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DAY 132 We're finishing the book of Amos today.  Great job! DAILY READINGS Amos 6-9 & Psalm 127 DAILY NOTES Amos 6 God has something to say to those that live in comfort and indulgence and have no concern for the problems of others. Read Verse 12 to get a feeling of how God thinks of what their lifestyle has done. Amos 7 Amos prays to God and the Lord relents.  The image of the plumb line is probably what most people remember Amos for. Amos' prophecies are considered to be an attempt to overturn the kingdom.  He is told to go prophesy somewhere else. Amos responds that he is not a prophet.  He is just doing what God told him to do, where God told him to do it (Verse 14-15). Amos 8 Notice the kind of business dealings that God has issue with. There is a famine coming "not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the worlds of the Lord."   The people will eventually realize they need to hear from God, but ...

DAY 131 We can't call him Famous Amos because we don't know that much about him.  But his book offers a look at the social injustice and religious arrogance of the people.  Check out today's Bible Project video about Amos. DAILY READINGS Amos 1-5 & Psalm 126 DAILY NOTES Amos 1 All we know about Amos is taken from the first verse of this chapter.  He is not mentioned anywhere else. You'll notice that Amos' roaring message is, first, against other nations.  They have done things worthy of God's judgement.  In the next chapter, God's judgement turns toward Israel and Judah. Amos 2 For 3 transgressions and for four....That is a pattern repeated to illustrate the people's continuing sin. Even in the face of God's provision and selection, the people turned away from God. Amos 3 Everything that God has planned to do against the people is not without cause.   Amos 4 A judgement against the women of Samaria.  They ar...