Sunday, September 28, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Nehemiah 7-12 Secondary Reading: Psalms 112 Key Verse Nehemiah 9:35 — “For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked … Read more
Saturday, September 27, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Nehemiah 1-6 Key Verse Nehemiah 3:32 — “And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.” Devotional Thought The book of Nehemiah opens not in Jerusalem but in Shushan the palace, where a Jewish cupbearer to the Persian … Read more
Friday, September 26, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Ezra 6-10 Key Verse Ezra 8:23 — “So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.” Devotional Thought In the sixth year of Darius, king of Persia, the temple in Jerusalem was finished. The work had stalled for years under opposition … Read more
Thursday, September 25, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Chronicles 36, Ezra 1-5 Secondary Reading: Psalms 111 Devotional Thought The book of 2 Chronicles ends not with a triumph but with a ruin. Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, hardened his neck and refused to humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke for the … Read more
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Chronicles 31-35 Key Verse 2 Chronicles 33:16 — “And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.” Devotional Thought The ark has been set in its place, the temple … Read more
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Chronicles 25-30 Secondary Reading: Psalms 110 Key Verse 2 Chronicles 28:16 — “At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.” Devotional Thought Amaziah begins well enough. He is twenty-five when he takes the throne of Judah, and the chronicler … Read more
Monday, September 22, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Chronicles 19-24 Key Verse 2 Chronicles 21:17 — “And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left … Read more
Sunday, September 21, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Chronicles 14-18 Key Verse 2 Chronicles 17:3 — “And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;” Devotional Thought The long reign of Asa begins in bright promise. He inherits a kingdom worn … Read more
Saturday, September 20, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Chronicles 8-13 Secondary Reading: Psalms 109 Key Verse 2 Chronicles 10:16 — “And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of … Read more
Friday, September 19, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Chronicles 2-7 Key Verse 2 Chronicles 5:11 — “And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:” Devotional Thought Solomon has inherited a kingdom … Read more
Thursday, September 18, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 1 Chronicles 26-29, 2 Chronicles 1 Secondary Reading: Psalms 108 Devotional Thought The closing chapters of 1 Chronicles gather up the long life of David like a man setting his house in order before a journey. The old king, who once danced before the ark and later … Read more
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 1 Chronicles 20-25 Key Verse 1 Chronicles 23:19 — “Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.” Devotional Thought The chronicler turns from David’s triumphs to his deepest failure. In 1 Chronicles 20, Israel’s armies under Joab … Read more