26 Sivan — His Thoughts Are Not Our Thoughts
It was on this day in 1942 that the German army was defeated at the battle of El Alamein in northern Africa. With the defeat of the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, the greatest threat, at that point in time, to the Jewish people who were living in the Holy Land, was...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, July 2, 2024
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29:29) As we discussed in the previous devotion, there are different ideas as to what was...
25 Sivan — Sons of Abraham
What is the Gospel? As a child I was told that Messiah had died for my sins and if I confess my sins, believing that God had raised Him from the dead, I could be forgiven of my sins and be granted eternal life. Over the years I’ve heard other people put forth...
Daily Bread — Monday, July 1, 2024
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29:29) The traditional understanding of this verse is that there are certain issues and...
24 Sivan — Father Knows Best
Have you ever had something in your heart to do that you felt was a good thing to do, even a Godly thing to do, but you kept encountering roadblocks in your way? Try as you might, there were these pesky obstacles that never seemed to go away? I remember, as a child in...
Daily Bread — Sunday, June 30, 2024
And so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart”—as though the drunkard could be included with the sober. (Deuteronomy 29:19) Far too...
23 Sivan — The Consequence of Competition
It was on this day that Jeroboam, leader of the Northern Kingdom, prevented the tribes of the Northern Kingdom from traveling to Jerusalem to worship during the Feasts: “Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, ‘It is too much...
Daily Bread — Saturday, June 29, 2024
That there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood. (Deuteronomy 29:18) Moses...
22 Sivan — Paths of Righteousness
Have you ever noticed how the Bible tells the same story over and again? I have. In fact, I’ve come to the conclusion that the Bible is essentially the same story told to us in different ways. The same themes are taught repeatedly, just though different biblical...
Daily Bread — Friday, June 28, 2024
For you know that we dwelt in the land of Egypt and that we came through the nations which you passed by and you saw their abominations and their idols which were among them—wood and stone and silver and gold. (Deuteronomy 29:16-17) Having lived in Egypt, Israel was...
21 Sivan — The Power of the Tongue
It’s believed that, on this day, after making some disparaging remarks about her brother, Miriam was stricken with leprosy and removed outside the camp for seven days: “So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed. And when...
Daily Bread — Thursday, June 27, 2024
I make this covenant and this oath, not with you alone, but with him who stands here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with him who is not here with us today. (Deuteronomy 29:14-15) This is a very powerful statement. Moses declared that the covenant...