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1202. Queen Athaliah Rules in Judah — 2 Kings 11:1-3

4/30/2020

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1202.

Queen Athaliah Rules in Judah

 

Today's Passage: 2 Kings 11:1-3
​​

Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.

Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the
New Living Testament (NLT).

2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.


a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.

I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.
​​​

3.

12th strategy.
History - 
  • Begin by asking God to join you in building into your heart what He would want you to build.
  • Read the passage completely
  • Read the passage again. With the second reading pause after each phrase/sentence and think about the phrase/sentence. Take the phrase/sentence in slowly.
  • You might want to reread the phrase/sentence until the meaning, or importance of the phrase/sentence really sinks in.
  • After reading each phrase/sentence at least once, sometimes more. Go back and reread the entire passage.
  • Do you find that the passage builds phrase/sentence upon phrase/sentence in importance? Why? or Why not?
  • What phrase/sentence do you find most important in the passage?
  • Thank God for this phrase/sentence and commit it to memory today.
  • Don't forget to thank God for being here today with you.

1. When Athaliah, the mother of King Ahaziah of Judah, learned that her son was dead, she began to destroy the rest of the royal family.
2. But Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba, the daughter of king Jehoram, took Ahaziah's infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's children who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.
3. Joash remained hidden in the Temple of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.
2 Kings 11:1-3 NLT

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1201. The Death of Jehu — 2 Kings 10: 32-36

4/29/2020

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1201.

​1.The Death of Jehu

 

Today's Passage: 2 Kings 10:32-36
​​

Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.

Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the
New Living Testament (NLT).

2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.


a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.

I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.
​​

3.

12th strategy.
History - 
  • Begin by asking God to join you in building into your heart what He would want you to build.
  • Read the passage completely
  • Read the passage again. With the second reading pause after each phrase/sentence and think about the phrase/sentence. Take the phrase/sentence in slowly.
  • You might want to reread the phrase/sentence until the meaning, or importance of the phrase/sentence really sinks in.
  • After reading each phrase/sentence at least once, sometimes more. Go back and reread the entire passage.
  • Do you find that the passage builds phrase/sentence upon phrase/sentence in importance? Why? or Why not?
  • What phrase/sentence do you find most important in the passage?
  • Thank God for this phrase/sentence and commit it to memory today.
  • Don't forget to thank God for being here today with you.

32. At about that time the LORD began to cut down the size of Israel's territory. King Hazael conquered several sections of the country
33. east of the Jordan River, including all of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh. He conquered the area from the town of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge to as far north as Gilead and Bashan.

34. The rest of the events in Jehu's reign —everything he did and all his achievements — are recorded in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

35. When Jehu died he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoahaz became the next king.
36. In all, Jehu reigned over Israel from Samaria for twenty-eight years.
2 Kings10:32-36 NLT

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 Robyn and Biff
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1200. Jahu Kills the Priests of Baal — 2 Kings 10:18-31

4/28/2020

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1200.

​1. Jehu Kills the Priests of Baal

 
Today's Passage: 2 Kings 10:18-31
​​

Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
This passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.

2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

3.

20th Strategy.
And What Do I Do With That?

  • Open your heart in prayer.
  • Ask God to give you wisdom from His Scripture.
  • Read the passage.
  • Re-read the passage.
  • Are there hard realities addressed in the passage?
  • Does the passage read like a scene from an action film, or a page from a crime-drama?
  • Is God wanting to shove the past horrors and evils under the rug?
  • Do the choices in people's actions bring about an end result of consequences?
  • Ask God to give you the ability to see people through His eyes.
  • Ask God to give you the ability to love people as He loves them.
  • Give God the permission to change your mind, your heart, and your words.
  • Realize that no matter where you stand, you are being molded.
  • Bring your heart back to the Father and pray for those you love.
  • Remember to thank God for His answers.

18. Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them, "Ahab's worship of Baal was nothing compared to the way I will worship him!
19. Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all the priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will be put to death." But Jehu's cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.

20. Then Jehu ordered, "Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!" So they did.
21. He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came — not a single one remained behind — and they filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other. 
22. And Jehu instructed the keeper of the wardrobe, "Be sure that every worshiper of Baal wears one of these robes." So robes were given to them.

