Today's Reading: Nehemiah 5Nehemiah 6Nehemiah 7Nehemiah 8 The wall around Jerusalem was miraculously completed in 52 days. This could not have happened without God’s help. Nehemiah asked God to remember the prophetess Noadiah, who was recorded as one of the prophets who had been trying...
Today's Reading: Nehemiah 1Nehemiah 2Nehemiah 3Nehemiah 4 Gate by gate, the city walls were being rebuilt. Workers from all professions helped: masons, priests, perfume makers, men from the surrounding towns, and even their daughters took a section, all in a unified mission. Some repairs...
Today's Reading: Ezra 7Ezra 8Ezra 9Ezra 10 When trouble came, Ezra went to God. That is what he knew how to do. He was a priest and a scribe, skilled in the Law. He had the king’s letter and the temple gifts ready to go home to Jerusalem. Then he heard that the first wave of exiles who...
Today's Reading: Malachi 1Malachi 2Malachi 3Malachi 4Psalm 50 Chapters 1 and 2 talk about two different covenants. Jacob was the name for the nation (Malachi 1:2-5). When God answered the people’s question, “How have you loved us?” He answered as the God of Jacob. Levi was...
Today's Reading: Esther 6Esther 7Esther 8Esther 9Esther 10 Haman was the villain in Esther’s story. He built a 75-foot pole for Mordecai and ended up on it himself. His own pride, bad timing, and a couch got in his way. He fell on the queen, begging for his life, and the king read it as...
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. "Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or...
Today's Reading: Esther 1Esther 2Esther 3Esther 4Esther 5 Mordecai had just uncovered an assassination attempt on King Xerxes. He told Esther; she told the king and mentioned that Mordecai was the one who found out. The two gatekeepers were hanged, and the event was recorded in the book of the...
Today's Reading: Zechariah 8Zechariah 9Zechariah 10Zechariah 11Zechariah 12Zechariah 13Zechariah 14 We have finished the book of Zechariah. The prophet had just heard from God in yesterday’s reading how the people’s fathers had hard hearts, so God would stop listening to their...
Today's Reading: Zechariah 1Zechariah 2Zechariah 3Zechariah 4Zechariah 5Zechariah 6Zechariah 7 Joshua, the same high priest from the books of Ezra and Haggai, was standing before the Lord with Satan, like a courtroom scene. The accuser (Satan) stands at his right side. The filthy clothes were...
Today's Reading: Haggai 1Haggai 2 Haggai’s third sermon was about holiness, and that is where grace can be found. Holiness is not contagious, but unholiness is. You cannot catch cleanliness like a cold by standing next to something holy, but uncleanness spreads. If someone carries holy...
