Category: Devotional Thoughts
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Day 072: Taking God at His Word: The Mezuzah (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
In Jewish law, there are precise regulations for where and how to place a mezzuzah— the box that holds God’s law. But the most important instruction for where to put God’s law is right there in the text itself.
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Day 065: God’s Provision, by the Numbers: A Devotional with a Spreadsheet (Numbers 26-27)
Through the Bible: Numbers 26-27
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Day 064: The Lord in Heaven Laughs (Numbers 23-25)
The story of Balak and Balaam reads almost like comedy: a talking donkey, a king dragging a prophet from mountain to mountain, and twenty-one altars built in a desperate attempt to curse God’s people. But every attempt backfires. The curses become blessings, and even a pagan prophet winds up announcing the coming Messiah. Psalm 2…
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Day 057: Why is Numbers 7 So Long? (Numbers 7:84-88)
Categorizing is quick. Seeing is slow. Numbers 7 reminds me that God sees individuals, not labels—and that nothing offered to Him in faith is ever redundant.
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Day 055: “My Father Was a Rabbi, and His Father Before Him…” (Numbers 3-4)
In a Jerusalem hotel elevator, a rabbi told me he never “answered a call” to ministry — it was simply who he was, son of a rabbi, grandson of a rabbi. Numbers 3–4 reminds us that for the Levites, serving the Lord wasn’t just a job; it was their family identity. What if we made…
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Day 021: Divine Providence and Family Dysfunction (Genesis 27:5-10)
Genesis 27–29 reads like a case study in family dysfunction—favoritism, deceit, betrayal, and rivalry. Yet through this broken family, God still keeps His promises.