June 13 1 Kings 21-22 (ESV) Naboth’s Vineyard 21:1 Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And after this Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give you [...]
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June 13 1 Kings 21-22
Posted: June 13, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Bible Passages, June Bible ReadingsTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, June 13 1 Kings 21-22, Scripture
Eyes on the Lord, not on yourself
Posted: June 12, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Devotionals/Commentaries, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Elijah, Scripture
And a great and strong wind was rending the mountain and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire [or lightning], but the Lord was not [...]
June 12 1 Kings 19-20
Posted: June 12, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Bible Passages, June Bible ReadingsTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, June 12 1 Kings 19-20, June Bible Readings, Scripture
June 12 1 Kings 19-20 (ESV) Elijah Flees Jezebel 19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life [...]
John Piper Poetry-Elijah
Posted: June 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Devotionals/Commentaries, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Elijah, John Piper Poetry-Elijah, Scripture
ELIJAH PART 2, An Advent Poem by John Piper King Ahab called out from the rocks, “Do you think that a fire-tailed fox Can scorch the fields of Jezebel, And starve the stock, and dry the well, And mock the Baals, and scorn Jezreel, And not be crushed beneath the wheel Of Ahab’s chariot? Beware [...]
June 11 1 Kings 17-18
Posted: June 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Bible Passages, June Bible ReadingsTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, June 11 1 Kings 17-18, June Bible Readings, Scripture
June 11 1 Kings 17-18 (ESV) Elijah Predicts a Drought 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe [1] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2 And the word of the Lord came to him: 3 “Depart from here and turn eastward [...]
D.A. Carson: On the whole the direction is downward
Posted: June 10, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Devotionals/Commentaries, JuneTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, D. A. Carson, D.A. Carson: On the whole the direction is downward, daily Bible, Scripture
Quoting from “For the Love of God, Volume 1, October 13″ FIRST AND 2 KINGS narrate the declining fortunes of both the northern and south- ern kingdoms. Occasionally there is a reforming king in one realm or the other. But on the whole the direction is downward. Some orientation (1Kings 16): (1) Although 1 and 2 Kings [...]
June 10 1 Kings 15-16
Posted: June 10, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Bible Passages, June Bible ReadingsTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, June Bible Readings, Scripture
June 10 1 Kings 15-16 (ESV) Abijam Reigns in Judah 15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, [...]
Piper: A Time for Grace
Posted: June 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Devotionals/Commentaries, JuneTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, grace, Jeroboam, Piper: A Time for Grace, Scripture
Coty Pinckney, in a sermon, “A Time for Grace, a Time for Judgment” In today’s text, [1 Kings 13-14] we see that God does not zap Jeroboam after he creates the golden calves. Instead, God reaches out to Jeroboam, in a way that has many parallels with His reaching out to David by Nathan the [...]
June 9 1 Kings 13-14
Posted: June 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Bible Passages, June Bible ReadingsTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Sam Storms, Scripture
June 9 1 Kings 13-14 (ESV) A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam 13:1 And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings. 2 And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: [...]
God’s Amazing Mercy
Posted: June 13, 2011 by Pam Larson in 1 Kings, Devotionals/Commentaries, JuneTags: 1 Kings, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, forgiveness, God's Amazing Mercy, grace, mercy, Ron Ritchie, Scripture
And it came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has [...]