He Acted Recklessly When He Drank Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. Daniel 5:1 (NKJV) The story of King Belshazzar reveals how dangerous it can be to lose sobriety—not just physical sobriety, but also spiritual and emotional clarity. Blinded…
God Fulfills When I Obey And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments.” Daniel 9:4 (NKJV) Daniel’s prayer is both profound and revealing. He acknowledges that…
We Bow Down and Worship The common people will bow down before the Lord at the entrance on each Sabbath day and each day of the New Moon celebrations. Ezekiel 46:3 (NLT) This passage gives us a powerful yet simple image: the people regularly gathering to worship the Lord. While the context includes specific Old…
I Am Willing to Increase …I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock. Ezekiel 36:37 (NLT) God is not only interested in healing us—He also wants to bless us and cause us to increase. But that increase does not come before an inner transformation. In this chapter, God…
They Moved in Unity “When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved with them. When they lifted their wings to fly, the wheels stayed beside them. When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.” Ezekiel 10:16–17 (NLT) Reflection…
It Had Walls “So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common.” Ezekiel 42:20 (NLT) In the temple vision, God instructed that a wall be built around the sacred area. This wall was not mere architecture; it was a spiritual…
The Same “The king and the prince will stand helpless, weeping in despair, and the people’s hands will tremble with fear. I will bring against them the evil they have done to others, and they will receive the punishment they so richly deserve. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 7:27 (NLT)…
A Healthy Heart Is a Receptive Heart “And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart.” Ezekiel 11:19 (NLT) One of the greatest miracles God can do in a person doesn’t happen on the…
The Sick Heart Turns to Prostitution “What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign Lord, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.” Ezekiel 16:30 (NLT) The book of Ezekiel contains some of the strongest and most moving expressions of God’s heart toward His people. In this verse, the Lord directly…
I Received This Message from the Lord “On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:” Ezekiel 31:1 (NLT) As I was reading the chapters from our annual Bible reading plan, one phrase deeply caught my attention: “this message came to me from the Lord.”…