Meditating The Word

Today on Meditating the Word: A call to build the House of the Lord, the promised Glory of the new House, blessings for a defiled people and Zerubbabel the Lord's signet ring. This is Day 262. Today we are reading the Book of Haggai ---- Father God, only You can make things holy. You take the unclean, the unrighteous, the weak, and the simple, and You wash us white as snow, You clothe us with Your...

Today on Meditating the Word, oppostion to the rebuilding of the temple, later oppostion under Ahasuerus and Artaxerxes, Tattenai's letter to Darius, the decree of Darius, completion and dedication of the temple and the Passover is celebrated. This is Day 261. Today we are reading Ezra 4-6 and praying Psalm 137 ---- Father God, thank You for Ezra, and his recounting of the events in Jerusalm. It s...

Today on Meditating the Word, King Cyrus helps the exiles return to Jerusalem, the list of exiles who returned, rebuilding the altar, and rebuilding the temple. This is Day 260. Today we are reading Ezra 1-3. ---- Father God, again, we see the prophecies being fulfilled, just as they were foretold by your prophets. King Cyrus decreed that Your temple be rebuilt in Jerusalem, just as Jeremiah had p...

Today on Meditating the Word, Daniel's vision of a man, the Kings of the South and the North, the King who exalts himself and the end times. This is Day 259. Today we are reading Daniel 10-12. ---- Father God, as we read the words of the prophet Daniel, we are reminded that Your Word says You do nothing that Your prophets haven't spoken. We know these prophecies are for the end times, Father, and...

Today on Meditating the Word, Daniel's dream of four beasts, the interpretation of the dream, Daniel's vision of a ram and a goat, the interpretation of the vision, Daniel's prayer and the seventy sevens. This is Day 258. Today we are reading Daniel 7-9. ---- Father God, the prophecies against Your people are hard to read. But, the Children of Israel were under the law, not under grace. And even t...

Today on Meditating the Word, Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a tree, Daniel interprets the dream, the dream is fulfilled, the writing on the wall, and Daniel in the den of lions This is Day 257. Today we are reading Daniel 4-6. ---- Father God, how we love the account of Daniel. What an amazing testimony of his faithfulness and yours. Even at the risk of death, he would not deny You, but continued to w...

Today on Meditating the Word, Daniel's training in Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Daniel interprets the dream, the image of gold and the blazing furnace an the fourth man in the fire. This is Day 256. Today we are reading Daniel 1-3. ---- Father God, You are the wonder-working God! And there is no other god and no other thing that can deliver like You can. Thank You for the book of Daniel. We ar...

Today on Meditating the Word, an invasion of locusts, a call to lamentation, an army of locusts, rend your heart, the Lord's answer, the day of the Lord, the nations judged and blessings for God's people. This is Day 255. Today we are reading Joel 1-3. ---- Father God, thank You for the prophet Joel. Only three short, but amazing chapters with so many wonderful promises. We claim those promises to...

Today on Meditating the Word, the River from the Temple, the Boundaries of the Land and the Gates of the New City. This is Day 254. Today we are reading Ezekiel 46-48 ---- Father God, thank You for Your Word and for the prophecies of Ezekiel. In the final description of Jerusalem, what becomes clear is that the temple, the sanctuary, Your dwelling, is to be at the very center. What a great lesson...

Today on Meditating the Word, God's glory returns to the temple, the great altar is restored, the priesthood restored and Israel is fully restored.  This is Day 253. Today we are reading Ezekiel 43-45 ---- Father God, we marvel at Your mercy and Your grace. While we know it's possible to turn our backs on You and to reject salvation, Your mercy abounds when we go astray. Even though the Levites le...

Today on Meditating the Word, the Temple area restored, the new Temple, and the rooms for the Priests. This is Day 252. Today we are reading Ezekiel 40-42 ---- Father God, thank You for Your Word. Even though we may not grasp the importance of some passages, we know that ALL scripture is God-breathed and useful for us -- even today. In this world where tolerance is celebrated, and many know longer...

Today on Meditating the Word, the Valley of Dry Bones, one Nation under one King, and the Lord's great victory over the Nations. This is Day 251. Today we are reading Ezekiel 37-39 ---- Father God, You haven't just set Your glory among the nations, but You have set it within each of us. You have poured out Your spirit on Hebrew and Gentile alike. You have brought us back into right relationship wi...

Today on Meditating the Word, God as the Good Shepherd, a prophecy against Edom, hope for the mountains of Israel and Israel's restoration assured. This is Day 250. Today we are reading Ezekiel 34-36 ---- Father God, You are the Good Shepherd. When we were lost, You looked for us, You sought us out, You dreak us back to you. You delivered us out of sin and darkness and our former lives. You adopte...

