by Susan Barnes | 15 Jun 2022 | Communion Talks
In the book of Ezekiel, God tells Ezekiel to prophesy to a valley full of bones. “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord!’” (Ezekiel 37:4). There’s an amazing response. “Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Oct 2017 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’” Ezekiel 37:2-3 Yes! God can breathe life into dry bones. Yes! God can...
by Susan Barnes | 29 Sep 2017 | Devotions OT
And the name of the city from that time on will be: the Lord is there. Ezekiel 48:35 This is a remarkable way to finish the book. It’s a picture of a future Israel with a temple, a great river, agricultural fertility (Ezekiel 47) and even restored land allotments for...
by Susan Barnes | 22 Sep 2017 | Devotions OT
This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple. Ezekiel 43:12 One of the things the Israelites had been guilty of was not allowing enough space between the graves of the kings and the...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Sep 2017 | Devotions OT
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!’ … Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Sep 2017 | Devotions OT
If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it. And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so. Ezekiel 33:18-19 These verses can be summarized by saying, we...
by Susan Barnes | 1 Sep 2017 | Devotions OT
Speak to him and say: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, ‘The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself.’” Ezekiel 29:3 A few verses later we read that Egypt will become a...
by Susan Barnes | 25 Aug 2017 | Devotions OT
Her sister Oholibah (that is, Jerusalem, see verse 4) saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister. Ezekiel 23:11 Ezekiel describes the behaviour of those in Jerusalem in an alarming manner. These people saw the northern tribes...