23. Then  Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jehonadab son of Recab. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal, "Make sure no one who worships the LORD Is here —only those who worship Baal."
24. So they were all inside the temple to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the building and had warned them, "If you let anyone escape, you will pay for it with your own life."

25. As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, "Go in and kill all of them. Don't let a single one escape!" So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside. Then Jehu's men went into the innermost fortress of the temple of Baal.
26. They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and burned it.
27. They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.

28. In this way, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel. 
29. He did not , however, destroy the gold calves at Bethel and Dan, with which Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to sin.

30. Nonetheless the LORD said to Jehu, "You have done well in following my instrucitons to destroy the family of Ahab. therefore, your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the fourth generation."
31. But Jehu did not obey the Law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
2 Kings 10:18-31 NLT


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 Robyn and Biff
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And remember,
I pray for you every day.
And I will be back here tomorrow,
I hope I will see you here too.
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1199. Jehu Kills Ahab's Family — 2 Kings10:1-17

4/27/2020

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1199.

​1. Jehu Kills Ahab's Family
 

 
Today's Passage: 2 Kings 10:1-17
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Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
This passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.

2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

3.

17th strategy.
Oh My.

​
  • Begin with asking God for guidance. Remember He is the author.
  • Are there one or more main characters, other than the Trinity, in the passage?
  • Re-read the passage and ask God to lead you to the one character this day He wants to reveal Himself through.
  • Write the character's name down.
  • List the characters personality traits, or characteristics.
  • Can you relate to any of the these personality traits or characteristics?
  • How does God relate to that person in this passage?
  • How does God relate to you?
  • Bring yourself into His presence. Do you need to confess? Do you need to thank? Remember His love is everlasting. He will never leave you nor forsake you.
  • Praise God for revelation and guidance.

1. Ahab had seventy sons living in the city of Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the elders and officials of the city, and to the guardians of King Ahab's sons. He said, 
2. "The king's sons are with you, and you have at  you disposal chariots, horses, a fortified city, and weapons. As soon as you receive this letter, 
3. select the best qualified of your master's sons to be your king, and prepare to fight for Ahab's dynasty.

4. But they were paralyzed with fear and said, "We've seen that two kings couldn't stand against this man! What can we do?"

5. So the palace and city administrators, together with the elders and the guardians of the king's sons, sent this message to jeu: "We are your servants and will do anything you tell us. We will not make anyone king; do whatever you think is best."

6. Jehu responded with a second letter: "If you are on my side and are going to obey me, bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow." Now the seventy sons of the king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria, where they had been raised since childhood.
7. When the letter arrived, the leaders killed all seventy of the king's sons. They placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jehu at Jezreel.

8. A messenger went to Jehu and said, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons."

So Jehu ordered, "Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate, and leave them there until morning."

9. In the morning he went out and spoke to the crowd that had gathered around them. "You are not to blame," he told them. "I am the one who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
10.  You can be sure that the message of the LORD that was spoken concerning Ahab's family will not fail. The LORD declared thorugh his servant Elijah that this would happen."
11. Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab's relatives living in Jezreel and all his important officials, his personal friends, and his priests. So Ahab was left without a single survivor.

12. Then Jehu set out for Samaria. Along the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds,
13. he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. "Who are you?" he asked them.

And they replied, "We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to visit the sons of King Ahab and the sons of the queen mother."

14. "Take them alive!" Jehu shouted to his men. And they captured all forty-two of them and killed them at the well of Beth-eked. None of them escaped.

15. When Jehu left there, he met Jehonadab son of Recab, who was coming to meet him. After they had greeted each other, Jehu said to him, "Are you as loyal to me as I am to you?"
"Yes, I am," Jehonadab replied.

"If you are," Jehu said, "then give me your hand." So Jehonadab put out his hand and Jehu helped him into the chariot.
16. Then Jehu said, "Now come with me, and see how devoted I am to the LORD. So Jehonadab rode along with him.

17. When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he killed everyone who was left there from Ahab's family, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.
2 Kings 10:1-17 NLT


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 Robyn and Biff
Thank you for coming today.
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And remember,
I pray for you every day.
And I will be back here tomorrow,
I hope I will see you here too.
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1198. The Death of Jezebel — 2 Kings 9:30-37

4/26/2020

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1198.

​1. The Death of Jezebel
 

 
Today's Passage: 2 Kings 9:30-37
​​

Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
This passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.

