Category: Holy Living

God Disciplines His Children for Their Good. Amos 2-3. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 113, Amos 2-3

Sometimes it seems that professing Christians think they are immune from the consequences of their sin. Indeed Jesus has paid the price for our sin by His death on the cross, but we still must endure God’s discipline for our good.

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

Hebrews 12:4-8 ESV

All too many American children are being left without discipline, and our nation is reaping the consequences of it. God disciplined the Israelites and He disciplines Christians – not because He hates us, but because He loves us – and earthly parents are expected to do likewise.

Oh, Heavenly Father, what a blessing it is to call You, Father. What an honor to be Your daughter. Help me to endure Your discipline with humility and gratitude and trust, fully believing that You are working to conform me into the image of Your Son. You are good. Always. Help me to learn what you’re teaching me. In the Name of Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord I pray. Amen.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name – Getty, The Village Chapel

God Looks at Cities and Nations as well as Individuals. Amos 1. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 112, Amos 1

Until doing the 2 Year Bible reading plan, I’d never studied Amos for myself, though my pastor did spend several weeks teaching through it in August 2019. In fact he spent about a year teaching through all the minor prophets verse by verse. If you’re like me and need a quick overview of the Book of Amos, you might want to read Got Questions’s post here.

For Amos 1, I took some time to learn a little about the locations of Amos 1: Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, and the Ammonites. And that got me thinking about how God pronounced these judgments on the whole city-state, not merely on individuals or even the king.

So I started thinking about what kind of judgment God would have on my city, state, and nation. We have forsaken His Word. We have forgotten His commands. We have aborted babies in the name of choice. We have allowed criminals to run free while we have forbidden prayer and the Bible from our schools. We have set aside a month to celebrate men who pretend to be women and women who pretend to be men. We have bowed down to idols of all kinds: money, mortal men and “Mother Earth.” We have hidden the gospel and turned a blind eye to our neighbor in need.

Heavenly Father, Forgive us, Lord. Forgive us. Please, Father, shed Your grace on us. We need You. Turn our nation back to You. Turn the hearts of fathers back to their children. Turn the hearts of mothers back to their homes. Turn us back to Your Word. For Your glory and honor I pray. Amen.

Psalm 46:10, Be Still – Seeds Family Worship

Don’t Lose Hope – 2 Kings 24-25. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 109, 2 Kings 24-25

In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. And he burned the house of the LORD and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem. And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile.

2 Kings 25:8-11 ESV

Don’t lose hope! The Lord is still on His throne! Jesus is still the KING of Kings!

Keep going, and keep reading … The story isn’t finished yet.

Don’t Lose Hope! The Story Isn’t Finished! 2 Kings 24-25
He Will Hold Me Fast – Sovereign Grace Music T4G

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share

If Your Eye Causes You to Sin – 2 Kings 22-23. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Kings 22-23

And [King Josiah] deposed the priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem …  And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people. And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD… and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beersheba.

2 Kings 23:5-8 ESV

Today’s passage about godly King Josiah pointed me to the KING of Kings, Jesus.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:29 ESV, “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.”

And again in Matthew 18:7-9 ESV, “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.”

Let’s be SERIOUS about those temptations that lead US to sin, as well as those people who lead OTHERS to sin.

#beholyasiamholy
#woetotheworld
#ifyoureyecausesyoutosin
#readthebibleintwoyears
#teachwhatisgood

If Your Eye Causes You to Sin – 2 Kings 22-23. FormerAtheist58
All People who on Earth Do Dwell

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share

God Hears the Prayers of His People – 2 Kings 20-21. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Kings 20-21

“Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.”

And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.”

2 Kings 20:3-6 ESV

God Hears the Prayers of His People – 2 Kings 20-21. FormerAtheist58
Our Father – Don Moen

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share

The Tactics of the Enemy vs The Faith of the Redeemed – 2 Kings 18-19. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Kings 18-19.


The enemy lies, deceives, and accuses, all while promising blessing. How do we fight back?

Pray. Pray. And pray!

And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said:

“O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.

So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone.”

2 Kings 19:19 ESV

The Tactics of the Enemy vs The Faith of the Redeemed – 2 Kings 18-19. FormerAtheist58
His Glory And My Good – CityAlight (Lyric video)

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share

You’ve Gotta CHOOSE who You’re Gonna SERVE. 2 Kings 17. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Kings 17

So these nations feared the LORD and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children’s children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.

2 Kings 17:41 ESV


The world says you can have it all. That’s not true. You can’t worship the one true God while still worshipping the world, its idols, and its ways.

You have to make a choice. Like Joshua said,  “Choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15)

Who will you choose?

#teachwhatisgood
#formeratheist58
#readthebiblein2years
#asformeandmyhousewewillservethelord
#choosethisdaywhomyouwillserve

You’ve Gotta CHOOSE who You’re Gonna SERVE. FormerAtheist58
As for Me and My House – Getty

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share

Having a Hard Time Remembering All those Kings’ Names? Remember This! 2 Kings 15-16. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Kings 15-16

Who can remember all these kings’ names?  Are Joash and Jehoash the same man? What about Joram and Jehoram, or Azariah and Uzziah? And wait – Is he a king over Israel or Judah? I’m so confused.

But … Listen … There’s ONE name that matters most. The ONE name by which we must be saved.

Do you know THAT king’s name?

Does He rule and reign over your mind and mouth?

Does He sit on the throne of your heart?

#teachwhatisgood
#formeratheist58
#readthebiblein2years
#thatsmyking
#kingofmyheart

Having a Hard Time Remembering All those Kings’ Names? Remember This!  FormerAtheist58
You are my King – Chris Tomlin
THAT’S MY KING – S.M. Lockridge

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share

Don’t Quit! 2 Kings 13-14. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Kings 13-14

Here’s my thought for today: Don’t Quit! Mom-life is hard. Wife-life is hard. Following Christ is hard. Don’t quit.

And he said, “Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. And he said, “The LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.” And he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them.” And he struck three times and stopped. Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.”

2 Kings 13:17-19 ESV

Don’t Quit! FormerAtheist58
He will Hold Me Fast – Getty and Selah

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share

If you Want God to Reign, you must put your Flesh to Death. 2 Kings 11-12. 2026.

Published on by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 2 Kings 11-12

If you want GOD to reign in your life, you have to put His enemies to death. If you want GOD to be your King, you can’t let sin and Satan keep having dominion over your life.

2 Kings 11:12-15a ESV — Then he brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!” When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she went into the house of the LORD to the people. And when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!” Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to death with the sword anyone who follows her.”

Colossians 3:5-8 ESV — Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Romans 8:13 ESV — For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Romans 6:11-14 ESV — So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Get your own copy of the 2 Year Bible Reading plan at http://www.teachwhatisgood.com

#readthebiblein2years
#teachwhatisgood
#formeratheist58
#godreigns
#puttodeaththedeedsoftheflesh

If you Want God to Reign, you must put your Flesh to Death.  FormerAtheist58
Christus Victor (Amen) – Getty

Would you like to receive my daily blog posts sent directly to your email? Subscribe for free by entering your email below.

✓ Subscribed

Click here for more information about my Read Through the Bible in Two Years plan.

If you would like prayer, please leave a comment below or send me a message. I’m happy to pray for you.

Please like and share