Knowing God: A Bible Chat Devotional

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Knowing God: A Bible Chat Devotional is a daily Scripture-based podcast designed to help you know God more deeply through His Word. Following the 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Plan, each episode offers a short devotional reflection that connects the day’s reading to God’s character, the message of Scripture, and everyday faith. With Old and New Testament connections woven together, you’ll follow the Bible’s story in a gentle, steady rhythm that helps you slow down, listen, pray, and grow one day at a time.

  1. 11h ago

    DAY 242: Warnings for Covenant Rebellion

    DAY 242: Warnings for Covenant Rebellion Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 26:14-26; Hebrews 12:5-11 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ Warnings are uncomfortable because they tell you the road you are on has an ending. Leviticus 26 turns from blessing to serious warning. God warns Israel that if they do not listen to Him, do not do His commandments, spurn His statutes, and break His covenant, He will bring panic, disease, failed harvests, defeat, and oppression. If they still refuse correction, consequences intensify. Hebrews 12 teaches believers not to despise the Lord’s discipline or lose inner life when corrected, because the Lord disciplines those He loves. Discipline is painful, but God uses it for our good, so we may share His holiness. God is patient, simply, and purposeful in discipline. The repeated phrase “if in spite of this” shows that He warns in stages. Jesus bears the covenant curse we deserve. He receives judgment for our rebellion at the cross, though He Himself is obedient. Ask God to show you one warning you have been explaining away. Write it honestly. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: God’s correction may hurt, but refusing it hurts more. Reflection Question: What warning sign in your life have you been explaining away instead of taking seriously? Practice: Write one warning honestly and take one repentance step today. ________________________________________ PRAYER Father, help me not despise Your correction. Show me where pride has made me resistant to warnings. Thank You that Jesus bore judgment for me, so Your discipline is not condemnation.

  2. 1d ago

    DAY 241: Blessings for Covenant Faithfulness

    DAY 241: Blessings for Covenant Faithfulness Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 26:1-13; John 14:23 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ Obedience can sound like a cold word until you connect it to relationship. Leviticus 26 describes blessings tied to covenant faithfulness: rain, harvest, peace, safety, victory, fruitfulness, and God’s dwelling among His people. God commands Israel not to make idols or worship carved images, pillars, or figured stones. They must keep His Sabbaths and reverence His sanctuary. Jesus says in John 14 that if anyone loves Him, he will keep His word, and the Father will love him, and They will come and make Their home with him. Leviticus promises God’s dwelling among obedient Israel. God loves to bless life under His rule. He gives rain, peace, provision, and presence. Jesus fulfills covenant faithfulness where Israel and we failed. He loves the Father perfectly and keeps His word completely. Choose one command of Jesus and connect it to love, not mere duty. Obey it today as a response to the God who dwells with His people. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: The greatest blessing is not what God gives you, but God dwelling with you. Reflection Question: Where have you viewed obedience as restriction instead of life with God? Practice: Obey one command of Jesus today as an act of love, not performance. ________________________________________ PRAYER God, thank You for rescuing me from slavery and calling me into life with You. Help me see obedience as love and nearness, not cold rule-keeping. Thank You that Jesus kept covenant perfectly and brings Your presence to me by the Spirit.

  3. 2d ago

    DAY 240: Mercy for the Poor and Servants

    DAY 240: Mercy for the Poor and Servants Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 25:35-55; 2 Corinthians 8:9 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ The way you respond when someone is struggling says a lot about what you believe about God. Leviticus 25 imagines real poverty, debt, and servitude among God’s people. God commands Israel to help a brother who becomes poor, treating him like a sojourner or hired worker so he may live. They must not take interest or profit from him, but must fear God. Second Corinthians 8 says Jesus Christ, though He was rich, became poor for our sake, so that by His poverty we might become rich. Paul uses Christ’s self-giving to motivate generosity. God hears economic vulnerability and commands His people not to profit from desperation. He reminds Israel that He brought them out of Egypt; they know what bondage feels like. Jesus is the rich Son who became poor for us. He entered weakness, served sinners, and gave His life to redeem people enslaved by sin. Find one practical way to support someone under pressure. Give, share, listen, tutor, offer a ride, help with a task, or connect them to support. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: Mercy refuses to profit from someone else’s desperation. Reflection Question: Where do you have an advantage that could become either exploitation or compassion? Practice: Do one practical act of mercy for someone under pressure today. ________________________________________ PRAYER God, You see people under pressure and command mercy. Forgive me for ignoring need or using advantage selfishly. Thank You that Jesus became poor to make me rich in grace.