2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

3.

12th strategy.
History - So, now I know where it is.

​
  • Begin by asking God to join you in building into your heart what He would want you to build.
  • Read the passage completely
  • Read the passage again. With the second reading pause after each phrase/sentence and think about the phrase/sentence. Take the phrase/sentence in slowly.
  • You might want to reread the phrase/sentence until the meaning, or importance of the phrase/sentence really sinks in.
  • After reading each phrase/sentence at least once, sometimes more. Go back and reread the entire passage.
  • Do you find that the passage builds phrase/sentence upon phrase/sentence in importance? Why? or Why not?
  • What phrase/sentence do you find most important in the passage?
  • Thank God for this phrase/sentence and commit it to memory today.
  • Don't forget to thank God for being here today with you.

30. When Jezebel, the queen mother, heard that Jehu had come to Jezreel, she painted her eyelids and fixed her hair and sat at a window.
31. When Jehu entered the gate of the palace, she shouted at him, "Have you come in peace, you murderer? You're just like Zimri, who murdered his master!"

32. Jehu looked up and saw her at the window and shouted, "Who is on my side?" And two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
33. "Throw her down!" Jehu yelled. So they threw her out the window, and her blood spattered against the wall and on the horses. And Jehu trampled her body under his horses' hooves.

34. Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Afterward he said, "Someone go and bury this cursed woman, for she is the daughter of a king.
35 But when they went out to bury her, they found only her skull, her feet and her hands.

36. When they returned and told Jehu, he stated, "This fulfills the message from the LORD, which he spoke through his  servant Elijah from Tishbe: 'At the plot of land in Jezreel, dogs will eat Jezebel's body.
37. Her remains will be scattered like dung on the plot of land in Jezreel, so that no one will be able to recognize her.'"
2 Kings 9:30-37 NLT

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Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today.


 Robyn and Biff
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And remember,
I pray for you every day.
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I hope I will see you here too.
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1197. Jehu Kills Joram & Ahaziah — 2 Kings 9:14-29

4/25/2020

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1197.

​1. Jehu Kills Joram & Ahaziah
 

 
Today's Passage:  2 Kings 9: 14-29 
​​

Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
This passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.
​

2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.​

3.

20th Strategy.
And What Do I Do With That?

  • Open your heart in prayer.
  • Ask God to give you wisdom from His Scripture.
  • Read the passage.
  • Re-read the passage.
  • Are there hard realities addressed in the passage?
  • Does the passage read like a scene from an action film, or a page from a crime-drama?
  • Is God wanting to shove the past horrors and evils under the rug?
  • Do the choices in people's actions bring about an end result of consequences?
  • Ask God to give you the ability to see people through His eyes.
  • Ask God to give you the ability to love people as He loves them.
  • Give God the permission to change your mind, your heart, and your words.
  • Realize that no matter where you stand, you are being molded.
  • Bring your heart back to the Father and pray for those you love.
  • Remember to thank God for His answers.

14. So Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, led a conspiracy against King Joram. (Now Joram had been with the army at Ramoth-gilead, defending Israel against Ramoth-gilead, defending Israel against the forces of King Hazael of Aram.
​15. But King Joram was wounded in the fighting and returned to Jezreel to recover from his wounds.) So Jehu told the men with him, "If you a want me to be king, don't let anyone leave town and go to Jezreel to report what we have done."

16. Then Jehu got into a chariot and rode to Jezreel to find King Joram, who was lying there wounded. King Ahaziah of Judah was there, too, for he had gone to visit him. 
17. The watchman on the tower of Jezreel saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram, "I see a company of troops coming!"

"Send our a rider to ask if they are coming in peace," KIng Joram ordered.
18. So a horseman went out to meet Jehu and said, "The king wants to now if you are coming in peace."

​Jehu replied, "What do you you know about peace! Fall in behind me!
The watchman called out to the king, "The messenger has met them, but he's not returning."

19. So the king sent out a second horseman. He rode up to them and said, "The king wants to know if you come in peace."

Again Jehu answered, "What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!"

20. The watchman exclaimed, "The messenger has met them, but he isn't returning either! It must be Jehu son of Nimshi, for he's driving like a madman."

21. "Quick! Get my chariot ready!" King Joram commanded.

