A DAY OF PRAYER’s Morning Bible Study

Zechariah | Chapter 9:1-8 Pt. II ~ Episode 901: The Lord always desires and gives His grace and mercy to all the nations. Let's continue to understand the Lord's grace and mercy, so we can understand His ways and His thoughts; and ultimately, the Lord's heart. 

Zechariah | Chapter 9:1-8 Pt. I ~ Episode 900: The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in loving-kindness and truth - This is how the Lord is toward every nation, tribe, and tongue. Let's not take His grace and mercy for granted; but let us now, determine in our hearts to accomplish everything in our Heavenly Father's will. 

Zechariah | Chapter 8:18-23 Pt. IV ~ Episode 899: We must get to the place where we state, and live out, that I will attach myself to the Lord; not just demanding that the Lord come down and match with me. That I'm going to continue to finish the journey; whatever the cost is. Because that's what Jesus said and demonstrated, as our Pattern and Example, when he was here during His natural earthly m...

Zechariah | Chapter 8:18-23 Pt. III ~ Episode 898: Make it a point in yourself to continue to pursue God. And, to continue to walk in His ways and observe your covenant with Him; be diligent in covenant fellowship and walk forward towards the Lord, so you can be that light to the world. 

Zechariah | Chapter 8:18-23 Pt. II ~ Episode 897: We can either choose to go through the Lord's process of refining us with a sour face, having a horrible time; or, we can choose to love Truth and Peace, and actually delight in and enjoy the Lord's perfect process. 

Zechariah | Chapter 8:18-23 Pt. I ~ Episode 896: From the beginning to end of Scripture the Lord's calling us to be His children, so He can position Himself as our Father and relate to us in that way. Those that do the will of the Father in Heaven, they are His children. His children absolutely love the Truth of the Lord (the Word of God); both, spoken and written.

Zechariah | Chapter 8:1-17 Pt. VI ~ Episode 895: God is a good God. He's gracious, He's long-suffering; He's abounding in mercy, and goodness, and truth. So understand that if we keep ourselves near, then we have no issues. It is only when we depart, individually, that we suffer consequences. The Lord will teach us His ways, increasing our knowledge and understanding, about Himself; and the Kingdo...

Zechariah | Chapter 8:1-17 Pt. V ~ Episode 894: The Lord always exhorts us to remain in and with Him, because this is the only place that the blessing exists. And, this is how you connect to it, tap into it for your life, and release that river flow of goodness coming all the time.

Zechariah | Chapter 8:1-17 Pt. IV ~ Episode 893: ThThe Apostle Paul stated that when He was weak, then he was strong; because the Lord is his strength. Let's stop relying on what we can do in our flesh and keep it from getting in the way of all the Lord provides, to accomplish all He desires to do. In our weakness, the Lord's strength is made perfect.

Zechariah | Chapter 8:1-17 Pt. III ~ Episode 892: When people don't understand what Covenant relationship with God is like, they resist it; and, they feel like children who are being improperly restrained. That message of the parable of the Prodigal son the Lord was talking to them about, is a great example of misunderstanding the blessings and benefits of being in Covenant relationship with the L...

Zechariah | Chapter 8:1-17 Pt. II ~ Episode 891: The Lord knows the beginnings and ends of everything; and the details that we can't see, especially from being outsiders. Through history, God always gave time to repent; and, He [the Lord knows the length, width, breadth, and the depth of everything - especially our heart and the intentions of the actions we do. The Lord is the righteous judge. He...

Zechariah | Chapter 8:1-17 Pt. I ~ Episode 890: When the people of God are living righteously and justly in Covenant with Him, that sight is what the Lord considers marvelous to His eyes. It looks like He's demonstrated and declared the Covenant to be from the beginning: That the Lord, He is our God; and, we are His people. 

Zechariah | Chapter 7:8-14 Pt. V ~ Episode 889: Love also brings about correction, and reproof, and teaching, and training, and equipping, and so many other wonderful and necessary things. So let's also examine that in our in our own life, and throughout the world, the Lord is always talking about obedience and disobedience to teach us; because we have struggled to understand the lesson(s). You ne...

