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Day 260: The Other Elam (Ezra 2:7, 31)
Ezra’s long list of returnees includes “the other Elam,” a name most readers skip over. This reflection and poem remind us that even the overlooked are remembered by God, and every name matters in His book.
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Day 258: On National Lament (Daniel 9:5-7)
Daniel’s prayer teaches us true lament: not blaming a broken world, but confessing the brokenness within—and hearing God’s response: “You are greatly loved.”
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Day 257 The Lions of Babylon and the Lion of Judah: Three Parallels (Daniel 6:17)
A stone. A royal seal. An unchangeable law. A visit at dawn expecting death—and unexpected joy. Daniel in the lions’ den contains some remarkable echoes of the resurrection story. But one crucial difference changes everything: when the stone rolled away in Jerusalem, the Lion walked out.
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Day 256: Did Nebuchadnezzar Forget His Dream? (Daniel 2:5)
Did Nebuchadnezzar forget his dream, or was he testing his magicians? Daniel 2:5 is translated both ways—from the KJV’s “the thing is gone from me” to modern versions’ “the word is firm.” Either way, the point remains: only God reveals mysteries.
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Day 256: When the World Wants to Change You (Daniel 1:6-7)
Babylon tried to rename Daniel and his friends, stripping away their identity in God. The world does the same to us today. Daniel 1 shows how to resist when culture wants to change who you are.
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Day 253: The Return of God’s Glory (Ezekiel 43:1-5)
Through the Bible: Ezekiel 43-45
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Day 246: Tisha B’Av (Ezekiel 24:1-2)
Why did God tell Ezekiel to write down the exact day the siege of Jerusalem began? Tisha B’Av reminds us that God’s patience is real—but it should never be mistaken for indifference.
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Day 245: The Point We Miss in Men’s Ministry (Ezekiel 22:30)
We love the challenge to “stand in the gap.” But Ezekiel 22:30 has an uncomfortable detail we often miss: God looked for someone who could—and found no one. The good news is that God eventually provided the Man we could never be.
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Day 244: Satan’s Two Greatest Lies (Ezekiel 18:23,32)
Satan tells two devastating lies: God hates you, and hope has left you. But Ezekiel 18 tells a very different story. The door isn’t locked. Turn and live.
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Day 243: The Three Most-Used Phrases in Ezekiel, and Why it Matters (Ezekiel 16:62)
Ezekiel’s most repeated phrases reveal more than the prophet’s favorite vocabulary. Together, they tell us something essential about God, His Word, His glory—and our place before Him.
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Day 241: Making Sense of Ezekiel’s Vision (Ezekiel 10:9-14)
Wheels within wheels. Creatures covered with eyes. Four faces. Ezekiel’s vision sounds bizarre—but what if every strange detail was reminding an exiled priest that God was still present, still watching, and still in control?
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Day 240: Right Place, Wrong Worship (Ezekiel 8:16)
Ezekiel 8 is a sobering reminder that we can be in the right place, doing all the right religious things, while our hearts are turned in the wrong direction.
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Day 238: In the Middle of My Complaining (Lamentations 3:31-33)
Can you find joy in the midst of sorrow? Jeremiah did. Literally. In the exact middle.
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Day 235: The Plan of Salvation in Jeremiah 50:4-5 (A Spurgeon Snapshot)
Long before Vacation Bible School taught us the ABCs of salvation, Charles Spurgeon found another version in Jeremiah 50: Weep. Seek. Join. Three words that trace the road from exile back home to God.
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Day 233: When the Old Gods Whisper (Jeremiah 44:16-17)
Old sins have a way of remembering only their best moments. When life gets hard, the things we thought we left behind begin whispering that we were happier with them. Jeremiah 44 is a warning about what happens when we believe them.
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Day 232: Can God Look on Evil? (Habakkuk 1:13)
Is God really “too holy to look on sin”? Habakkuk 1:13 is often used to make that claim—but read in context, the verse may be saying almost the opposite. God isn’t a pristine white couch we’re afraid to stain.
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Day 231: The Final Word? (2 Chronicles 36:23)
The Hebrew Bible ends not with a curse, but with an invitation: “Let him go up.” What if the unfinished places in our lives aren’t endings at all, but invitations to take the next step?
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Day 229: Jefferson and Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:27-28)
Thomas Jefferson and King Jehoiakim had something surprising in common: both took a blade to God’s Word. But Scripture isn’t ours to edit, revise, or discard.
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Day 260: Planted in Babylon (Ezra 3:8)
Zerubbabel—“Planted in Babylon”—shows how God can grow beauty from exile. Even in hard seasons, He plants hope and brings forth Christ.
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