13 Tammuz — Unless The LORD Builds The House
It was on this day, in 1906, that the Home Construction Company organized and began to build homes outside of ancient Jaffa. Over time this area would become known as the city of Tel Aviv. In Hebrew, Tel Aviv means the “hill” or “mound of spring.” We could shorten it...
Daily Bread — Friday, July 19, 2024
Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. (Deuteronomy 32:2) We must remember that it was the LORD who gave Moses the words to this song, and so, that the wording strikes a poetic tone...
12 Tammuz — Are You Spirit Filled?
Since we were speaking of events in Acts 2, yesterday, let’s follow it up with another related thought: what does it mean to be Spirit-filled? Growing up in a Pentecostal church, I thought that being Spirit-filled was all about speaking in tongues and being...
Daily Bread — Thursday, July 18, 2024
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. (Deuteronomy 32:1) Thus begins the song of which Moses spoke of in the preceding chapter. As I have already mentioned, it is a song that summarizes Israel's history from Egypt to the...
11 Tammuz — Speak Their Language
Have you ever been around somebody who was having a conversation in a language you didn’t understand? As they talked, laughed and enjoyed one another's company, did it make you feel uncomfortable? Did you wish you could understand what they were saying, especially to...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness to you. (Deuteronomy 31:26) When Moses had finished writing all the words of the Torah, he took the book to the Levites with the instruction to...
10 Tammuz — Are We Willing To Walk Through The Fire?
It was on this day in 586 B.C. that the king of Judah was overtaken and captured by the Babylonians on the plain in Jericho (Jeremiah 36:4-5). Looking at this from the perspective of the Jewish people, the impossible had happened. Their once great nation and...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. (Deuteronomy 31:19) As I mentioned in the previous devotion, the song referred to recounts the...
9 Tammuz — Why Do The Righteous Suffer With The Wicked?
It was on this day in 586 B.C. that Nebuchadnezzar and his army breached the walls of Jerusalem and then entered into the city (Jeremiah 39:2). The fascinating part of this story is that God allowed it. “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah,...
Daily Bread — Monday, July 15, 2024
Write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. (Deuteronomy 31:19) It has long been proven that people can remember things better when they are...
8 Tammuz — The Modern Inquisition
It was on this day in 1834 that Queen Maria Christina of Spain, once and for all, abolished the Spanish Inquisition. The Inquisition is a dark stain on European history. Thousands of Jews and others, as well, were forced to convert to Catholicism or be burned at the...
Daily Bread — Sunday, July 14, 2024
And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, “Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?” (Deuteronomy 31:17) No one likes trouble to come into their life but, in this particular case, the trouble was, by...