Category: Daily Readings

Mar 17 (Daily reading: Deuteronomy 17-20) Deuteronomy 18:15-22 speaks of prophets, people whom God raises up to be His spokespersons. God emphasized that His people would not receive His directions by sorcery or divination, but from His prophets: “I will raise up for them a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will…

Mar 16 (Daily reading: Deuteronomy 14-16, NKJV) “For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth” (14:2). We have talked about the Hebrew word “segullah” that…

Mar 15 (Daily reading: Deuteronomy 11-13, NIV) We visualize a beautiful scene as we read: “The land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God…

Mar 14 (Daily reading: Deuteronomy 8-10) In preparing the people to enter Canaan, Moses presented the reality of God’s love: “The LORD set His affection on your fathers, to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, you over all the other peoples, as it is this day” (10:15). They were loved, and they…

Mar 13 (Daily reading: Deuteronomy 5-7) “He will love you and bless you and multiply you” (7:13). Chapter 7 emphasizes two things that flow out of God’s love. First, there is God’s grace: “The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the…

Mar 12 (Daily reading: Deuteronomy 3-4) When it was time for the children of Israel to enter the Promised Land, Moses reminded them of God’s promise. “See, I have placed the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to…

Mar 11 (Daily reading: Deuteronomy 1-2) (Taken from pages 106-108 from my book, “We Love Because God First Loved Us”). Jim Phillips wrote that unbelief could happen on different levels, as illustrated in the unbelief of the Israelites at Kadesh-Barnea, (“One Another,” pages 60-61). (1) Unbelief can make us doubt the presence of God: “Is…

Mar 10 (Daily reading: Numbers 35-36) Many times, we hear victims of a crime, or their families, say, “We just want justice!” God gave Moses laws by which His people would live in the new land, and many of them were related to justice. He made a distinction between murder and accidental death. He set…

Mar 9 (Daily reading: Numbers 33-34) We as God’s children should possess “holy boldness.” Moses recorded that “the sons of Israel started out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians” (33:3). They began with boldness and confidence because God had freed them from bondage! Unfortunately, wilderness living is not characterized by holy boldness. When…

Mar 8 (Daily reading: Numbers 31-32) The tribes of Reuban and Gad saw that the land on the east side of the Jordan was ideal for their livestock, so they asked Moses if this land could be their inheritance. Moses reacted strongly, “Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here?” (32:6). Moses…