God’s Just Judgement Malachi 3:1 – Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. In this one verse we… Continue reading Malachi – Part 4 of 5
Author: Carolyn Dawson
I am a writer of Bible devotions, a writer of songs and occasionally a writer of poems. I am also a Christian, so I suppose you could call me a Christian writer. My first book - aptly named 'The Narrow Path' will be published in September 2024. I live in Northern Ireland and when I get the opportunity, I love to travel.
Malachi – Part 3 of 5
God’s Unsevered Union Malachi 2:10 – Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? The nation of Israel is God’s chosen nation and their covenant with him was to remain pure and holy. They had been instructed… Continue reading Malachi – Part 3 of 5
Malachi – Part 2 of 5
God’s Boundless Blessing Malachi 1:11 – For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. The priests taught the people the ways of the Lord from the Torah. They were taught… Continue reading Malachi – Part 2 of 5
Malachi – Part 1 of 5
God’s Longsuffering Love Malachi 1:2 – “I have loved you,” says the Lord. Looking back over the previous 11 prophets, we see each one starting with words of caution, words of complaint and words of command, along with judgement, anger and accusation. The oracle of Malachi, however, opens with a declaration of love. It is… Continue reading Malachi – Part 1 of 5
Zechariah – Part 5 of 5
The Purification of God Zechariah 13:9 – And I will put this third [the remnant] into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The… Continue reading Zechariah – Part 5 of 5
Zechariah – Part 4 of 5
The Provision of God Zechariah 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud. O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. In chapters 9 and 10 we read of the… Continue reading Zechariah – Part 4 of 5
Zechariah – Part 3 of 5
The Peace of God Zechariah 8:16 – These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgements that are true and make for peace. Seventy years the exiles had been in Babylon which means that some of those returning to Judah had never seen Jerusalem before… Continue reading Zechariah – Part 3 of 5
Zechariah – Part 2 of 5
The Power of God Zechariah 4:8 – This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. In chapters 3 and 4, Zechariah is given two more visions, this time concerning Joshua the priest and Zerubbabel the governor. Joshua was standing… Continue reading Zechariah – Part 2 of 5
Zechariah – Part 1 of 5
The Protection of God Zechariah 1:3 – Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you. This has been the Lords refrain for over 4000 years; not just a few decades or even a few centuries but thousands of years of mankind doing his own thing and going his own… Continue reading Zechariah – Part 1 of 5
Haggai – Part 2 of 2
Trust Continually Haggai 1:6 - “Consider your ways. You have sown much and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.” The Israelites… Continue reading Haggai – Part 2 of 2
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