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  1. December 19 - Household Enemies

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    12/19/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נבל - The son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. MICAH 7:6–7
    December 19 - Household Enemies

  2. December 18 - O Insignificant Town of Bethlehem

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    12/18/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    צעיר - But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. MICAH 5:2
    December 18 - O Insignificant Town of Bethlehem

  3. December 17 - King Jonah of Schadenfreude

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    12/17/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    רע - When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. JONAH 3:10–4:1
    December 17 - King Jonah of Schadenfreude

  4. December 16 - The Shortest Sermon

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    12/16/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    הפך - [Jonah] called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” JONAH 3:4
    December 16 - The Shortest Sermon

  5. December 15 - Hurled into Watery Exile

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    12/15/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    טול - [Jonah] 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.” JONAH 1:12
    December 15 - Hurled into Watery Exile

  6. December 14 - Jonah the Downer

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    12/14/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ירד - 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 1:3
    December 14 - Jonah the Downer

  7. December 13 - Casting Lots

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    12/13/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    גורל - On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. OBADIAH 11
    December 13 - Casting Lots

  8. December 12 - A Fruity Pun

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    12/12/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    קץ - This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them." AMOS 8:1–2
    December 12 - A Fruity Pun

  9. December 11 - The Lion Has Roared

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    12/11/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁאג - The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? AMOS 3:8
    December 11 - The Lion Has Roared

  10. December 10 - Kibbutz of Judgment

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    12/10/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    קבץ - “I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel." JOEL 3:2
    December 10 - Kibbutz of Judgment

  11. December 9 - Blood Moon

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    12/09/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ירח - “And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." JOEL 2:30–32
    December 9 - Blood Moon

  12. December 8 - Out of Egypt I Call My Son

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    12/08/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    בן - When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. HOSEA 11:1–2
    December 8 - Out of Egypt I Call My Son