by Susan Barnes | 8 Aug 2014 | Devotions OT
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly. Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: “Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself,...
by Susan Barnes | 1 Aug 2014 | Devotions OT
Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they.” 1 Kings 20:23 Note God’s response: “This is what the Lord...
by Susan Barnes | 25 Jul 2014 | Devotions OT
So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 1 Kings 19:8 Horeb is also referred to as Mt. Sinai. The place where God hid Moses in a cave while he passed by. The cave...
by Susan Barnes | 18 Jul 2014 | Devotions OT
Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. 1 Kings 18:21 Was it fear that kept the people quiet? Or was it that they wanted to...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Jul 2014 | Devotions OT
He (Baasha) did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. 1 Kings 15:34 Baasha killed Nadab, Jeroboam’s son who only ruled Israel for two years. He also killed the rest of Jeroboam’s...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Jul 2014 | Devotions OT
Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and...
by Susan Barnes | 27 Jun 2014 | Devotions OT
Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem … Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt … 1 Kings 10:26, 28 In the following chapter, we’re...
by Susan Barnes | 20 Jun 2014 | Devotions OT
This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, “Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?” People will answer, “Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out...
