Zechariah

Zechariah is a two part, postexile book. The Zechariah Book’s author was a priest whose name was Zechariah.

Haggai

Haggai is the edited notes of four or five pithy, succinct messages. The four or five terse, laconic communiqués that Haggai conveyed to the Israelites who were living in the land of Judah was sent to them in 520 B.C.

Zephaniah

Zephaniah is a powerful pronouncement against and a persuasive promise for God’s specially chosen people – the Israelite people, who were living in the land of Judah.

Habakkuk

Habakkuk was a perplexed prophet who scribed in a short missive his burdened thoughts that would become an entry in the Biblical canon as one of the minor prophet books.

Nahum

Nahum is two poems. An Elkoshite family clan prophet by the name of Nahum scribed the ‘book’ that was named after him sometime between 663 B.C. and 612 B.C.

Micah

Micah is the edited ruminations of a self-identified prophet whose name means ‘who is like Yahweh’. The resulting communiqués were compiled and became the Micah Book.

Jonah

Jonah is a seminal event in Jonah’s life that was scribed to leave as a true account for future generations from what he heard about Jonah.

Obadiah

Obadiah was scribed to indict the country of Edom. The Obadiah ‘Book’ was named after the minor prophet who scribed this one chapter denunciation.

Amos

Amos is a doomsday prophetic transcript. Amos articulated his dire warnings over 2,760 years ago.

Joel

Joel was a prophet who God gave an epiphany. Joel’s vocational call from God was to be a prophet to His special chosen people who were living in Israel’s southern kingdom which was called Judah.

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

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Hosea 9

Hosea 9

"When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your fathers, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved."...

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Ezekiel 47

Ezekiel 47

“Swarms of living creatures will live wherever this river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.”
~ Ezekiel 47:9

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Zechariah 11

Zechariah 11

“And the LORD said to me, ‘“Throw it to the potter’”—the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter.”
~ Zechariah 11:13

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Isaiah 35

Isaiah 35

“And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.”
~ Isaiah 35:8

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Deuteronomy 4

Deuteronomy 4

“Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.”
~ Deuteronomy 4:9

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Exodus 39

Exodus 39

“Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.”
~ Exodus 39:43

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Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel 2

“‘Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their fathers have been in revolt against me to this very day.”
~ Ezekiel 2:3

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Deuteronomy 25

Deuteronomy 25

“For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.”
~ Deuteronomy 25:16

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Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 3

“When I say to a wicked man, ‘you will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
~ Ezekiel 3:18

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Genesis 16

Genesis 16

“He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility towards all his brothers.”
~ Genesis 16:12

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Psalm 34

Psalm 34

“I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.”
~ Psalm 34:1

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1 Chronicles 5

1 Chronicles 5

“They were helped in fighting them, and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over to them, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.”
~ 1 Chronicles 5:20

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2 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 18

“The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “‘Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake.”’ And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.”
~ 2 Samuel 18:5

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Psalm 76

Psalm 76

“You alone are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry?”
~ Psalm 76:7

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2 Kings 8

2 Kings 8

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the harm you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women.”
~ 2 Kings 8:12

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Leviticus 19

Leviticus 19

“Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so that you will not share in his guilt.”
~ Leviticus 19:17

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Job 13

Job 13

"Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated." ~ Job 13:18   Hi James and Ellen, Do you have days when nothing seems to go right for you? Do you have times when everyone seems to be against you? Do you have moments when you wish that everyone...

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Job 15

Job 15

“Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the craft.”
~ Job 15:5

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