Category Archives: Bible

GOD’S KINGDOMMicah 6–7 “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). One day God’s kingdom will fill the earth. Until then we who know the Lord can live as citizensContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

THE COMING KINGMicah 3–5 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for Me One who will be Ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” (Micah 5:2). Human leaders failed to lead Israel to righteousness. God would remedy man’s failuresContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

Micah INTRODUCTIONMicah was a contemporary of Isaiah and Amos. He joined them in warning Israel and Judah of impending judgment just before the great Assyrian invasion of 722 B.C. which resulted in captivity for the Northern Hebrew Kingdom. Micah showed the necessity of that judgment by picturing the injustice rife in each society, and aContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

GOD OF COMPASSIONJonah 3–4 “Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?” (Jonah 4:11) God has compassion for all. We need to develop an attitude that mirrors His—not Jonah’s! OverviewWhenContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

Jonah INTRODUCTIONJonah is the narrative report of a prophet from Israel and his mission to Nineveh, capital of Assyria. Fearing that his nation’s enemy might repent if warned of impending judgment, Jonah tried to flee. God dealt with His reluctant prophet, and Nineveh humbled itself and was saved, teaching Jonah and us a lesson aboutContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”