A lot of confusion in modern preaching comes from this one problem: men like covenant language, but they do not like covenant boundaries. They will preach promise. They will preach mercy. They will preach elect. They will preach kingdom. They will preach salvation. They will preach the return of Christ. They will preach the New Jerusalem. But when it is time to ask the plain question, who did God say the covenant was with, the room gets quiet, the language gets vague, and sud

1. Stop and Think When Solomon prayed, he saw us. He said, If they bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent. Bethink means stop, think, and return. It is more than remembering, it is repenting, confessing, and realigning your heart with the God of Israel. We forgot who we were because this world trained us to forget. Now God is calling His people, not everybody, His people, to bethink themselves. Daily Devotion 2. Our Captivity Was Prophes