Today on Meditating the Word, Pharoah as a felled cedar of Lebanan, a lament over Pharoah, renewal of Ezekiel's call as watchman and Jerusalem's fall explained. This is Day 249. Today we are reading Ezekiel 31-33 ---- Father God,  Thank You, Father, that even though we have sinned and fallen short, all You ask is that we turn again to You, repent, accept Jesus as our Savior. We don't trust in our...

Today on Meditating the Word, a prophecy against the King of Tyre, against Sidon and against Egypt Nebuchadnezzar's reward and a lament over Egypt This is Day 248. Today we are reading Ezekiel 28-30 ---- Father God, thank You for Your Word. I confess, it's not always easy to read or to understand. So I ask that Holy Spirit give us insight, reveleation, fresh manna from the passages of scripture th...

Today on Meditating the Word, Prophecies again Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, and Tyre, and a lament over Tyre. This is Day 247. Today we are reading Ezekiel 25-27 ---- Father God, such a lesson in not relying on our own strength, our own riches -- or even in the help of other people. You, and You alone can save us. You can cast down the mighty in a moment. Nations come and go, but You remain forev...

Today on Meditating the Word, two adulterous sisters, Jerusalem as a cooking pot and Ezekiel's wife dies.  This is Day 246. Today we are reading Ezekiel 23-24 ---- Father God, what You desire from us is faithfulness, as You are faithful. Yet, we fall short again and again, in little ways. Too busy to read Your Word one day. Or we don't spend time in prayer. Or we don't do the things You have laid...

Today on Meditating the Word, Babylon as God's source of judgment, and judgment on Jerusalem's sins. This is Day 245. Today we are reading Ezekiel 21-22 ---- Father God, help us to discern between the clean and the unclean, and to make a distinction between the holy and the common. It's so easy to be led astray in these times and to be distracted by the things of the world. Not everything is bad,...

Today on Meditating the Word, the one who sins will die, a lament over Israel's princes, and rebelious Israel purged.  This is Day 244. Today we are reading Ezekiel chapters 18-20 ---- Father God, thank You for Your justice, that each of us is responsible for our own acts and decisions. And thank You for Your mercy, that when we do wrong, all we have to do is repent. You have no pleasure in the de...

Today on Meditating the Word, Jerusalem is compared to an adulterous wife, and the riddle of two eagles and a vine. This is Day 243. Today we are reading Ezekiel chapters 16-17. ---- Father God, though we were deep in sin, you spoke to us "Live!" You spread Your righteousness over us and covered our sin. You pledged Yourself to us and entered into a covenant with us. And we became Yours. You have...

Today on Meditating the Word, false prophets condemned, idolators condemned, Jerusalem's inescapable judgment, and Jerusalem as a useless vine. This is Day 242. Today we are reading Ezekiel 13-15 ---- Father God, even when we turn away from You, You are still here, waiting, asking us to return. Like the father who watched and waited for his son to return. And like him, You run to meet us. You embr...

Today on Meditating the Word, Judgement on idolaters, God's glory departs from the temple, God's sure judgement on Jerusalem, the promise of Israel's return, the exile symbolized and there will be no delay. This is Day 241. Today we are reading Ezekiel 9-12 ---- Father God, we seek You and ask that You take our stony hearts out of our flesh and give us hearts of flesh... pliable, moldable, teachab...

Today on Meditating the Word, God's razor of judgement, doom for the mountains of Israel, the end has come and idolatry in the temple. This is Day 240. Today we are reading Ezekiel 5-8 ---- Father God, silver and gold can't deliver us. Help us to focus on You and Your Kingdom. Nothing of this world can ever satisfy us. Forgive us for putting our trust in people, jobs, the government... When You al...

Today on Meditating the Word, we read Ezekiel's vision of God's glory, Ezekiel is called to be a prophet, he is given the task of watchman and the seige of Jerusalem is symbolized. This is Day 239. Today we are reading Ezekiel 1-4 ---- Father God, thank You for Your Word, and for the book of Ezekiel. The visions he saw, of Your glory, made him fall to the ground, face down, in awe and worship. Fat...

Today on Meditating the Word, we read the Lamentations of Jeremiah This is Day 238. Today we are reading Lamentations 3-5 ---- Father God, thank You for yur loving kindnesses. Your mercies never fail. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness. You are our portion, and in You we place our hope. You are good to us, Father. We seek you and we wait for you. We lift up our heart and our ha...