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I Stand Amazed in the Presence of Jesus the Nazarene. Isaiah 13-14. 2026

Published on June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 141, Isaiah 13-14

My Savior’s Love

I stand amazed in the presence
of Jesus the Nazarene,
and wonder how he could love me,
a sinner, condemned unclean.
How marvelous! How wonderful!
and my song shall ever be;
How marvelous! How wonderful!
is my Savior’s love to me!”

Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.

Isaiah 13:9 ESV

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23 ESV

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 4:17 ESV

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

Matthew 5:1-12 ESV

I Stand Amazed in the Presence of Jesus – FormerAtheist58

I Stand Amazed in the Presence – Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Come Unto Jesus – Getty, Laura Story

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Tools in the Master’s Hands. Isaiah 10-12. 2026

Published on June 18, 2026June 18, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 140, Isaiah 10-12

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.

For [the king] says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones….”

Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?

Isaiah 10:12-13, 15a ESV

If it is easy for an unknowing instrument of God to become proud, it is also easy for a willing instrument of God to become proud.

Jesus said we should have a different attitude: So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, “We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.” (Luke 17:10) As wonderful as it is to be an instrument in the hand of God, the instrument deserves no special glory.

David Guzik

Tools in the Master’s Hands – FormerAtheist58

Led by the Master’s Hand – George Younce – Gaithers

J. D. Sumner – Touch of the Master’s Hand

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To Whom Much is Given Much is Required. Micah 1. 2026.

Published on May 24, 2026May 25, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 117, Micah 1

All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel.

Micah 1:5a ESV

Let us as Christians never think, “I’m not *that* bad. I’m not like *those* people.”

Heavenly Father, please keep us humble. Keep us on our knees. Forgive us.

To Whom Much is Given Much is Required – FormerAtheist58

Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer – Sovereign Grace Music

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Jonah had No Pity for the People of Nineveh. Do We? 2026.

Published on May 18, 2026May 19, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 111, Jonah 2-4

Jonah cared more about the death of a plant that was giving him shade than he cared about the lost souls of the Ninevites. 🥹

Friends, every man, woman, and child has been created by God after the image of God. They deserve our love and care. They are not objects to be used or abused or disregarded. May we be as gracious and merciful and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness as our good God!

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Jonah had No Pity for the People of Nineveh. Do We? – FormerAtheist58

Beloved, Let Us Love One Another – FormerAtheist58

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Thinking of Others More Highly than Yourself. Jonah. 2026.

Published on May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 110, Jonah 1

Who was Jonah thinking about when he refused to go to Nineveh?

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

Jonah 1:1-3 ESV

Who were the sailors thinking about when they didn’t want to throw Jonah into the sea?

Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. Therefore they called out to the LORD, “O LORD, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you.”

Jonah 1:11-14 ESV

Who was Jesus thinking about when He left heaven and came to earth and suffered to the point of death on a cross.

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:4-8 ESV

Thinking of Others More Highly than Yourself – FormerAtheist58

Bless the Lord O my Soul (Psalm 103) – Sovereign Grace Music

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Counterfeit Faith. Reflections from 1 Kings 14. 2026.

Published on April 28, 2026May 8, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 1 Kings 14

What do you do when you find yourself in a pickle? Do you cry out to God for help? Do you beg Him for mercy? Do you plead for Him to save you?

I think many Americans run their lives on their own terms 95% of the year and then suddenly remember God when they find themselves in a jam, much like Jeroboam in 1 Kings 14.

As we read earlier in 1 Kings, Jeroboam had set up his own houses of worship complete with altars and golden calves in the Israelite cities of Bethel and Dan. And yet, when his own son, Abijah, became sick, where did Jeroboam turn? Did he send his wife to Bethel or Dan to inquire of those golden calves that he had erected? No, he didn’t. He sent her to Shiloh to inquire of the Lord’s prophet, Ahijah.

Is this genuine faith? No, it isn’t. Jeroboam’s faith is the faith of demons, not the faith of born-again believers.

Counterfeit faith says, “I know God is real, but I won’t submit my life to Him.”

Friends, genuine faith will result in obedience, daily obedience. Genuine faith says, “I know God is real, so I want to live my life for Him.”

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! …

You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.
James 2:19, 22-23 ESV

Do you have genuine faith? Or counterfeit faith?

Heavenly Father, You are the one true God. There are so many imposters, but You are the only One who is true. Search my heart and test me. Show me where I’ve fallen prey to the lies of the devil. Show me where I’m faking faith. Please don’t let me come to the day of judgment when my deeds will be laid bare and it will become clear that I was among those who never knew you. Do what You need to do to bring me into a right relationship with You. I want to know You more that I would love you more and walk in the daily obedience of faith. I pray this in the Name of Jesus Christ, the spotless Lamb who died in my place, Amen.

Love God? Love Others – 2 Chronicles 34-36 – 2026 Day 83

Published on March 20, 2026May 6, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 52, 2 Chronicles 34-36

“Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And the king went up to the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book. Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and in Benjamin join in it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 34:29-32 ESV

Love God? Love Others – 2 Chronicles 34-26 – FormerAtheist58

How Deep the Father’s Love for Us – JJ Heller

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Our Sins are Many but His Mercy is MORE – 2 Chronicles 33 – 2026 Day 82

Published on March 19, 2026May 6, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 50-51, 2 Chronicles 33

The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention. Therefore the LORD brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon.

And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.

2 Chronicles 33:10-13 ESV

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Psalm 51:10-12 ESV