Zechariah | Chapter 7:8-14 Pt. IV ~ Episode 888: We, for our part, have to view the Lord in the right perspective; and not assign Him blame that He is not due, and/or take the praise and the honor that's only due to Him (the Lord).

Zechariah | Chapter 7:8-14 Pt. III ~ Episode 887: The Lord talks through Zechariah to this generation about obedience being better than fasting; and that obedience is better than sacrifice. Now, the Lord's instructing them concerning the rotten, horrible, awful fruits that comes as a result of disobedience; and, the varying degrees or levels of stubbornness, and obstinate, and rebellious actions b...

Zechariah | Chapter 7:8-14 Pt. II ~ Episode 886: God is good to all, and He has one standard. We will enjoy His goodness, if we walk with Him in His standard. Making the choice to walk with the Lord or not, is teaching the future generations good or evil; impacting their life and eternity. 

Zechariah | Chapter 7:8-14 Pt. I ~ Episode 885: We should reflect on how many times the Lord was merciful, in our lifetime. And with Israel, even as gracious and merciful as the Lord is as demonstrated by bringing them back from captivity; He didn't have to do any of that. The grace and the mercy of God allowed the remission and the repentance of sin, because God is gracious and merciful. That doe...

Zechariah | Chapter 7:1-7 Pt. III ~ Episode 884: Because God is Love, The Lord is always teaching and instructing those that may or may not know fully what is required; so they can choose to apply His Word to every aspect of their life, daily. It comes down to you choosing to live an obedient lifestyle, just like Jesus. Just be obedient to what the Father is commanding us to say and do; which demo...

Zechariah | Chapter 7:1-7 Pt. II ~ Episode 883: Are you fasting for yourself, for God, or for other people? I need to be doing what the Lord's called me to do. When I'm doing it because I Love the Lord and desire for Him to be pleased with me, it's not an outward appearance issue; as was brought up in the previous episode. Because, it becomes a life of obedience unto the Lord. Learn and know what...

Zechariah | Chapter 7:1-7 Pt. I ~ Episode 882: If we misunderstand fasting, than we will inevitably end up afflicting ourself; because, we either think it will move God, or, because we think He's pleased with it. The whole point of fasting is to bring yourself into alignment with the Lord and His plan. 

Zechariah | Chapter 6:9-15 Pt. IV ~ Episode 881: God is very strategic and He's moving His People into the place He wants them to be, because this is His House, this is His Temple, His Plan, His Will, His Life, and His e\Eternity. All of those things belong to Him; and, He's moving them strategically as He sees fit. The Lord always gives  His Word, which contains the details of what He's doing, an...

Zechariah | Chapter 6:9-15 Pt. III ~ Episode 880: The Lord always meant for it to be Him and us, together; with nothing between us. He's not coming back to call brick and mortar buildings to fly into the sky, into the air; He's not transforming brick and mortar buildings into shiny new ones. He's returning for His people. 

Zechariah | Chapter 6:9-15 Pt. II ~ Episode 879: The Lord always gives vision, His perspective, to what He is doing; and going to do. Carnal minded man's vision is to often very different fro the Lord's vision and perspective. When the truth of God's Word, comes back against what we think and what we thought, what we desired, or what we believed; there has to be a submission of one will to the oth...

Zechariah | Chapter 6:9-15 Pt. I ~ Episode 878: The Lord has union and unity between the priesthood and the kingship; as He is, both, our Great High Priest and the King of kings. He has also made us a Kingdom of kings and priests; His own special people, to proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 

Zechariah | Chapter 6:1-8 Pt. IV ~ Episode 877: Just as the Lord has told us, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding;" (NASB) we must not only learn the Lord's ways, but walk in them with a willing heart. Zechariah learned how to fellowship and commune with the Lord; and, He walked with him in those things. We too, must continue to develop...