Jehosaphat, King of Israel’s opinion of current events wasn’t too appealing: "It was the LORD who called us three kings together to deliver us into the hands of Moab.” (2Kgs 3:13b NIV2) According to the king, Israel was doomed. There was no hope in sight!...
What do you do when you find yourself surrounded by people who don't have the best intentions towards you? Some of you may say, "That sounds like my workplace." Others will say, "I face this every day, no matter where I go."When Elisha's servant awoke one day, he...
Why do we doubt so much? It's true that in our world nothing comes for free, but have we forgotten that the Lord's way is quite different from the norms of our world? If He promises something, it will be fulfilled, guaranteed. So why do we doubt?"But when he asks, he...
War is never fun, especially when allies start to fight with one another. When Abijah was king of Judah, his neighbor, Jeroboam, King of Israel decided to take arms against him. King Jeroboam had taken away the worship of the Almighty God and had replaced it with the...
Based on Acts 3:1-4:31Peter and John were going up to the temple. Once there they encountered a "man crippled from birth" and his plea was for some money, so that he could survive. He never realized that he could get way more than that!Peter looked straight at him, as...
The time after Jesus' resurrection brought many to believe in the cause. Jesus was so real to them that, "As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by....
Last time we discovered that the high priest and his entourage were highly jealous of those Christians who were so popular in the streets of Jerusalem. The apostles were arrested and sent to prison; however, that same night, God, opened the doors of that very prison,...