Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Jul 8

July 7, 2024 - Isaiah 40-42

So much judgment against the people and rightly so! But to those who will go into exile, wondering if their God had forgotten them, the...

George Martin

Jul 6

July 6, 2024 - Isaiah 36-39

I know these historical chapters pretty well having studied them closely during my seminary days. I hope this does not come across in...

George Martin

Jul 5

July 5, 2024 - Isaiah 34-35

What a contrast! The judgment of the nations vs. the redemption of Israel. Of the idolatrous nations that hated and sought to destroy...

George Martin

Jul 4

July 4, 2024 - Isaiah 28-33

These chapters of Isaiah are a mix of warning, judgment, and hope. The prophet cries out against the corrupt rulers, priests, prophets,...

George Martin

Jul 3

July 3, 2024 - Isaiah 26-27

Chapters 26 and 27 both begin, “In that day.” The prophet is speaking to a people who have been oppressed and who have suffered greatly...

George Martin

Jul 2

July 2, 2024 - Isaiah 22-25

Isaiah’s announcements of judgment continue: against Jerusalem and against Tyre. And so, he has named nation after nation but those...

George Martin

Jul 2

July 1, 2024 - Isaiah 17-21

Beginning in chapter 13, Isaiah calls out nation after nation, beginning with Babylon, for their treacheries and wrongdoings. In...

George Martin

Jul 1

June 30, 2024 - Isaiah 13-16

“The oracle concerning Babylon” (13:1). The people of God, as is so in every generation, faced so many enemies, among them Babylon. The...

George Martin

Jul 1

June 29, 2024 - Isaiah 9-12

So much disloyalty and disobedience and judgment. The people were like that vineyard of chapter 5: expected to bring forth sweet grapes...

George Martin

Jul 1

June 28, 2024 - Isaiah 5-8

Isaiah is so rich in content. In these chapters there is the vineyard of the Lord, Isaiah’s vision of the Lord and call to the prophetic...

George Martin

Jul 1

June 27, 2024 - Isaiah 1-4

The opening chapters of Isaiah are comprised of pointed accusations and harsh words of judgment. The people had turned away from God,...

George Martin

Jun 26

June 26, 2024 - Song of Solomon 4-8

Back and forth the lovers go. When they are apart, how they miss one another! They recall each other with the fondest and most exciting...

George Martin

Jun 25

June 25, 2024 - Song of Solomon 1-3

There are various interpretations of the Song of Solomon. I am convinced that it is a love poem between two lovers. I mean, hear these...

George Martin

Jun 25

June 24, 2024 - Ecclesiastes 10-12

Some thoughts, this morning, about calmness. The Preacher counsels, “If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your...

George Martin

Jun 23

June 23, 2024 - Ecclesiastes 7-9

“Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools” (7:9). These words seem particularly harsh,...