time, and the LORD GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For…

July 18 (Daily reading: Isaiah 23-27) Two selections from today’s reading were quoted by Paul as he wrote about the end times. “He will swallow up death for all time, and the LORD GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For…

July 17 (Daily reading: Isaiah 18-22) Isaiah 19:23-25 is a fascinating prophecy: “In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt…

July 17 (Daily reading: Isaiah 18-22) Isaiah 19:23-25 is a fascinating prophecy: “In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt…

July 16 (Daily reading: Isaiah 13-17) As we read from Isaiah through the end of the month, we will see the recurring theme of God’s judgment on sin. “The LORD says, “I will bring disaster on the earth and punish all wicked people for their sins. I will humble everyone who is proud and punish…