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...
7 Tammuz — We Are Here To Be A Voice
It was on this day in 1938 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for an international conference at Evian, France, for the purpose of considering what to do with “displaced persons,” meaning Jews. The negligible results at this particular conference accentuated...
Daily Bread — Saturday, July 13, 2024
And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with...
6 Tammuz — To Whom Shall We Go?
It was on this day that Israeli commandoes launched a spectacular and daring raid to free about 100 Jewish hostages being held at Entebbe airport in Uganda. It just so happens that, on this same day, the United States was celebrating its bicentennial (July 4,...
Daily Bread — Friday, July 12, 2024
And Moses commanded them, saying: “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of release, at the Feast of Tabernacles, when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all...
5 Tammuz — Shalom In The Home
According to tradition, it was on this day, in 502 B.C, that Ezekiel was called by God to go to the people of Israel. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that...
Daily Bread — Thursday, July 11, 2024
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6) Though he would not cross over with them, Moses assured the people that someone greater...
4 Tammuz — Jerusalem Will Be Saved
It was on this day in 1948 that the city of Jerusalem was bombarded from the air for the very first time in history. Here’s why this is interesting: we know that the Adversary is the prince of the power of the air and, from the beginning of time, has wanted to sit...