Daily Update #309

Today’s Reading:  2    Then the Lord replied:         ‘Write down the revelation            and make it plain on tablets            so that a herald may run with it.3        For the revelation awaits an appointed time;            it speaks of the end            and will not prove false.        Though …

Daily Update #308

I will take my stand at my watchpost    and station myself on the tower,and look out to see what he will say to me,    and what I will answer concerning my complaint. Habakkuk 2:1 Wherever, I like to walk towards the sun, or with a breeze in my face. Actually I don’t much mind a stronger wind …

Daily Update #307

Habakkuk 1:12-17 Habakkuk’s Second Complaint 12 Lord, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will never die.You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?    Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?14 You …

Daily Update #306

Habakkuk 1:7-11The strength and speed of the Babylonian army.Today’s reading continues from last week with a description of the Babylonian army.7 They are a feared and dreaded people;    they are a law to themselves    and promote their own honour.8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk.Their cavalry gallops headlong;    their horsemen come from afar.They fly like an …

Daily Update #305

Pause:Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.  I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.’  I keep my eyes always on the Lord.  With him at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Psalm 16: 1-2, 8 Today’s Reading:  “Look at the nations and …

Daily Update #304

Today’s reading:  2    How long, Lord, must I call for help,          but you do not listen?     Or cry out to you, “Violence!”          but you do not save?3    Why do you make me look at injustice?          Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?     Destruction …

Daily Update #303

Today’s reading: This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received from the Lord in a vision.Habakkuk 1:1 (NLT)Today we begin our studies with the Old Testament minor prophet, Habakkuk, which is probably one of the lesser known books of the Bible.  It was written around 600 B.C. and consists of only three chapters.  The prophecy …

Daily Update #302

16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and …

Daily Update #301

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, …