Category Archives: Old Testament

Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.(Jonah 2:8 NLT) From inside the big fish, Jonah prayed to God. Jonah thanked God for delivering him from death and made the well-known confession, “Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.” Perhaps Jonah was thinking of the sailorsContinueContinue reading “What are You Clinging to?”

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Psalm 42:5 NIV) There are times when like the psalmist, I also feel down for no apparent reason. However, I learned a long time ago that the secret toContinueContinue reading “Praise is the Answer”

Forgive us! Hurry and do something, not only for your city and your chosen people, but to bring honor to yourself. (Daniel 9:19 CEV) From the window that overlooked the Sin City, I prayed. In fact, I made it my goal to pray for the city during my short stay there, using Daniel chapter nineContinueContinue reading “Praying for Our Cities”

The angel touched me a second time and said, “Don’t befrightened! God thinks highly of you, and he intends thisfor your good, so be brave and strong.” (Daniel 10:18-19 CEV) The Apostle Paul had a similar idea in mind when he wrote, “And we know that in all things God works for the good ofContinueContinue reading “Always for Our Good”

Then a herald shouted out, “People of all races and nations and languages, listen to the king’s command! When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments, bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue. Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown intoContinueContinue reading “Stand Out”

Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den. When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?” (Daniel 6:19-20 NLT) Even after hearing about the king’sContinueContinue reading “God Rewards Faithfulness”

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your threat means nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. But even if he doesn’t, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference, O king. WeContinueContinue reading “But Even If He Doesn’t”

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble. (Daniel 4:37 NIV) A tried-and-true statement from a king who had been humbled by the King of heaven. Earlier, NebuchadnezzarContinueContinue reading “He is Able to Humble”

“Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god!” (Daniel 3:25 NLT) When the three Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, refused to bow down to the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, they were thrown into a fiery furnace. But toContinueContinue reading “He Walks Beside Us”

“They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people.” (Numbers 31:16 NIV) I was once at a movie theatre where a family from church had also come to watch the same movie as me.ContinueContinue reading “Beware of His Hidden Trap”