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Daily Devotion Archive
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 4:1-5 Click to listen to this devotion. 4:1 Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you; for […]
God’s Word for You – Ezra 3:10-13 The old men wept
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 3:10-13 Click to listen to this devotion. 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, took their places with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the […]
God’s Word for You – Ezra 3:7-9 Cedar logs and messy pancakes
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 3:7-9 Click to listen to this devotion. 7 So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon by sea to Joppa, according to the grant which they had from Cyrus king of […]
God’s Word for You – Ezra 3:4-6 The Feast of Tabernacles
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 3:4-6 Click to listen to this devotion. 4 They celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written. They offered the burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required. 5 After this they offered the regular burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon and […]
God’s Word for You – Ezra 3:1-3 The altar, fear, and trust
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 3:1-3 Click to listen to this devotion. 3:1 When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were settled in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his colleagues, rose up […]
God’s Word for You – Ezra 2 Summary
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 2 Summary Click to listen to this devotion. 2:1 Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity– of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. This chapter […]
God’s Word for You – Ezra 1:5-11 Gifts returned to God’s people
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 1:5-11 Click to listen to this devotion. 5 Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, every one whose spirit God had stirred, rose up to go up to rebuild the House of the LORD in Jerusalem. 6 And all their neighbors […]
God’s Word for You – Ezra 1:1-4 The command of Cyrus
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUEZRA 1:1-4 Click to listen to this devotion. The book of Ezra is connected to Nehemiah. They two men knew each other and worked together, and although Nehemiah arrived later than Ezra, they are shown working with one another in Nehemiah 8:9, and their time of service is known as “the days […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 137:7-9 By the rivers of Babylon (Part 2)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 137:7-9 Click to listen to this devotion. 7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites didon the day that Jerusalem fell,how they shouted, “Tear it down!Tear it down to its foundations!” There are several places where these wicked acts of Edom are hinted at, especially in Lamentations, where the Lord’s judgment is […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 137:1-6 By the rivers of Babylon (Part 1)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 137:1-6 Click to listen to this devotion. This is one of the only psalms that can be dated to the period of the exile or later with certainty. Perhaps it was one of the very last psalms written in the Bible. Its author is not named, and it carries no superscription […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 The return.
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 CHRONICLES 36:22-23 Click to listen to this devotion. 22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and […]
God’s Word for You – 2 Chronicles 36:15-21 The temple is burned
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU2 CHRONICLES 36:15-21 Click to listen to this devotion. 15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again through his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But the people kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, […]
