Day 189

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Today's Reading: There is no reading today, but you can use this time to catch up on any days that you may have missed this week. Click here to access prior days.  My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests...

Day 188

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Today's Reading: Isaiah 1Isaiah 2Isaiah 3Isaiah 4 The book of Isaiah is the first major prophet book we have read (major just means longer than minor, not any more important). Isaiah was the prophet to the Southern Kingdom of Judah, and is one of the most quoted books in the New Testament. The...

Day 187

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Today's Reading: Hosea 10Hosea 11Hosea 12Hosea 13Hosea 14 Hosea called Ephraim to be like Jacob, humble and repentant, instead of the deceitful merchant Ephraim had become, boasting of its wealth. God would make them dwell in tents again as a humble reminder of their beginnings. Hosea noted...

Day 186

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Today's Reading: Hosea 6Hosea 7Hosea 8Hosea 9 God cherished Israel as a vine that had once produced fruit. In Hosea 9:13, the Lord said that Ephraim would send their sons off to war, where they would be killed in battle. There was a potential for them to repent and have blessings, but now God...

Day 185

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Today's Reading: Hosea 1Hosea 2Hosea 3Hosea 4Hosea 5 God wanted Hosea to win his wife Gomer back. Although he was heartbroken, Hosea obeyed. He would lead her to the wilderness, speak tenderly to her and court her again with love and compassion. Even after her betrayal, he still wanted her...

Day 184

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Today's Reading: Amos 6Amos 7Amos 8Amos 9 Amos declared that there would be a time of spiritual famine. God warned that there would be a day when people would search for His word but would not find it. This came to fruition. After the last of the Old Testament prophets, there was 400 years of...

Day 183

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Today's Reading: Amos 1Amos 2Amos 3Amos 4Amos 5 In Amos 3:2, the Lord spoke the words against Israel, “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your sins.” God chose you (Israel), to be in a special relationship with Him. You will...

Day 182

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Today's Reading: There is no reading today, but you can use this time to catch up on any days that you may have missed this week. Click here to access prior days.  Congratulations!! You are halfway through the year of reading every day in the Bible!! He said: “In my distress I...

Day 181

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Today's Reading: Jonah 1Jonah 2Jonah 3Jonah 4 Jonah was a reluctant prophet. He was stubborn and may have given the world’s shortest sermon, only saying one short sentence from God, “Forty days more and Nineveh will be overthrown.” That was it, the bare minimum effort to do...

Day 180

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Today's Reading:2 Kings 142 Kings 152 Chronicles 252 Chronicles 262 Chronicles 27 By God’s command, only the High Priest was allowed to enter the Temple and burn incense at the altar. This made the sin of King Azariah (Uzziah) serious. When he entered the Temple to perform a priestly...