Tag: Israel

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Kings 17:1-6 TO CHEW ON: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” 1 Kings 17:3,4 After Jeroboam died his son was king for two years. Then, like the pr...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Hosea 14:1-9 TO CHEW ON: "Return, O Israel, to the Lord you God. Your sins have been your downfall! Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously that we may offer the fruit of our lips.'” Hosea 14:1, 2 Hosea was another prop...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Kings 18:1-15 TO CHEW ON: "After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 'Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.' So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab." 1 Kings 18:1,2 Obadiah had a tough job and an evil boss. His job w...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Kings 7:1-9 TO CHEW ON: "Then they said to each other, 'What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.' ” 2 Kings 7:9 What d...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Kings 19:19-21 TO CHEW ON: "Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah." 1 Kings 19:20 One of the jobs God gave Elijah was to find and call the person who would be the next prophet. We don’t know how Elijah knew which person to choose. God probably told him. Neither do we know...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Amos 8:1-12 TO CHEW ON: "Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land .... I will never forget anything they have done." Amos 8:4, 7 In Israel King Jehu was followed by his son and grandson. They were all evil. Now a new king, Jeroboam II, was ruling Is ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL:2 Kings 4:27-37 TO CHEW ON: "He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the Lord." 2 Kings 4:33 Elisha and his servant Gehazi did a lot of traveling. One day they went to Shunem. A rich woman there invited them for a meal in her house. Then, knowing Elisha often trave...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Obadiah 1-10 TO CHEW ON: "Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever." Obadiah 1:10 Do you have brothers and/or sisters with whom you quarrel? Arguments and quarrels between siblings are common. Bible brothers an...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Kings 19:1-9a TO CHEW ON: "Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. ... he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. 'I have had enough, Lord,' he said. 'Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors....

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Kings 5:15-27 TO CHEW ON: “When he went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, 'Where have you been, Gehazi?''Your servant didn’t go anywhere,' Gehazi answered" - 2 Kings 5:25 Naaman offers gifts to Elisha After he had left, Elisha’s servant Gehazi couldn’t get the thou...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Chronicles 16:1-13 TO CHEW ON: "For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." 2 Chronicles 16:9 When Asa had been king for a long time, Baasha the King of Israel blocked the border between Israel and Judah. 1. The...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Kings 10:18-29 TO CHEW ON: “So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel. However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit – the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.” 2 Kings 10:28,29 Jehu lost no time getting to wor...