SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David… David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father…
mercy me!
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the “sinners” and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have…
a God of life
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But in the account of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” [Luke 20:37-38]…
seeking His counsel
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. [2 Kings 12:2] There is a subtle clue in this passage that hints at an important lesson. It seems that Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord WHILE he was under…
ace in the hole
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed. He remained…
just a dream?
On this Valentine’s Day, I think of those who are experiencing this dream, as well as those whose dream has crashed. This beautiful video portrays the story that most of us dream about, but so many do not attain. The dream is not an illusion, and its something worth fighting for. But it is impossible…
God knows the heart
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel… Yet Jehu was not careful to keep the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit. [2 Kings 10:28,31] Jehu is instrumental in bringing justice to…
God loves to be loved
The LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love. [Psalm 147:11] Not only does God love us, we were created to love God. To love God with our whole being – with heart, soul, mind and strength. To love God with joy, with pleasure, not just out of duty…
mercy, and judgment
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the LORD’s servants shed by Jezebel. [2 Kings 9:7] In today’s passage we witness a military coup, and through deception and treachery, Jehu seizes the throne that God…
God loves me
One of the most profound truths that we believe about God is that God loves us! God – creator of all, source of life and consciousness, ultimate Being behind the universe. This God is a personal God, a God that relates to us as persons, and loves us as children. The bible describes our connection…