6 Sivan — Let Him Speak
Today is the day that our Jewish friends celebrate the festival known, in Hebrew, as Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks. Most people in the western world refer to it as Pentecost because, in Greek, it is known as Pentecostus or “fiftieth” referring to the fiftieth day...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, June 12, 2024
So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you. (Deuteronomy 26:11) Have you ever wondered why Paul felt it necessary to say that God loves a “cheerful giver”? It...
5 Sivan — Mandrakes Don’t Make Miracles
According to tradition, it was on this day that Reuben brought mandrakes to his mother, Leah. It’s recorded in Genesis 30: “Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, June 11, 2024
So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. (Deuteronomy 26:8) In keeping with the theme developed in the previous devotions, in this verse Moses reminds us of what God did that...
4 Sivan — The End From The Beginning
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses began to write the first part of the Torah, everything from the creation account until the revelation at Mt Sinai. If that is true, that’s a lot of writing to do in just a matter of a few days, not to mention the...
Daily Bread — Monday, June 10, 2024
And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” (Deuteronomy 26:5) As I mentioned in the previous devotion, some...
3 Sivan — Don’t Forget Who You Are
It was on this day that Moses acknowledged that the people had affirmed their desire to hear and to do all that the Lord would instruct them: “So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came...
Daily Bread — Sunday, June 9, 2024
And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” (Deuteronomy 26:5) In the previous devotion we highlighted the...
2 Sivan — Proclaim His Praises
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses ascended Mt. Sinai for the very first time. On this initial ascent up to the mountain, God told Moses to speak to the children of Israel and say: “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on...
Daily Bread — Saturday, June 8, 2024
And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your...
1 Sivan — Strangers In A Strange Land
According to the book of Jubilee, it was on this day that Jacob and his family departed Canaan and headed to Egypt in order to be reunited with his son, Joseph. It is recorded in Genesis 46: “Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their...
Daily Bread — Friday, June 7, 2024
You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure.. (Deuteronomy 25:13-15) Justice and honesty are...