What do you do when you experience the best day of your life? Enjoy it, of course! But what else do you do once you’ve fully tasted the delights of God’s gifts? You share it! As we look at the second part of last week’s story (2 Kings 6-7), we’ll see that God’s gifts come with a […]
It’s always a great scene… The hero is surrounded, the enemy is closing in, there is no way forward, no way to escape, and then – BOOM! – the hero bursts forth from the siege and fights his or her way to freedom. Without a doubt, the pivotal moment in any movie or story with […]
The story in 2 Kings 6 always grabs people attention because of the fiery angel army. There’s nothing quite as exciting as seeing the chariots of heaven aflame and ready to attack. And while this is a captivating part of the story, there is perhaps a deeper lesson to be learned. The story is all […]
We work so hard some times to make everything look picture perfect. Life is good. Work is good. Family is good. Everything is good. Yet behind the smiles, there always seems to lurk a “but.” Life is good but… These often unseen challenges and struggles can tend to hinder us from fully trusting in God […]
While there are some really long stories found in scripture, there are also some really short ones. Stories that, if you sneezed, you jump right over them in your reading. The life of Elisha has several of these short, seemingly insignificant stories. Yet with a closer reading, they may not be as “insignificant” as they […]
Reading a story from the bible can be quite entertaining… the who, what, where, when of it all. But these historical events were given to us for more than a good story, for more than educational purposes, for more than mere enjoyment. God specifically chose each event to both show us His heart as well […]
Following Elisha’s call to ministry and the transition as Elijah is taken to heaven, there’s a questions unspoken in scripture – what type of prophet will Elisha be? Will he be used by God to minister to individuals in need? Or will he be used by God to minister to kings and nations? As we […]
Elisha was a farmer… nothing more, nothing less. He worked the fields. He served with his family. And then one day, a man showed up in the middle of plowing season and Elisha’s whole story changed… his story began a new. Elisha was called to be the prophet of God to the nation of Israel […]
As we come to the end our our series walking through Skye Jethani’s book “With,” we find ourselves looking once more at what it looks like to walk WITH God through life and the surprise way of thinking that comes with the journey.
Every year at Christmas we hear this word “Immanuel.” We might even know that it means “God with us.” But where did it come from? What inspired the prophet Isaiah to speak this word originally and start pointing towards the miracle of Christmas? In answering these questions, we find that the call of Christmas and of […]