Daily Manna

“The Lord made the earth by His power, and He preserves it by His wisdom. With His own understanding He stretched out the heavens. When He speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain. He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from His storehouses. The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power. Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the...

“This is what the Lord says: “Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back. Raise a signal flag to tell everyone that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced. But now, flee from Babylon! Leave the land of the Babylonians. Like male goats at the head of the flock, lead My people home again. ‭‭After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. He gave a mighty shout: Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen!...

“My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store My commands in your heart. If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying. Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation. Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take....

“He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves—both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage. The officials and all the people had obeyed the king’s command, but later they changed their minds. They took back the men and women they had freed, forcing them to be slaves again. Recently you repented and did what was right, following My command. You freed your slaves and made a solemn covenant with Me in the Temple that bears My name. But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled My name by taking...

“In those days and at that time I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. For this is what the Lord says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever. This is what the Lord says: If you can break My covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other, only then will My covenant with My servant David be broken. Only then will he no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. The...