Then King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah rode out in their chariots to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of land that had belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.

22. King Joram demanded, "Do you come in peace, Jehu?"

Jehu replied, "How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?"

23. Then King Joram turned the horses around and fled, shouting to King Ahaziah, "Treason, Ahaziah!"
24. But Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down dead in his chariot.

25. Jehu said to Bidkar, his officer, "Throw him into the plot of land that belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Do you remember when you and I were riding along behind his father, Ahab? The LORD pronounced this message against him:
26. 'I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on this plot of land, says the LORD, for the murder of Naboth and his sons that I saw yesterday.' So throw him out on Naboth's property, just as the LORD said,"
27. When king Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu rode after him, shouting, "Shoot him, too!" So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot at the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam. He was able to go on as far as Megiddo, but he died there.
28. His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem, where they buried him with his ancestors in the City of David. 
29. Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab.
2 Kings 9:14-29 NLT


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Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today.


 Robyn and Biff
Thank you for coming today.
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And remember,
I pray for you every day.
And I will be back here tomorrow,
I hope I will see you here too.
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1196. Jehu Anointed King of Israel — 2 Kings 9: 1-13

4/24/2020

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1196.

​1. Jehu Anointed King of Israel

 
Today's Passage: 2 Kings 9:1-13
​​

Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
This passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.


​2.

Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

3.

4th strategy.
Is this a who, what, when, where, or how passage?
  

​
  • Begin by inviting God into your reading. Ask Him to join you and show you the plot of this passage.
  • Read the passage
  • Ask yourself as you read the passage which is most important in the passage.
    • Is 'who' the passage about most important?
    • Is 'what' the passage is about most important?
    • Is' when' or 'where' the passage takes place most important?
    • Or is how the passage presented, worked out in time, or motivates the reader most important...?
  • After you decide which is the most important vehicle of the passage, re-read it.
  • Contemplate if this passage could bring you to a fuller understanding of God and His purposes.
  • Thank God for being with you in this endeavor.

1. Meanwhile, Elisha the prophet had summoned a member of the group of prophets. "Get ready to travel," he told him, "and take this flask of olive oil with you. Go to Ramoth-gilead, 
2. and find Jehu son of Hehoshaphat, son of Mimshi. Call him into a private room away from his friends.
3. and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.' Then open the door and run for your life!"

4. So the young prophet did as he was told and went to Ramoth-gilead. 
5. When he arrived there he found Jehu sitting around with the other army officers. "I have a message for you, Commander," he said. 
"For which one of us?" Jehu asked.
"For you, Commander," he repied.
6. So Jehu left the others and went into the house. Then the young prophet poured the oil over Jehu's head and said, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anoint you king over the LORD'S people, Israel.
7. You are to destroy the family of Ahab, your master. In this way, I will avenge the murder of my prophets and all the LORD'S servants who were killed by Jezebel.
8. The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.
9. I will destroy the family of Ahab as I destroyed the families of Jeroboam son of Nebat and of Baasha son of Ahijah.
10. Dogs will eat Ahab's wife Jezebel at the plot of land in Jezreel, and no one will bury her." Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

11. Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him 'What did that madman want? Is everything all right?"
"You know how a man like that babbles on" Jehu replied.
12. "You're hiding something," they said.  "Tell us."

So Jehu told them, "He said to me, 'This is what the LORD says: I have anointed you to be king over Israel.' "
13. Then they quickly spread out their cloaks on the bare steps and blew the ram's horn shouting, "Jehu is king!"
 Kings 9:1-13 NLT

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Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today.


 Robyn and Biff
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And remember,
I pray for you every day.
And I will be back here tomorrow,
I hope I will see you here too.
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1195. Ahaziah Rules in Judah — 2 Kings 8:25-28

4/23/2020

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1195.

​1. Ahaziah Rules in Judah
 

 
Today's Passage: 2 Kings 8:25-28
​​

Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
This passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.

​


2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

3.

20th Strategy.
And What Do I Do With That?

  • Open your heart in prayer.
  • Ask God to give you wisdom from His Scripture.
  • Read the passage.
  • Re-read the passage.
  • Are there hard realities addressed in the passage?
  • Ask God to give you the ability to see people through His eyes.
  • Ask God to give you the ability to love people as He loves them.
  • Give God the permission to change your mind, your heart, and your words.
  • Realize that no matter where you stand, you are being molded.
  • Bring your heart back to the Father and pray for those you love.
  • Remember to thank God for His answers.

