Tag: faithfulness
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Day 176: Even Good Kings Can Do Bad Things (1 Kings 15; 2 Chronicles 13-16)
Asa’s story is a reminder that yesterday’s faithfulness doesn’t guarantee today’s dependence—and that our foundation needs God’s strength every step of the journey.
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Day 174: Altars of Convenience (1 Kings 12)
Jeroboam never told Israel to stop worshiping God. He just made worship more convenient. The result was a substitute religion that looked familiar—but led people far from the Lord.
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3 John: The Man You Want to Be (Father’s Day, 2026)
Everyone’s becoming someone. In 3 John, we meet four very different men—one who walked in the truth, one who put himself first, one who earned respect, and one whose greatest joy was seeing others follow Jesus. Which one are you becoming?
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Day 172: Wives and Concubines (1 Kings 11:3)
Solomon’s 700 wives weren’t merely a moral failure. They were 700 attempts to find security somewhere besides God. The question isn’t whether we have foreign wives—it’s what little kingdoms have captured our hearts.
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Day 148: Meet Me in the Middle (Psalm 117)
Psalm 117 is the middle chapter of the Protestant Bible—and the shortest. Right in the middle of judgment and mercy, prophecy and gospel, wisdom and apocalypse, stands a tiny psalm reminding the world of God’s steadfast love for all peoples. Two verses. A tiny psalm. A massive invitation.
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Day 142: Light is Sown, and Light Dawns (Psalm 97:11)
Light and joy are not things we manufacture for ourselves. Psalm 97 says they are sown by God into the lives of His people. Some seeds bloom quickly. Others wait beneath the frozen ground for spring. But every seed of light and joy God plants in upright hearts will bring a harvest in season. As…