July 17th, 2023
Read Nehemiah 1:11 NLT “O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer. Oftentimes we […]
July 16th, 2023
Read: 2 Kings 23:24-30 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. […]
July 15th, 2023
Read: 2 Kings 23:15-22 NRSV Even the altar at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin—even that altar and high place he demolished. He burned the high place and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole also. Then Josiah looked around, and when he […]
July 14th, 2023
Read: 2 Kings 23:8-14 Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate. Although […]
July 13th, 2023
Read: 2 Kings 23:1-7 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. He went up to the temple of the Lord with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words […]
July 12th, 2023
Read: 2 Kings 22:14-20 NRSV Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter. She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the […]
July 11th, 2023
Read: 2 Kings 22:8-13 NRSV Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money […]
July 10th, 2023
Read: 2 Kings 22:1-7 NRSV Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning […]
July 9th, 2023
Now that we have completed the Book of Esther, I want to bring something to your attention that you may have missed: the Lord, our God, was never mentioned anywhere at any time. I want to reassure you, that although God’s name is absent, He is very much present throughout the entire story, just as […]
July 8th, 2023
Esther Chapters 8 & 9 Haman was impaled and Queen Esther was given his estate. Esther filled the king in on her relationship with Mordecai. The king rewarded Mordecai with the signet ring he had reclaimed from Haman. Esther appointed Mordecai ruler of Haman’s estate. Esther pleaded with the king, falling at his feet, weeping […]
