Month: June 2025

Joshua 2:1-24; Hosea 10:1-11:11; Luke 20:1-19

How is it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink of me? John 4:9
Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. John 4:19
Is not this the Christ? John 4:29

The Lord reveals Himself to people much like He did to this Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. First, He asked for a drink of water, and she saw Him just as a man. When He touched the area of her life concerning her sin, she realized He was a prophet. Then she asked about the coming of Messiah and He told her, “I am He.” She went out and exclaimed, “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” (NKJV). She had no doubt as to who He was. —Rex Trogdon

I take Him at His word indeed: “Christ died for sinners,” this I read;
For in my heart I find a need, of Him to be my Saviour!  —Dora Greenwell

Joshua 1:1-18; Hosea 8:1-9:17; Luke 19:29-48

Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and [translated] us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Colossians 1:12-13 NKJV

Qualified us, delivered us, and translated us! The believer has every reason to be thankful. The Father has qualified us to be saints by the act of justification. He has delivered us from the darkness of this world by the process of sanctification. And He has translated us by taking us out of the reign of Satan to the sovereign reign of His dear Son. —Sid Halsband

What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease,
My Comforter, my All in All;
Here in the love of Christ I stand. —Keith Getty & Stuart Townend

Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Hosea 6:4-7:16; Luke 19:1-28

At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God. Acts 7:20 NKJV

Moses was a great man. Stephen described him as being “well pleasing to God” and “mighty in words and in deeds” (7:22). Just like us, Moses had his failures, but one request he made of God was stellar: “Show me Your glory” (Ex. 33:18). What tender intimacy! God responded, but Moses couldn’t see His face. Do I share Moses’ longing? “We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18). Longing to know Him will lead to being like Him. What a prospect! —David W. Oliver

Each day, may this be my supreme desire,
To see His glory, His image acquire.  —D. W. O.

Deuteronomy 33:1-29; Hosea 4:1-6:3; Luke 18:15-43

I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. 1 Samuel 1:15
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. John 11:21

Both these women were in deep sorrow. In genuine need they had called upon God but heaven seemed to be silent. Waiting for God’s timing is not easy. Sometimes He is preparing the answer but we cannot yet see it. Nevertheless, we need to continue to, “come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:16). He knows just when to send the answer. His timing is perfect. Are we willing to wait?
—Virginia Strout

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the Potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting, yielded and still. —Adelaide A. Pollard

Deuteronomy 32:15-52; Hosea 2:1-3:5 ; Luke 17:20-18:14

After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. Nehemiah 3:30

Of those who laboured to repair the gates and walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, Meshullam was evidently in the thick of the work (Neh. 3:4, 6). His help with the old gate and the adjacent section of the wall proved his fellowship with his brethren, but his private repair work “over against his chamber” suggests his fellowship with God. Meshullam has a New Testament counterpart: “Epaphras, who is one of you…always labouring fervently for you in prayers” (Col. 4:12). Prominent work in public must ever be balanced by private communion with God in the quiet place. —Phil Coulson

Speak, Lord, in Thy stillness, while I wait on Thee;
Hushed my heart to listen in expectancy.  —E. M. Grimes Crawford

Deuteronomy 31:14-32:14; Hosea 1:1-11; Luke 17:1-19

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him. Psalm 42:5

Return unto thy rest, O my soul. Psalm 116:7
He restoreth my soul. Psalm 23:3
Bless the Lord, O my soul. Psalm 103:1

Our soul is the seat of our emotions, desires and will. Many of the psalms deal with problems of the soul: depression, anxiety, discouragement, and hopelessness. The psalmist often speaks to his own soul reminding himself to “hope in God” and to “be at rest again.” If we would do similarly we will find He will restore our soul and enable us to bless the Lord anew. —Elizabeth C. Bishop

My rest is in heaven, my rest is not here,
Then why should I tremble when trials are near? —Henry F. Lyte

Deuteronomy 30:1-31:13; Amos 9:1-15; Luke 16:1-31

But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 15:20

It was a tearful father who watched his strong-willed son walk away from home and from God. Undoubtedly, he tried to reason with him, but to no avail. The best thing he could do was to pray and I’m certain he did. After a long absence, the broken son made his lengthy journey home. The father’s heart of compassion never wavered and his welcoming arms were open, kissing him even in his filthy state. Your heavenly Father knows and cares. May we
trust Him to bring the prodigal(s) back home! —Jim Comte

Beyond thy utmost wants, His love and power can bless:
To praying souls He always grants, more than they can express.  —J. Newton

Deuteronomy 29:1-29; Amos 7:1-8:14; Luke 15:11-32

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14 NKJV

No amount of self-sacrificing effort or scrupulous living could ever bring about our deliverance from the domain of darkness. Someone who fails to wonder over the miracle of God’s salvation has never understood their lostness, never experienced His rescue, or appreciated the cleansing power of Christ’s blood. That person has not yet even had a glimpse of the light and glory of the kingdom of the Son of His love. If that’s you, don’t run from this reality. Today,
cry out for salvation. —P. Ramsay

Alas! And did my Saviour bleed, and did my Sovereign die!
Would He devote that sacred head, for sinners such as I? —Isaac Watts

Deuteronomy 28:38-68; Amos 5:1-6:14; Luke 14:25-15:10

We shall be like him. 1 John 3:2

The high watermark of Christianity is not how much we know, although our Bible knowledge should be increasing daily. It is not how much we have accomplished, although we should be busy in our service for the Lord. Truly, it is how much we are becoming more like Him, our Lord and Saviour. The bountiful fruit of the Spirit, as seen in Christ, should be reproduced in us as we learn to abide in Him. God forbid that we should go to heaven little changed from what we were before salvation. —Clark Logan

And is it so, I shall be like Thy Son?
Is this the grace, which He for me has won?
Father of glory (thought beyond all thought!)
In glory, to His own blest likeness brought! —John N. Darby

Deuteronomy 28:1-37; Amos 3:1-4:13; Luke 14:1-24

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus. Acts 1:14

Mary, the Lord’s mother, had seen the realization of the angel’s promise regarding Jesus being the Saviour of the world (Luke 2:11). She saw the fulfillment of Simeon’s prophecy that a sword would pierce her own heart (Luke 2:35). She had stood in the shadow of her Son’s cross (John 19:25). Despite the trials she had endured, we find her here with the believers, engaged in united, supplicating prayer. What are we engaged in after we go through
difficult periods in our lives? Will we remain faithful to the Lord and continue in His presence in prayer? —K. W.

Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer!  —Joseph Medlicott Scriven