SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. [Matthew 7:7-8] God wants to give us knowledge, wisdom, insight, protection, guidance,…
Category: daily meditations
wisdom points to Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous–to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. [Luke 1:17] These words describe the mission of John the Baptist,…
the King of kings
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Ahab, king of Israel wants to fight with Ben Hadad, to get a city back. Asking Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, for help, he wants to seek direction from the Lord through the prophets. Ahab has prophets he likes, the ones who only tell him what he wants to hear. But Jehoshaphat insists…
the father of lies
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death. [1 Kings 21:10] As a follower of Jesus, I am committed to the truth, to telling the truth and to living according to the truth. This…
God steps in
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: He said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have set free a man I had determined should die. Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people.’ ” [1 Kings 20:42] Ahab is a wicked king, Israel is falling apart. This chapter highlights God’s ongoing concern…
a gentle whisper
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind…
He is God, He hears, He cares!
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention. [1 Kings 18:28-29] What does it take to…
encouragement boost!
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I see several glimpses of Jesus in this passage. As Elijah was sent into the wild, and cared for, with the ravens, so Jesus was cared for in the wild: At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan….
sin like a virus
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD and sinned more than all those before him. [1 Kings 16:25] Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him. [1 Kings 16:30] It seems that each subsequent generation increases the pattern set by their parents….
a lamp still burns
SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Nevertheless, for David’s sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. [1 Kings 15:4] Again and again we hear that, for David’s sake, God always keeps hope alive for a better future – a lamp in Jerusalem. This…