Devocional / Devotional

Scripture: (Ezra 3:3 NKJV)  Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, both the morning and evening burnt offerings. Observation: Ezra gets permission to go back to Jerusalem and start the process of…

Scripture: (2 Chr 32:24-26 NKJV)  In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and he prayed to the LORD; and He spoke to him and gave him a sign. {25} But Hezekiah did not repay according to the favor shown him, for his heart was lifted up; therefore wrath was looming over him and…

Scripture: (2 Chr 31:20-21 NKJV)  Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the LORD his God. {21} And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did…

Scripture: (2 Chr 20:15 NKJV)  And he said, "Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the LORD to you: 'Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's. Observation: The Ammonites and Moabites joined forces with…

Scripture: (2 Chr 11:21 NKJV)  Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Observation: Rehoboam was the king of Israel after his father Solomon passed away.  This section of the Scriptures tells…

Scripture: (1 Chr 17:16-27 NKJV)  Then King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: "Who am I, O LORD God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? {17} "And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O God; and You have also spoken of…

Scripture: (Gen 37:3-4 NKJV)  Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. {4} But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably…

Scripture: And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.   (1 Chr 1:34 NKJV) Observation: This is one of the driest portions of the Bible, mainly because it just consists of lists of names, a genealogical chart of the generations since the creation of Adam to the date of the writing of this…

Scripture: And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.   (2 Ki 8:18 NKJV) Observation: Jehoram was the king of Judah and he had married the daughter of…

Scripture: He returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up and stretched himself out on him; then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.    (2 Ki 4:35 NKJV) Observation: A prominent woman of Shunem had cared for Elisha and had her husband build him a room…