Talking verbally is something that I do fairly well, but I prefer writing. By writing I mean typing either on a laptop or on a mobile device like a tablet or phone. I believe people are more used to me for the verbal, but often my best manner of expression is through the written word. […]
Read More Writing and 1 KingsBut Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.” (1 Kings 22:14 NIV) Ahab had no excuse. Even before Elijah there was sufficient for Ahab to know there is only one true God in Israel. He knew the one true God when Elijah called a […]
Read More The Kings 22 – No Room for Ignorance (Ahab: Strike Three)Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.” (1 Kings 21:20) The fix was in. He never stood a chance. He signed his own death sentence the moment he had dared to […]
Read More The Kings 21 – No Room for Injustice (Ahab: Strike Two)The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord […]
Read More The Kings 20 – No Room for Leniency. (Ahab: Strike One)He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” (1 Kings 19:14 NIV) It should have been the […]
Read More The Kings 19 – Elijah and PerspectiveThen the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.” (1 Kings 17:24 NIV) One of the characters in scripture that I love is Elijah. He is arguably the first guy in scripture whose story fascinated […]
Read More The Kings 17 – Enter ElijahAhab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the Lord , the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him. (1 Kings 16:33 NIV) In the southern kingdom of Judah, King Asa ruled for 41 years. In the time of his rule he saw Jeroboam, […]
Read More The Kings 16 – From Bad to WorseHe committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. (1 Kings 15:3 NIV) History records the life and times of various leaders and rulers by different standards. Their goodness might be connected to […]
Read More The Kings 15 – The Bad, The Good and The Ugly“As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord , the […]
Read More The Kings 14 – What The Blind Prophet SeesHe cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have defied the word of the Lord and have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you […]
Read More The Kings 13 – A Message and a Messenger
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