VERSE: Nahum 2:2–For the Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, even though devastators have devastated them and destroyed their vine branches. TRUTH: Even in the midst of the devastations that the people of Jacob had experienced, God promised them restoration. Not just any restoration, but a return to splendor. It’s a promise to renew. A promise to restore. No matter how devastated we feel, God is able to completely renew and restore us. RESPONSE: Lord, some days, I feel such a sense of devastation in my life. I start to think I am worthless and ruined. Yet You love me and promise to restore…

VERSE: Nahum 1:7–The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who take refuge in Him. TRUTH: Three things we learn about God in this passage. First, He is good. Regardless of what happens, we can rest knowing that God is good. Second, He is a stronghold, a fortress that can withstand any trouble or difficulty that we go through. Finally, when we take refuge in Him, He doesn’t just protect us, He knows us. He knows our thoughts, our desires, our innermost being. We can trust God, knowing that He is good, He withstands trouble, and He knows us more completely that we…

VERSE: Micah 7:8–Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me. TRUTH: We are all going to go through tough times. Occasionally, our enemies will make the mistake of laughing at us while we are down. Our God will be victorious and through Him, we will be too. No matter what our enemies say to us while we are down, the truth is that God is a light for us and through Him we will rise. RESPONSE: Lord, in the dark times I will not listen to these people who laugh and make…

VERSE: Micah 6:8–He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God. TRUTH: What God really wants from each of us is not mindless sacrifices, but a genuine relationship. God wants us to do and love the things He does and loves and to walk with Him. Are we looking to spend time walking with God, talking and sharing with Him like an old friend? Make time today to share with God and walk with Him. RESPONSE: Lord, I want to desire the things that You desire. I want…

VERSE: Micah 5:9–Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, and all your enemies will be cast off.TRUTH: God will be victorious in the end and in that day, we will see God’s victory over His enemies. Do we live today in the knowledge and confidence that God is over all and will be victorious? Do we live out the truth even when we don’t see it yet? RESPONSE: Father, we love You and praise You for Your writing. I will live today knowing that You are over all and will one day destroy evil completely.

VERSE: Micah 4:6–“In that day,” declares the Lord, “I will assemble the lame and gather the outcasts, even those whom I have afflicted.” TRUTH: God sees and knows what we are going through. Often, while I’m not physically lame or outcast, I feel emotionally or spiritually lame and outcast. God still sees me and cares for me. In His time He will gather all of us lame and outcast people together and bring us into His glory. O what a wonderful day! RESPONSE: Lord, thank You for Your grace and mercy to save and care for a lame outcast like me. You are amazing and I love You so much.

VERSE: Micah 3:11–Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, her priests instruct for a price, and her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord saying, “Is not the Lord in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us.” TRUTH: In Micah’s time, there was corruption and hypocrisy in all areas of government. People were able to buy justice and favor and then they would ask God to bless what they were doing. Do we follow God’s commands, or just do whatever we want and then ask God to bless it? RESPONSE: Lord, I want my whole life to be a blessing to You, not just a mockery…

VERSE: Micah 2:3–Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity from which you cannot remove your necks. And you will not walk haughtily, for it will be an evil time.” TRUTH: When people act evil toward themselves, others, and God, we must remember that God is watching. He sees what is done and He will repay the evil that He has seen others do. Even when we feel like things are not fair and those who do evil things seem to be getting away with it, God sees and knows and He will make everything just and right in the end. RESPONSE: Lord, I…

VERSE: Micah 1:2–Hear, O peoples, all of you; Listen, O earth and all it contains, and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple. TRUTH: When we do things, are we realizing that God is there? No matter where we go, or what we do, God sees us. He knows the very thoughts of our mind. The people Micah was speaking to thought they could hide their sins from God. Do we think the same? We must be open and honest with Him and ask for repentance. He sees and knows all we’ve done anyway.RESPONSE: Lord, help me to be honest with You…

VERSE: Jonah 4:2–He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was this not what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I know that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.” TRUTH: Jonah was mad because God heard the request for forgiveness from the people of Ninevah and He forgave them. Jonah didn’t want them to be forgiven, He wanted them to be destroyed by God’s wrath. Are there people we won’t share with because we don’t want God to forgive them?…