  4. 3d ago

    DAY 239: Trust, Land, and Redemption

    DAY 239: Trust, Land, and Redemption Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 25:18-34; Ephesians 1:7 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ Ownership can make you feel secure, but it can also make you forget who everything belongs to. Leviticus 25 speaks about land, harvest, poverty, buying, selling, and redemption. God tells Israel to obey His statutes so they may live securely in the land. During the Sabbath year, they must trust His blessing, because He will provide enough in the sixth year to sustain them. Ephesians 1 says that in Christ we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of God’s grace. Leviticus gives Israel a pattern of property redemption through a close redeemer. God is the true Owner and Provider. He gives land, commands rest, and makes redemption possible for people who lose what they had. Jesus is the true Redeemer who comes near enough to claim us. We had lost far more than property; sin left us guilty and unable to restore ourselves. Look at one possession, account, plan, or opportunity you are tempted to treat as ultimate security. Say, “This belongs to God before it belongs to me.” Then use it in one way that reflects trust rather than fear. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: What you have is entrusted, and what sin has lost can be redeemed in Christ. Reflection Question: Where are you looking to ownership, money, or control for security more than to God? Practice: Name one possession or plan as belonging to God, then use it today with trust and generosity. ________________________________________ PRAYER God, You own everything I try to control. Teach me to trust Your provision and practice fairness with what You have entrusted to me. Thank You for redeeming me through Jesus’ blood.

  5. 4d ago

    DAY 238: Jubilee Announced

    DAY 238: Jubilee Announced Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 25:8-17; Luke 4:16-21 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ Debt, loss, and bad decisions can make the future feel locked. Families can lose land, people can lose stability, and generations can carry the weight. The Lord tells Israel to count seven Sabbath years, forty-nine years total. On the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year, a trumpet is blown throughout the land. In Luke 4, Jesus reads from Isaiah about good news to the poor, liberty to captives, sight to the blind, freedom for the oppressed, and the year of the Lord’s favor. Then He says the Scripture is fulfilled in their hearing. God cares about freedom, fairness, land, families, and long-term restoration. He does not want loss and debt to become permanent chains that erase people’s future. Jesus fulfills Jubilee by proclaiming and accomplishing release deeper than land return. Through His death and resurrection, He frees captives from sin, cancels the debt we could not pay, and brings us back to the Father. Think of one area where you need Christ’s release: guilt, debt, bitterness, addiction, fear, or control. Name it to Him. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: Jesus is Jubilee in person, bringing release where the future felt locked. Reflection Question: Where do you need Christ’s freedom, and where can you practice release toward someone else? Practice: Do one Jubilee-shaped action today: forgive, give, return, release, or practice fairness. ________________________________________ PRAYER Jesus, You proclaim liberty to captives and bring the Lord’s favor. I need Your release where I feel trapped or indebted. Teach me to practice fairness and mercy toward others because I belong to You.

