Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 17—Verse 13And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.”God often asks us to step out in faith BEFORE He provides a miracle. He asks us to pray for the sick BEFORE He heals them. He asks us to give 10% of our income back to him BEFORE ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 16–Verse 31And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.A well-known Spanish proverb says, “Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are.” Ahab was already walking a dark path, but marr...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 15-- Verse 11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done. In these chapters we see ruler after ruler turn away from God and towards the things of this world. But, in the middle, we see Asa, who wanted to serve the LORD and led the people to do so. Although he did his best, he still did not entirely eradicate the evil that existed i...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 14–Verse 6Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another?She came to the prophet, wanting a revealed word, yet she came with a concealed identity. Why do we think we can have our cake, and eat it too? Unfortunately, you cannot enjoy the benefit of both options.For example, you can't spend all your money on a vacation, and then expect the money to be in th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 13–Verse 6…Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.The Lord sent the man of God to confront Jeroboam for his idolatry. God demonstrated his love for Jeroboam in two ways in this passage. The Lord presents the man of God’s warning accompanied by the sign of the disfigurement of his hand when he tried to seize the ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 12--Verse 7And (the old men) said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.” Dear Rehoboam, Congrats on obtaining the Kingdom. May you reign in the grace of David and the wisdom of your father, Solomon. Thank you for consulting us regarding your new...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 11–Verse 4For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true   to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his Father.A surprising end to the wisest man who ever lived. Solomon knew the outcome of turning to other gods. He had written the proverbs! But in the end, his desire for worldly pleasures left him wi...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 10--Verses 23-24Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.What a blessed man Solomon was, he had all you could ask for and yet he blew it!! There is a key detail I think Solomon forgot which led to his downfall. Solomon forgot tha...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 9–Verse 12But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities thatSolomon had given him, they did not please him.In exchange for all the materials, labor and gold that KingHiram generously provided for the building of the temple,Solomon gifted him twenty “valueless” cities, which Hiram took as an insult. Perhaps Solomon’s financial resources were depleted and he had only ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 9–Verse 12But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities thatSolomon had given him, they did not please him.In exchange for all the materials, labor and gold that KingHiram generously provided for the building of the temple,Solomon gifted him twenty “valueless” cities, which Hiram took as an insult. Perhaps Solomon’s financial resources were depleted and he had only ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 7–In this chapter, King Solomon is building his palace in extravagance and splendor! In some ways, this seems a little selfish. Why does he need all that for himself? But I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that this grand building project wasn’t about himself at all; it was about someone who was to come.Remember who descended from the line of David? The gr...  Read More

Daily Devotional from 1 Kings 6--Verse 7When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.Have you ever wondered why there were so many exact specifications that needed to be followed in building the temple? Just one of the restrictions is listed in the verse above. Whatever the re...  Read More