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Daily devotionalJuly 31 – Glimpse of home
“I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,” says the LORD…
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Daily devotionalJuly 30 – Abundant life
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 29 – God’s outreach
“That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” says the LORD who does this thing….
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Daily devotionalJuly 28 – Raise up the ruins
On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 27 – A remnant spared
“Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says the LORD. – Amos 9:8b Scripture reading: Amos 9:8-10 As the curtain closes on…
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Daily devotionalJuly 26 – Bring down the house
I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, “Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds shake, and break them on the heads of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 25 – Spiritual famine
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a…
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Daily devotionalJuly 24 – The day of the Lord
“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will make the sun go down at noon, and I…
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Daily devotionalJuly 23 – The least of these
When will the New Moon be past, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may trade wheat? – Amos 8:5a Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 22 – Ripe for judgment
The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. – Amos 8:2b Scripture reading: Amos 8:1-3; 2 Kings 17:5-18…
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Daily devotionalJuly 21 – Sword of the Spirit
I was no prophet, nor was I a son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore fruit. Then the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 20 – God’s plumb line
Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. – Amos 7:8b Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJuly 19 – God’s mercy
“O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, for he is small!” – Amos 7:2b Scripture reading: Amos 7:1-6 Amos has been…
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Daily devotionalJuly 18 – Unshakeable
The LORD God has sworn by Himself, “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore I will deliver up the city and…
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Daily devotionalJuly 17 – Complacency
Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, and trust in Mount Samaria. – Amos 6:1 Scripture reading: Amos 6:1-7 Amos exposes Israel’s false…
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Daily devotionalJuly 16 – Formalism
Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 15 – Trust and obey
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; so the LORD God of hosts will be with you. – Amos 5:14 Scripture reading: Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 14 – Seek the Lord
The virgin of Israel has fallen; she will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; there is no one to raise her up….
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Daily devotionalJuly 13 – Warning signs
“Yet you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD. – Amos 4:6b Scripture reading: Amos 4:6-13 All the warning signs were there, but they…
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Daily devotionalJuly 12 – Empty religion
Come to Bethel and transgress, at Gilgal multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. – Amos 4:4 Scripture reading: Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 11 – Spiritual poverty
I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,”…
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Daily devotionalJuly 10 – Cause and effect
A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? – Amos 3:8 Scripture reading: Amos 3:3-8 Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 9 – You only
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. – Amos 3:2 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJuly 8 – Amazing grace
Behold, I am weighed down by you, as a cart is weighed down that is full of sheaves. – Amos 2:13 Scripture reading: Amos 2:9-16…
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Daily devotionalJuly 7 – The tyranny of sin
For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 6 – Pathway to apostasy
For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept…
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Daily devotionalJuly 5 – One way of salvation
I will not turn away its punishment – Amos 1:11b Scripture reading: Amos 1:11-2:3 The prophecy of Amos won’t tolerate talk of “my truth” and…
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Daily devotionalJuly 4 – Patterns of sin
“For three transgressions…and for four” – Amos 1:3a Scripture reading: Amos 1:3-10 The LORD confronts deeply-rooted habits of sin in Israel and seven neighboring nations….
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Daily devotionalJuly 3 – Lord of life
The pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers. – Amos 1:2b Scripture reading: Amos 1:2; Deuteronomy 8:1-20 Amos could see Mt….
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Daily devotionalJuly 2 – The roar of the lion
And he said: “The LORD roars from Zion, and utters His voice from Jerusalem.” – Amos 1:2a Scripture reading: Amos 1:2; Rev. 5:1-10 The LORD…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to July’s study of Amos
This month’s devotionals are a study of the book of Amos. The prophets can be difficult to understand and, at times, abrasive in tone. Amos…