April 27. 2 Kings ch 4-5 PEACE: A REWARD ON INVESTING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS “If you live according to my rules, keep my commands, and do them, I will grant peace in the land so that you can lie down without anyone frightening you. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through it.”Leviticus 26:3,6…
April 26. 2 Kings ch 1-3 READ TO NOURISH YOUR SOUL “Instead, when he sits on his royal throne, he himself must write a copy of this Instruction on a scroll in the presence of the levitical priests. That Instruction must remain with him, and (he must read in it every day of his life) so that he…
April 25. 1 Kings ch 22 BEFORE YOU COMMIT… “And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; and I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and…
April 24. 1 Kings ch 20-21 RETURN ON INVESTMENT “And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on…
April 23. 1 Kings ch 18-19 EMBRACE THE REALITY BUT HOPE FOR THE BETTER “Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let…
April 22. 1 Kings ch 15-17 SIMPLE YET POTENT. “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:3 NASB 1995 GOOD DAY: The simplicity of devotion to Christ reminds me of the story of Naaman…
April 21. 1 Kings ch 13-14 HYMN HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY 1 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! 2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee, casting down their golden crowns…
April 20. 1 Kings ch 11-12 WHEN INTERESTS CLASH [21] When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne.” [22] Then the other woman said, “No! For the living one is my son,…
April 19. 1 Kings ch 9-10 LIVING IN HOPE REJOICING ALWAYS “Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,” Romans 12:9, 12 NASB1995 GOOD DAY. One thing we all love is to rejoice. Times of positive emotions are times we love…
April 18. 1 Kings 8 THE TUG OF WAR “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another,…