  6. 5d ago

    DAY 237: Sabbath Year for the Land

    DAY 237: Sabbath Year for the Land Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 25:1-7; Matthew 6:26-30 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ Resting from work is hard enough for one day. Imagine letting the land rest for a whole year. The Lord speaks to Moses on Mount Sinai and gives instructions for the land Israel will enter. For six years they may sow fields, prune vineyards, and gather produce. Jesus points to birds and wildflowers in Matthew 6, reminding His followers that the Father feeds and clothes His creation. The Sabbath year taught Israel a similar lesson in agricultural form. God is Lord of the land, work, rest, and provision. He cares about soil, animals, workers, outsiders, and households. Jesus reveals the Father who feeds birds and clothes flowers. He also gives the deepest rest through His finished work. Choose one area where you are overworking or over-controlling out of fear. Stop for a set amount of time, even briefly, and use that pause to pray Matthew 6:26-30 back to God. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: Rest declares that you are not the provider of the universe. Reflection Question: Where does fear of not having enough make it hardest for you to stop, rest, or share? Practice: Stop one over-controlling activity for a set time and pray Matthew 6:26-30. ________________________________________ PRAYER Father, I often live like everything depends on my constant effort. Teach me to trust Your provision and respect the limits You give. Help me rest without fear and share without panic.

  7. 6d ago

    DAY 236: Blasphemy, Justice, and Equal Law

    DAY 236: Blasphemy, Justice, and Equal Law Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 24:10-23; James 2:8-9 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ Words can do more damage than we admit. A name can be honored or dragged through contempt. A man whose mother is Israelite and father is Egyptian gets into a fight in the camp and blasphemes the Name with a curse. The people bring him to Moses and hold him while waiting for the Lord’s command. James 2 calls believers to fulfill the royal law by loving their neighbor as themselves, while warning that partiality is sin. Leviticus 24 insists on one law for the sojourner and native-born. God’s name is holy, and His justice is impartial. He does not allow His name to be cursed as if He were common. Jesus perfectly honors the Father’s name and perfectly fulfills neighbor love. Yet He is condemned outside the city as if He were the blasphemer. Pay attention to your words about God and your treatment of people with different status. Correct one careless use of God’s name, or show equal respect to someone you might usually overlook. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: Reverence for God’s name and equal respect for people belong together. Reflection Question: Where do your words or your partiality show that you have treated holy things too casually? Practice: Honor God’s name carefully today and show respect to one person you might usually overlook. ________________________________________ PRAYER God, Your name is holy. Forgive me for careless words and for treating people with partiality. Teach me reverence in speech and justice in how I treat others.

  8. Aug 23

    DAY 235: Lamps and Bread Before the Lord

    DAY 235: Lamps and Bread Before the Lord Bible Plan Reading: Leviticus 24:1-9; John 6:35 // 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan // ________________________________________ Some responsibilities matter because they keep a witness alive. A lamp needs oil. The Lord tells Moses to command Israel to bring pure olive oil for the lamp, so it can burn regularly outside the veil before the Lord. Aaron must tend the lamps from evening to morning as a lasting statute. Jesus says in John 6, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger.” The bread before the Lord reminded Israel of God’s provision and covenant presence. Jesus fulfills that echo personally. God provides light and bread in His presence. He also calls His people to regular care, not occasional enthusiasm. Jesus is the Bread of Life and the true Light who gives life to His people. Through His death and resurrection, He becomes the sustaining presence we need. Tend one regular practice with God: Scripture, prayer, worship, or confession. Keep it small enough to do today. ________________________________________ REFLECT & RESPOND Key Line: Faith needs regular tending because yesterday’s oil will not burn forever. Reflection Question: What regular practice with God has been neglected and needs fresh attention? Practice: Spend ten focused minutes today in Scripture, prayer, worship, or confession. ________________________________________ PRAYER Jesus, You are the Bread of Life and the Light I need. Forgive me for trying to live on spiritual leftovers. Teach me steady faithfulness, not for show, but because I need Your presence every day.

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Knowing God: A Bible Chat Devotional is a daily Scripture-based podcast designed to help you know God more deeply through His Word. Following the 5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Plan, each episode offers a short devotional reflection that connects the day’s reading to God’s character, the message of Scripture, and everyday faith. With Old and New Testament connections woven together, you’ll follow the Bible’s story in a gentle, steady rhythm that helps you slow down, listen, pray, and grow one day at a time.

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