Jeremy Ewing The Bible has a great deal to say about missions. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says The Bible’s teaching on missions begins with God’s own initiative to bless the nations. In Genesis 12:1–3, God calls Abram to leave his country and promises, “in … Read more
Jehoshuah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jehoshuah is another name for Joshua, the man who led the Israelites in their conquest of Canaan. In the King James Bible, this form of the name appears only once, in the genealogy of the tribe … Read more
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Corinthians 7-8 Key Verse 2 Corinthians 8:5 — “And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.” Devotional Thought Paul writes to the Corinthians in the dead of winter, and … Read more
Candace is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Candace is mentioned in the King James Bible only once, in the Book of Acts, and is not a personal name but a royal title. The text speaks of “a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of … Read more
Monday, February 9, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Corinthians 6 Key Verse 2 Corinthians 6:10 — “As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” Devotional Thought Paul writes to the church at Corinth as “a worker together with him,” and his first concern … Read more
Sunday, February 8, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Corinthians 4-5 Secondary Reading: Psalms 17 Key Verse 2 Corinthians 5:2 — “For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:” Devotional Thought Paul wrote these words to a church that had begun to measure ministers by … Read more
Saturday, February 7, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Corinthians 2-3 Key Verse 2 Corinthians 3:1 — “Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?” Devotional Thought In the dead of winter, when the world outside is gray and … Read more
Abdeel is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Abdeel is mentioned only once in the King James Bible, in Jeremiah 36:26, and only as the father of a man named Shelemiah. The verse reads: “But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and … Read more
Friday, February 6, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Corinthians 1 Secondary Reading: Psalms 16 Key Verse 2 Corinthians 1:13 — “For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;” Devotional Thought What do you do when the weight of … Read more
Seled is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Seled was a descendant of Ephraim, mentioned in the genealogies of the tribe in 1 Chronicles. He appears in the family line of Nadab, who was a son of Shammai and a descendant of Jerahmeel in … Read more
Thursday, February 5, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 1 Corinthians 15-16 Key Verse 1 Corinthians 15:42 — “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:” Devotional Thought What does this passage ask of you today? It asks you to stand firm on a fact: the … Read more
Machnadebai is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Machnadebai was one of the men of Israel who, in the days of Ezra, had taken a foreign wife. He is named only once in the King James Bible, in a list of offenders recorded in … Read more