Acts 10:1, 2 “Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, a devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.” Observation:...

Job 3:1 “Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.” Observation: Job had just experienced a series of catastrophes that could cause me to live as though in a darkened cave. His dearest family members, financial resources, even his own health,...

Job 1:8 “The Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.’” Observation: Job was blameless, not in the sense of sinlessness, for no one is;...

Malachi 3:16 “Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.”  Observation: The last two chapters of Malachi have as...

Nehemiah 13:1, 3 “On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God … So when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from...

Esther 2:9, 12, 14 “Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and food, gave her seven choice maids from the king’s palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem. … Now when the...

Luke 16:1–2 “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be...

Zechariah 13:1 “In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.” Observation: In that day. In what day? In the day of the Lord’s return. In that day He will make Jerusalem a heavy stone...

Zechariah 10:1 “Ask rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain.” Observation: Chapter 10 of Zechariah speaks of the blessings of Messiah, beginning with this very reasonable command to “Ask rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain.” This seems a...

Zechariah 7:5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me?’”  Observation: This was a question from God posed through Zechariah to the nation of Israel....