100 Words | Daily Devotional

100 Words | Daily Devotional

24 Seasons

Beginning on June 4th, this two-year journey takes you through the entire Bible with Key Verses, Astounding Photos, and Poignant Commentary from David Mainse. Unfortunately David passed away before all the video versions of his blog could be produced. His son, Ron picks up the torch for the remaining videos.

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  • 100 Words - YR1 February 1 - The Cohen Family

    Episode 1

    Key Verse: Joshua 21:45
    Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

    When we come across the Jewish name “Cohen,” we know they are from the line of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi (Joshua 21:20). They are hereditary priests. Mo...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 2 - Just Between Us

    Episode 2

    Key Verse: Joshua 22:28
    Therefore we said that it will be, when they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, “Here is the replica of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, though not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between you and ...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 3 - Hornets, A Stone, and Bones

    Episode 3

    Key Verse: Joshua 24:15
    And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve….But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

    Three points we might consider – First, human free will. There’s an old spiritual song taken from verse 12 – “God did n...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 4 - Judging Judges

    Episode 4

    Key Verse: Judges 2:10
    When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.

    This is one of the saddest verses in the Bible. It should be a warning to us that our faith in God is on...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 5 - A Very Fat Dictator Removed

    Episode 5

    Key Verses: Judges 3:9, 15a
    When the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother….But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer fo...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 6 - Judge Deborah

    Episode 6

    Key Verse: Judges 4:4, 5b
    Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time…And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

    God is an equal opportunity Employer. His candidates for leadership included women, like Deborah, as well as men. God chooses the ...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 7 - It's a Hit

    Episode 7

    Key Verse: Judges 5:3
    Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes!
    I, even I, will sing to the Lord;
    I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

    Yesterday we read of a hit from a hammer on a tent peg; today it’s a hit song that I’m sure became #1 with the Children of Israel. Another generation learn...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 8 - Mighty Man of Valour

    Episode 8

    Key Verse: Judges 6:12
    And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valour!”

    When God calls a person to service, He chooses someone who is humble and has a heart to serve others. That person, genuinely called of God, will be sensitive to...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 9 - 100 x 3

    Episode 9

    Key Verse: Judges 7:20
    Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers–they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing–and they cried, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!”

    In today’s reading there is an unmistakable geographical ...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 10 - Poor Decisions

    Episode 10

    Key Verse: Judges 8:34
    Thus the children of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;

    The people of Succoth and Penuel made poor decisions. Zeba and Zalmuna made poor decisions at Tabor. Gideon made good decisions whe...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 11 - The Olive, The Fig, The Vine, The Bramble

    Episode 11

    Key Verse: Judges 9:21
    And Jotham ran away and fled; and he went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

    Jotham’s parable shows wisdom. He may have been able to become a judge of Israel, replacing his father Gideon, but he chose to run away because of fear. His power-hungr...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 12 - Son of a Harlot

    Episode 12

    Key Verse: Judges 11:1
    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.

    Why would the writer of Scripture record our key verse? Perhaps the point he is making is that God uses all who are willing, regardless of pedigree. Our bac...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 13 - Shibboleth

    Episode 13

    Key Verse: Judges 12:6
    …then they would say to him, “Then say, ‘Shibboleth’!” And he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.

    There still are “wars and...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 14 - A Young Lion

    Episode 14

    Key Verse: Judges 14:5 & 6a
    So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now to his surprise a young lion came roaring against him. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him.

    The Apostle Peter warns us that our “adversary the devil wal...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 15 - Restoration

    Episode 15

    Key Verse: Judges 16:20
    And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.

    Here is a very sad verse. A mighty champion of God has...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 16 - No Other Gods

    Episode 16

    Key Verse: Judges 17:6
    In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

    The book of Judges was probably edited from manuscripts written during the years when the Children of Israel still held to the belief that the God of Abraham was their King. It would...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 17 - Speak Up

    Episode 17

    Key Verse: Judges 19:22
    As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!”

    Perversi...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 18 - Dan to Beersheba

    Episode 18

    Key Verse: Judges 20:20a
    And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin…

    Israel had extremely hard lessons to learn. Again they were fighting members of their own family; all of them were children of Abraham. When people are estranged from God, trouble and divisions usually follow....

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 19 - Kidnapped

    Episode 19

    Key Verses: Judges 21:3a & Judges 21:15
    “O Lord, the God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel”…And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

    It is gratifying to find that, after the violent war between the tribes, there came...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 20 - The Essential Message

    Episode 20

    Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 2:1, 4
    And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God…And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

    Athens...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 22 - Sexual Morality

    Episode 21

    Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 6:11
    And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

    The Amish call the practice of separating a person from the congregation, “shunning.” Paul, in 5:11-13, giv...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 21 - “CONSISTENCY, THOU ART A RARE JEWEL.”

    Episode 22

    Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 3:1, 3
    And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ…for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

    “Behaving like mere men?” ...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 23 - Husbands, Wives and the "Impregnable Rock"

    Episode 23

    Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 7:3 responding
    Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

    The first verse of today’s reading tells us that 1st Corinthians is the answer to a letter from believers in the church there. Paul is responding, not d...

  • 100 Words - YR1 February 24 - Winning The Prize

    Episode 24

    Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 9:22
    …to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

    Paul’s commitment, his personal discipline, his work schedule, and the way he lived his life are all described in our key verse. Th...