Malachi 3:1-4:6; Revelation 22:1-21; Psalm 150:1-6; Proverbs 31:25-31 What are you looking forward to next year? Are there things you are anticipating and eagerly expecting to happen? Do you have certain dates circled on your calendar and are counting down the days until they happen? Both the Old and New Testaments end with a call for people to look to the future and live with anticipation for wha...  Read More

Malachi 1:1-2:17; Revelation 21:1-27; Psalm 149:1-9; Proverbs 31:10-24 Do you ever find yourself asking questions of God? Why did you allow this to happen? Why did you not act in a particular situation? We all have questions of God and some of them will not be answered until eternity, but we can always ask God anything.The people in Malachi’s day had lost sight of God’s love and so even when God t...  Read More

Zechariah 14:1-21; Revelation 20:1-15; Psalm 148:1-14; Proverbs 31:8-9 The Bible ultimately tells one story. 66 books that all tell the same tale. They speak of a loving God who wants to dwell with and rule over his people. This is our hope and this is the future of God’s people to live with God forever.Zechariah points us to this reality when he speaks of the day when “The Lord will be king over ...  Read More

Zechariah 12:1-13:9; Revelation 19:1-21; Psalm 147:1-20; Proverbs 31:1-7 Our culture talks a lot about purity, but it is mostly relegated to food and the environment. We have long ago discarded the ideas of moral purity and instead talk about whether a food is organic, whole, or pure, or has lots of ingredients and chemicals added to it. Yet God is not concerned about the foods we eat but about wh...  Read More

Zechariah 10:1-11:17; Revelation 18:1-24; Psalm 146:1-10; Proverbs 30:33 Where do all the blessings in your life come from? Can you take the credit for where you are or is someone else to be acknowledged? Are you to give ultimate thanks to things of this world or God?Revelation 18 pictures the destruction of Babylon, the city pictured as a woman in Revelation 17. The nations of the world are sadde...  Read More

Zechariah 9:1-17; Revelation 17:1-18; Psalm 145:1-21; Proverbs 30:32 Have you ever been in the middle of a book and wondered how it was going to end? You were trying to make sense of multiple storylines and trying to see how they were all going to fit together.  Sometimes reading the Bible can feel like that.Zechariah along with most of the prophets focuses heavily on God’s judgment upon sin. Yet ...  Read More

Zechariah 8:1-23; Revelation 16:1-21; Psalm 144:1-15; Proverbs 30:29-31 Merry Christmas. As we consider Jesus’ coming to Earth we remember why he did this. He came so that we could have a relationship with God the Father. This has always been God’s desire, to dwell with his people, and through Christ, it was made possible.Zechariah 8 speaks to God’s heart to dwell with his people when he says, “I ...  Read More

Zechariah 6:1-7:14; Revelation 15:1-8; Psalm 143:1-12; Proverbs 30:24-28 It is Christmas Eve. Many of us will gather at churches to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We will reflect on his incarnation, humility, and his birth in Bethlehem. Yet Jesus is far more than simply a baby.Zechariah over 500 years before Jesus gives a glimpse of who Jesus is. In a vision, he sees Joshua who is called a branch, ...  Read More

Zechariah 4:1-5:11; Revelation 14:1-20; Psalm 142:1-7; Proverbs 30:21-23 God chooses to do his will through sinful people like us. He created Adam and Eve to work in his garden and he has chosen to accomplish his purposes through people ever since. Whether through priests, prophets, kings, or ordinary people, God almost always chooses to work through his creation. So, it is up to us to make oursel...  Read More

Zechariah 2:1-3:10; Revelation 13:1-18; Psalm 141:1-10; Proverbs 30:18-20 What do you spend time focusing on? Do you fixate on past mistakes and things you wish you did differently? Do you focus on the present and everything you need to accomplish today? Or do you focus on the future and what is to come? What we spend time on will inevitably shape our hearts and our lives.Zechariah is writing to a...  Read More

Zechariah 1:1-21; Revelation 12:1-17; Psalm 140:1-13; Proverbs 30:17 Those who oppose God in Scripture and the world can often seem intimidating. We may often feel like there is nothing we can do to stand against the wickedness and cultural currents of the world, but with God, we can always overcome.The dragon of Revelation 12 is one of the most impressive figures in the Bible. He is enormous and ...  Read More

Haggai 1:1-2:23; Revelation 11:1-19; Psalm 139:1-24; Proverbs 30:15-16 One of the most amazing doctrines in Scripture is that God is present with his people. Psalm 139:8 says, “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” How amazing to know that God is present with us through all circumstances of life.Like all theological truths, this should impact the...  Read More