Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Aug 6

August 6, 2024 - Hosea 1-3

I always enjoy it when the book of Hosea rolls around. Hosea’s biography is a story of adultery and redemption. His wife, Gomer,...

George Martin

Aug 5

August 5, 2024 - Daniel 7-12

The four beasts = four kingdoms that will rise and then fall. The ram and the goat (ch. 8), the little horn, etc. In the midst of all...

George Martin

Aug 5

August 4, 2024 - Daniel 1-6

Things are not looking good in the Middle East. Though agreements, treaties, and significant assistance from the US, Israel is despised...

George Martin

Aug 5

August 3, 2024 - Lamentations 1-5

I need to step back to Lamentations, which I inadvertently skipped over. Actually, they are “The Lamentations of Jeremiah,” which he...

George Martin

Aug 2

August 2, 2024 - Ezekiel 38-48

The Lord will judge Gog. The result? “So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. ...

George Martin

Aug 2

August 1, 2024 - Ezekiel 37

Chapter 37 is the “dry bones chapter.” There is a statement here that I have seen in many other places in the book of Ezekiel: “And I...

George Martin

Jul 31

July 31, 2024 - Ezekiel 33-36

Chapter 33 is a reminder (see ch. 3) that Ezekiel is Israel’s watchman. He’s not the only one. Time and time again, the Lord has...

George Martin

Jul 30

July 30, 2024 - Ezekiel 22-32

I’m just amazed at the boldness with which Ezekiel (and the other prophets) spoke to his (their) fellow countrymen. He called Jerusalem...

George Martin

Jul 30

July 29, 2024 - Ezekiel 17-21

Over and over again, through these chapters, the Lord announces his discipline against his people, but it is always gracious discipline. ...

George Martin

Jul 30

July 28, 2024 - Ezekiel 16

Ezekiel 16 is that wonderful chapter in which the Lord reminds his people about who they are and what he has done for them. On the day...

George Martin

Jul 30

July 27, 2024 - Ezekiel 12-15

Chapter 12 relates the story of Ezekiel, each day, packing up a bag for exile and leaving the city, thus picturing what was to come for...

George Martin

Jul 30

July 26, 2024 - Ezekiel 8-11

These chapters depict the visions of Ezekiel concerning the temple in Jerusalem, the abominations committed there by the people, and the...

George Martin

Jul 30

July 25, 2024 - Ezekiel 1-7

"I saw visions of God" (1:1). The translation could also be "visions from God," but the visions that follow seem to depict the glory and...

George Martin

Jul 30

July 24, 2024 - Jeremiah 46-52

The closing chapters of Jeremiah, similar to chapters in other prophets, single out the nations, one by one, and pronounce judgment on...

George Martin

Jul 29

July 23, 2024 - Jeremiah 40-45

Upon taking the captives into exile, Nebuchadnezzar left Gedaliah in charge in Jerusalem, serving as governor. The remaining Israelites...