Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Mar 13

March 10, 2024 - 1 Samuel 7-10

The ark of the covenant has been captured and then returned to Israel. Under Samuel’s judgeship, the people promised to serve the Lord...

George Martin

Mar 13

March 9, 2024 - 1 Samuel 3-6

“Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no...

George Martin

Mar 13

March 8, 2024 - 1 Samuel 1-2

Hannah was childless and she so much wanted to have children. She did the only thing she knew to do: “She was deeply distressed and...

George Martin

Mar 13

March 7, 2024 - Ruth 1-4

After all the mess at the end of the book of Judges, I always find myself breathing a sigh of relief and even joy at coming to the little...

George Martin

Mar 13

March 6, 2024 - Judges 17-24

Depravity at its greatest. Micah had stolen a great deal of money from his mother. He returned the money to her and she, then, gave it...

George Martin

Mar 13

March 5, 2024 - Judges 13-16

The Samson stories, stories about a man who was so flawed and, yet, the writer of Hebrews includes him in his commendation: “And what...

George Martin

Mar 12

March 4, 2024 - Judges 10-12

A very unusual Sunday, yesterday. While Donna was at Baxter, I stayed home. I just didn’t think I could sit through 2-3 hours and, I...

George Martin

Mar 4

March 3, 2024 - Judges 6-9

I wrote, yesterday, about the presence of the Lord and how that removes fear. Consider these verses (there are many more): “I sought...

George Martin

Mar 4

March 2, 2024 - Judges 3-5

The nations remained in the land “for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he...

George Martin

Mar 1

March 1, 2024 - Judges 1-2

Before Joshua died, the people promised to obey the Lord, to worship him only, and to turn away from the evil done by the nations. Well,...

George Martin

Feb 29

February 29, 2024 - Joshua 22-24

“Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them, ‘You have kept all that Moses the...

George Martin

Feb 28

February 28, 2024 - Joshua 20-21

Some thoughts from today’s reading. The cities of refuge: “These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the...

George Martin

Feb 28

February 27, 2024 - Joshua 13-19

The job is not yet finished: “Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, ‘You are old and advanced in years,...

George Martin

Feb 26

February 26, 2024 - Joshua 9-12

“As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward...

George Martin

Feb 25

February 25, 2024 - Joshua 5-8

What an amazing story! “As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the...