Today's Reading: Psalm 3Psalm 4Psalm 13Psalm 28Psalm 55 In Psalm 4, David felt like a scapegoat (see Leviticus 16, Day of Atonement), an innocent animal to carry away the sins and guilt of the people. They were blaming him for the nation’s problems. David was the convenient person to...
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 132 Samuel 142 Samuel 15 Amnon’s sin of incest and rape against his half-sister Tamar echoes his father David’s earlier sin with Bathsheba. Both men abused their power, David through adultery and the murder of Uriah, and Amnon through lust and rape. David...
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. Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.Psalm 66:16 This verse is a personal...
Today's Reading: Psalm 32Psalm 86Psalm 102Psalm 103Psalm 122 Psalm 32 celebrates the joy and freedom that come when our sins are forgiven. It is a blessing that our sins are covered and that God does not want to keep a permanent record of them. God is not blessing our sin, but us. When we try to...
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 112 Samuel 121 Chronicles 20Psalm 51 Sin has a rippling effect, even on the innocent. Like a rock thrown into still water, making rings move outward from the initial splash, sin makes the same ripples, sometimes unseen. God gives both justice and mercy, but His...
Today's Reading:Psalm 65Psalm 66Psalm 67Psalm 69Psalm 70 Psalm 69 was a personal lament of David and full of raw emotion. It is quoted several times in The New Testament. The reason that the New Testament so often echoes the Old Testament and quotes Scripture is that the Jewish culture during...
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 101 Chronicles 19Psalm 20Psalm 53Psalm 60Psalm 75 The key takeaway from these chapters is to act with kindness and loyalty when possible, especially to those who are hurting or grieving. We are also to use strategic wisdom, trusting in God’s outcome. Know that God...
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 82 Samuel 91 Chronicles 18 David did not forget the promise he had made to Jonathan, even after Jonathan’s death. This showed David’s loyal character. Ziba had been Saul’s servant, and now he served the new king, David. When David asked if any of...
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 71 Chronicles 17Psalm 1Psalm 2Psalm 33Psalm 127Psalm 132 In 1 Chronicles 17, after God promised to build David a dynasty instead of letting him build God a cedar house, David went in and sat before the Lord to pray. In humble adoration, he asked, “Who am I?&rdquo...
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. To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.1 Chronicles 16:18 David had reestablished worship...
