Day 31 (Year 2) Ears Opened and the Blind Seeing “On that day the deaf will hear words of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see. The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy […]
Day 32 (Year 2) Understanding Spiritual Darkness “Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.” (Psalm 74:20 NASB) When God entrusted Paul with the gospel mission to turn people “from darkness to light” (Acts 26:18 NIV), we must first understand that “darkness” refers to spiritual darkness.
Day 33 (Year 2) When God Calls Evil to Account “‘Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it; For I will bring calamity upon them, The year of their punishment,’ declares the LORD.” (Jeremiah 23:12 NASB) The preceding verses mention
Day 34 (Year 2) Suffering Because of Disobeying God’s Words “There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains, Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High.” (Psalm 107:10-11 NASB) For a person to leave spiritual darkness,
Day 35 (Year 2) Do You Choose Good or Evil? “From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.” (Job 38:15 NASB) Why do those who disobey God still seem to have happiness? According to the above scripture, it is because they have an “uplifted arm.” Yet in darkness, the arm
Day 36 (Year 2) Inner Darkness “They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.” (Job 12:25 NASB) The above verse is Job’s description of leaders who lack proper understanding. The word “grope” (mashash in the Hebrew) can be interpreted as “to move forward by feeling, to decide
Day 37 (Year 2) Woe to Those Who Distort Right and Wrong “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20 NKJV) Those who depart from God sometimes fall into inner confusion and darkness.
Day 38 (Year 2) Dark Wisdom “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight! Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine And valiant men in mixing strong drink, Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away the rights of the ones who are
Day 39 (Year 2) A Fleeting Brilliance in Darkness “Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble And dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust; For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts And despised the word of the
Day 40 (Year 2) Dealing With Our Sins Before God “You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.” (Psalm 90:8 NASB) The first verse of this psalm states that its author was Moses. He says that God brings out the iniquities and hidden sins of those Israelites
