Month: June 2022

  • Day 181: Yahweh is an Oath (2 Chronicles 19-23)

    “But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the…

  • Day 180: Tickling Itching Ears (1 Kings 22, 2 Chronicles 18)

    8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” (1 Kings 22:8) …preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove,…

  • Day 179: God is On the Move (1 Kings 20-21)

    28 And a man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall…

  • Gotta Serve Somebody (Romans 6:15-23)

    Good morning! Please turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 6. It’s been a minute since we have been in the book or Romans. But I wanted us to jump back in this Sunday, and I think God’s timing on this is actually pretty amazing. You know, last week, on June 19th, we celebrated Father’s…

  • Day 178: Showdown on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:25-39)

    Day 178: Showdown on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:25-39)

    Read through the Bible Plan: 1 Kings 17-19                                                           36 And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I…

  • Day 177: Who’s Who, Where’s Where, and Who’s Where? (1 Kings 16; 2 Chronicles 17)

    23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah. . . . 25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him. 26 For…

  • Day 176: When a Good King Does a Bad Thing (1 Kings 15; 2 Chronicles 13-16)

    Day 176: When a Good King Does a Bad Thing (1 Kings 15; 2 Chronicles 13-16)

    11 And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done. (1 Kings 15:11) 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this,…

  • Day 175: The Clash of Experience and Arrogance (2 Chronicles 10-12)

    8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. (2 Chronicles 10:8) In an old cartoon, a twenty-something marvels, “You know, old people these days are so much smarter than they were when I was…

  • Day 174: Sacrificing At the Altar of Dan (1 Kings 12-14)

    25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David. 27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this…

  • Day 173: Living in the Sweet Spot (Proverbs 30:7-9)

    7 Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, 9 lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest…