SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, `For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and…
a child of Abraham
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a `sinner.’ ” But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,…
please untie my knots
Not sure who wrote this, or where its from, but it may be a prayer for you… KNOTS PRAYER Dear God, Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life. Remove the have nots, the can nots and the do nots that I have in my mind. Erase the will…
a responsive heart
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD. [2 Kings 22:19]…
free to be responsible
If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law [Galatians 5:18] Paul said that walking according to the Spirit is not license: an excessive or undisciplined freedom constituting an abuse of privilege. As a Christian you may see the phrase “You are not under the Law” in Galatians 5:18 and exclaim, “Wow, I’m…
leaning towards Jesus
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! [Matthew 18:7] Our reading today makes me think of these words from Jesus – woe to Manasseh! How he changed from his father Hezekiah, who was faithful…
garage door evangelism?
Apparently a company in Germany is marketing these garage door covers. What do you think of the last one? Click to enlarge…
God works through humble hearts
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, `This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD. [2 Kings 20:5]…
spread out your prayer
SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the…
more influenced than we realize
“We do not start our Christian lives by working out our faith for ourselves; it is mediated to us by Christian tradition, in the form of sermons, books and established patterns of church life and fellowship. We read our Bibles in the light of what we have learned from these sources; we approach Scripture with…