Tears Without Obedience Is Not Enough | Judges 2:4-5
The Daily Devotional by Vince Miller
Release Date: 09/01/2025
The Hesitation That Costs A Man | Judges 4:6–10
The Daily Devotional by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Our text today is : She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into...
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When Men Don’t Step Up, God Provides a Leader | Judges 4:4–5
The Daily Devotional by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Our text today is : Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. — What happens when men shrink back from the leadership God has called them to? In the middle of Israel’s chaos, God raises an unexpected...
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When Old Sins Come Knocking Again | Judges 4:1–3
The Daily Devotional by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Our text today is : And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron, and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years....
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One Verse. One Man. One Massive Impact. | Judges 3:31
The Daily Devotional by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Our text today is After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel. — Can one person really make a difference? Shamgar barely gets a verse. No long backstory. No detailed battle plan. Just a man with an oxgoad—a farmer’s tool, not a warrior’s weapon. Yet with it, he struck down 600 Philistines and saved Israel. That’s it. No fanfare....
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One Man’s Faith Sparks a Nation’s Victory | Judges 3:24–30
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Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Our text today is When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.” And they waited till they were embarrassed. But when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their lord dead on the floor. Ehud escaped while they...
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Ehud: God’s Unlikely Hero with an Unlikely Plan | Judges 3:12-23
The Daily Devotional by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Our text today is And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms. And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen...
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Othniel: Ordinary Man, Extraordinary God | Judges 3:9-11
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Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible. Read more here: Our text today is But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim. So the land had rest...
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Forgetting God Leads to Chains | Judges 3:7–8
The Daily Devotional by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Support our mission to teach every verse of the Bible in Project23. Read more here: Our text today is And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. — What happens when God lets you have the...
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The Slow Fade of Compromise | Judges 3:5–6
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Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Today’s shout-out goes to Andrew Nippert from Woodbury, MN. Thank you for your partnership with us through Project23. Your commitment is helping deliver God’s Word with clarity and conviction. This one’s for you. Our text today is . So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they...
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Why Does God Leave Battles Unfought? | Judges 3:1-4
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Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Today’s shout-out goes to Stan Jackson from Farmington, MO. Thank you for your partnership with us through . Your commitment is helping deliver God’s Word with clarity and conviction. This one’s for you. Our text today is . Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those...
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Our text today is Judges 2:4-5:
"As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept. And they called the name of that place Bochim. And they sacrificed there to the Lord." — Judges 2:4-5
God’s message hit the people hard. The people wept. Loudly. Publicly. They even named the place "Bochim," which means "Weepers." It sounds like a moment of potential. But there’s a problem. Nothing really changed. Just look ahead to verse 11. We’re not told they tore down the altars. We’re not told they returned to full obedience. We’re just told they wept… and moved on.
This is the difference between emotional conviction and real repentance. Tears aren’t the goal—transformation is. God isn’t looking for dramatic responses. He’s looking for lasting obedience. And too often, we confuse the two. We hear a convicting message, feel deeply moved, and maybe even cry and feel remorseful. But then, shortly after the confession, we walk away unchanged.
Emotion is good. It shows your heart is tender. But if it doesn’t lead to action, it becomes a spiritual decoy. The people sacrificed at Bochim, but they didn’t surrender at Bochim. They expressed regret, but not resolve.
So what about you? Is there something you’ve cried about, prayed about, even confessed—but never truly repented of?
Don’t just feel something—do something.
Don’t just weep—walk in a new direction.
God wants your heart, but he also wants habitual change.
ASK THIS:
- Have I mistaken sorrow for repentance?
- What have I wept over but never changed?
- Is there a sin I’ve confessed repeatedly but never surrendered?
- What would actual repentance look like in my life right now?
DO THIS:
Write down one sin or compromise you've wept over—then take one bold action to walk away from it today.
PRAY THIS:
Father, I don’t want to feel bad—I want to be changed. Lead me from sorrow into surrender and real obedience. Amen
PLAY THIS:
"Heart of God."