25. Ahaziah son of Jehoram began to rule over Judah in the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.

26. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of israel.
27. Ahaziah followed the evil example of King Ahab's family. He did what was evil in the LORD'S sight, just as Ahab's family had done, for he was related by marriage to the family of Ahab.

28. Ahaziah joined Joram son of Ahab, the king of Israel, in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded King Joram in the battle,
29. he returned to Jezreel to recover fromt he wounds he had received at Ramoth. Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
2 Kings 8:25-28 NLT

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1194. Jehoram Rules in Judah — 2 Kings 8:16-24

4/22/2020

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1194.

​1. Jehoram Rules in Judah.

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Today's Passage: 2 Kings 8:1-6
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2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.


a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.

I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

3.

12th strategy.
History - So, now I know where it is.

  • Begin by asking God to join you in building into your heart what He would want you to build.
  • Read the passage completely
  • Read the passage again. With the second reading pause after each phrase/sentence and think about the phrase/sentence. Take the phrase/sentence in slowly.
  • You might want to reread the phrase/sentence until the meaning, or importance of the phrase/sentence really sinks in.
  • After reading each phrase/sentence at least once, sometimes more. Go back and reread the entire passage.
  • Do you find that the passage builds phrase/sentence upon phrase/sentence in importance? Why? or Why not?
  • What phrase/sentence do you find most important in the passage?
  • Thank God for this phrase/sentence and commit it to memory today.
  • Don't forget to thank God for being here today with you.

16. Jehoram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah began to rule over Judah in the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.
17. Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
18. But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab's daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the LORD'S sight.
19. But the LORD did not want to destroy Judah, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.

20. During Jehoram's reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king. 
21. So Jehoram went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair. The Edomites surrounded him  and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them under cover of darkness. But Jehoram's army deserted him and fled to their homes.
22. So Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time. 

23. The rest of the events in Jehoram's reign and everything he did are recorded in the Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
24. When Jehoram died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Ahaziah became the next king.
2 Kings 8:16-24 NLT

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1193. Hazael Murders Ben-Haded — 2 Kings 8:7-15

4/21/2020

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1193.

​1. Hazael Murders Ben-Haded

 

Today's Passage: 2 Kings 8:7-15
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Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend.
​
Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here.
You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages.

Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the
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​


2.
Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out.


a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.

I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

3.

33nd Strategy.
Someday We Will Understand 

 1. Stop, listen to your heart beating.
2. Remind yourself, God is God, you are not.
3. Do you find the verses offensive?
4. Are you hurt by the violence, the sin, the pain of the story?
5. Do you read a verse or reference or even a story that just does not make sense to you? Or is there an action that Jesus, God, The Holy Spirit does in one of these that you can't understand a reason it is there?
6. As you ponder and search your heart, you might be surprised at something that is revealed deep within you.
7. However, our hearts cannot be trusted in matters of faith. We sometimes must take a step out whether it makes sense, feels good, or helps us. Faith is walking into trusting the God who IS, not the God we want Him to be.
8. When we come to this point. Ask God to reveal to you His heart. It might take years. But He will bring you to that point.
9. Close your eyes and thank Him for 'helping you in your unbelief.' (Mark 9:24)

7. Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come, 
8. the king said to Hazael, "Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the LORD, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"

9. So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He went to him and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"

10. And Elisha replied, "Go and tell him, 'You will surely recover.' But actually the LORD has shown me that he will surely die!" 
11. Elisha stared at Hazael with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy. The the man of God started weeping.
12. "What's the matter, my lord?" Hazael asked him. 
Elisha replied, "I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!"
13. Hazael responded, "How could a nobody like me ever accomplish such great things?"

Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you are going to be the king of Aram."
14. When Hazael left Elisha and went back the king aked him, "What did Elisha tell you?"
And Hazael replied, "He told me that you will surely recover."
15. But the next day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and held it over the king's face until he died. Then Hazael became the next king of Aram.
2 Kings 8:7-15 NLT



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Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today.


 Robyn and Biff
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And remember,
I pray for you every day.
And I will be back here tomorrow,
I hope I will see you here too.
~Robyn

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