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MORNING— Prayer: the Foundation of Calling “When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. I said, ‘I beseech You, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who…

MORNING— The People Return to the Land “Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia…” The Old Testament history books tell one long story—twelve books in all—from Joshua…

MORNING— When the Walls Finally Fall “Now on the seventh day of the fifth month… Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard… came to Jerusalem. He burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem… So all the army of the Chaldeans… broke down the walls around Jerusalem.” In February…

MORNING— A King Who Wanted God “For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David…” Josiah becomes king at eight years old. He inherits a nation hollowed out by generations of compromise—idols in the land, truth forgotten, worship distorted. Yet…

MORNING— How Far a Heart Can Fall “Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.” Manasseh’s reign begins with a chilling summary: he knew the truth and mislead others to get them to turn from it. It wasn’t…

MORNING— A Letter Spread Before the Lord “Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.” Assyria has already taken the Northern Kingdom of Israel into captivity. Now the cruel nation has Jerusalem…

MORNING— Finishing Strong “Now when Elisha was sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, ‘My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!’” Elisha is dying, and Israel is weak. Joash, king of Israel, is…

MORNING— A Lost Axe Head Restored 🌿 “As one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, ‘Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.’” At first glance, the floating axe head can feel like a small story—almost out of place among kings, sieges, and miracles of…

MORNING— A Simple Act Spurned “Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.” But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me and stand and…

MORNING— A Slow Walk to a Whirlwind “And it came about when the LORD was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.” When we think of Elijah’s departure, our minds immediately rush to the chariot of fire. It’s the image that has captured imagination for…