Song of Songs

Song of Songs is an ode about a guy and a gal who are madly in love with each other. Solomon is who scribed the Song of Songs sonnet.

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes is the recorded words that were spoken by an old guy in front of an assembly – as the meaning of Ecclesiastes is ‘the speaker to the assembly’.

Proverbs

Proverbs is a collated collection of contrasting couplets. The majority of Proverbs Book’s axioms are quotes from Solomon’s notes on living a pragmatic life.

Psalms

Psalms is an assemblage of five books of 150 poems, songs and chants.

Job

Job is an example of what may happen when God allows a person to be caught in Satan’s crosshairs.

Esther

The book of Esther’s 10 chapters are specific for Jews. Before someone put it into a written narrative, it was orally passed on from one generation of Jews to the next generation of Jews.

Nehemiah

Nehemiah is composed of memoir exerts. Nehemiah Book began circulation around 430 B.C.

Ezra

The book of Ezra recounts what took place after Cyrus – who was a Persian king, gave Zerubbabel permission in 538 B.C. to lead a group of 42,360 of God’s specially chosen people from the land of Babylonia where they have been living as exiles back to their homes in the city of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles is the second half of Ezra’s daily affairs and annuals tome. Ezra scribed his historical chronicles somewhere around 450 B.C.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles is the first half of an historical chronicle. Chronicles in Hebrew means ‘the affairs of the days or of the years’. The Chronicles Book’s theological theme is that absolute obedience to God’s life mandates will lead to divine blessings.

Short Stories and Devotional Letters to Grandchildren on Every Book and Chapter of the Bible

Recent Devotionals

Psalm 17

Psalm 17

“I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.”
~ Psalm 17:6

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Psalm 13

Psalm 13

“But I trust in your unfailing love: my heart rejoices in your salvation.”
~ Psalm 13:5

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Psalm 2

Psalm 2

“Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.”
~ Psalm 2:11

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Isaiah 52

Isaiah 52

“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “‘Your God reigns!”
~ Isaiah 52:7

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1 Samuel 6

1 Samuel 6

“But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the LORD had dealt them,”
~ 1 Samuel 6:19

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Psalm 49

Psalm 49

“For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.”
~ Psalm 49:10

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1 Corinthians 3

1 Corinthians 3

“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?”
~ 1 Corinthians 3:16

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Matthew 27

Matthew 27

“So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.”
~ Matthew 27:66

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Psalm 131

Psalm 131

“My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.”
~ Psalm 131:1

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Isaiah 37

Isaiah 37

“Listen! I am going to put a spirit in him so that when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.”
~ Isaiah 37:7

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Ezekiel 13

Ezekiel 13

“You have not gone up to the breaks in the wall to repair it for the house of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the LORD.”
~ Ezekiel 13:5

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Nehemiah 5

Nehemiah 5

“I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “‘In this way may God shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. So may such a man be shaken out and emptied!”’ At this the whole assembly said, “‘Amen.”’ And praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.”
~ Nehemiah 5:13

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Job 32

Job 32

“But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.”
~ Job 32:8

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Luke 1

Luke 1

“The angel answered, ‘“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”
~ Luke 1:35

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John 6

John 6

“For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
~ John 6:40

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2 Corinthians 8

2 Corinthians 8

“But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness in your love for us—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.”
~ 2 Corinthians 8:7

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John 2

John 2

“He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in man.”
~ John 2:25

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2 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

“Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God’s grace.”
~ 2 Corinthians 1:12

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