Time to Rebuild: Amos, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
Time for a hot (or iced) cup of coffee and some time studying God's truth!
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We’re Tricia and Michelle, two friends inviting you to join us in reading through the Bible chronologically this year. These daily emails are meant to be a cozy companion to your morning coffee and the Daily Bible Podcast.
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Word of the Day Espresso Shot
Word of the day: Rebuild
Life wasn’t easy for this mom.
Her name was Audrey. She was a widow. She was legally blind.
She was raising six children, alone.
They all lived on a rundown farm in a house without a working toilet.
But one day, everything changed.
Audrey Gibbs found out that she had been nominated to be on the show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
The new home was completely designed for Audrey and her family. It was just what they needed. But before it could be built, Audrey’s first house had to be destroyed.
As Michelle pointed out in today’s podcast, this is what we’re reading about in Scripture– God bringing his people through something difficult. The people have sinned and turned away from Him. God wants to destroy that sin, but promises to rebuild and restore, better than ever before.
Memory Verse
After you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation. -1 Peter 5:10
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Today’s Coffee Chat
Have you experienced an especially difficult season of life that led to a beautiful restorative season? What happened, and what did you learn?
Going Deeper than a Venti: Reflection and Journal Prompt
Let’s be honest. When you decide to read your Bible or choose Scripture to memorize, the book of Amos is not one you immediately turn to. You may even wonder… why should we study the minor prophets of the Bible at all? Christian writer Jaquelle Crowe examined this question in her article, Why Modern-Day Christians Need the Minor Prophets.
First, Crowe says, we have to consider the fact that these shorter prophetic books are a part of the Bible for a reason. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof , for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”
Second, Crowe emphasizes that these minor prophets teach a lot about justice. We’ve already seen this in Amos. God’s morality and justice is consistent and clear. And the more we are aware of how far we fall from God’s perfect design, the more we see how much we need Jesus.
Third, as we studied yesterday, books like Amos explore God’s sovereignty, and remind us that God is aware of and in control of everything.
And finally, even these books speak to the redemptive arc of God’s plan for us. We are sinners. God has a plan, He sent Jesus, and we have hope through Him.
Journal Prompt
What’s something surprising you’ve learned from an “unpopular” or rarely quoted book of the Bible?