Raisins & Apples Bible – a channel of faith
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples. (Song of Songs 2:5)
1 I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. 2 And the Lord answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.… Continue reading Habakku – The Little-Known Giant 2 (Habakkuk 2:1-4, 3:17-19 Devotional)
1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me;… Continue reading Habakku – The Little-Known Giant 1 (Habakkuk 1:1-4, 12-13 Devotional)
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all the… Continue reading Josiah – with all his heart and all his soul (2 Chronicles 34:29-35:19 Devotional)
Hilkiah and those the king had sent with him went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter. She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent… Continue reading Josiah – Sought to understand what he heard (2 Chronicles 34:22-28 Devotional)
The Book of the Law Found While they were bringing out the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord given through Moses. Then Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of… Continue reading Josiah – The Book of Law Found (2 Chronicles 34:14-21 Devotional)
Josiah Reigns in Judah Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the way of David his father, and… Continue reading Josiah – A king who serves the King of kings (2 Kings 22: 1-7 Devotional)
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,
“Everyone has a Story” - The Widow at Zarephath (Part 2) 17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me… Continue reading The Widow at Zarephath – The worst experience, the best blessing (1 Kings 17:17-24 Devotional)
“Everyone has a Story” second character unlocked - The Widow at Zarephath (Part 1) 7 And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed… Continue reading The Widow at Zarephath – Giving at the end of one’s rope (1 Kings 17:7-16 Devotional)
“Everyone has a Story” first character unlocked - Jochebed. Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him… Continue reading Jochebed – God, You Have Control (Exodus 2:1-4 Devotional)
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