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Daily Devotional for Monday, May 19 The Devastation    “Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come,” Joel 1:15.   By the evening of September 11, 2001, people were gathering in churches across the nation. Whether regular attenders or not, […]

Daily Devotional for Sunday, May 18 Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out,” Numbers 32:23.   The Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years for their unbelief at Kadesh-barnea. Finally,

Daily Devotional for Saturday, May 17 The Assassination of Joash “And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which

Daily Devotional for Friday, May 16 The Activities of Joash    “And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him,” 2 Kings 12:2.   A toddler witnessed atrocities at home, and social services removed him from that environment. They placed him with

Daily Devotional for Thursday, May 15 The Ascension of Joash “Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign,” 2 Kings 11:21.   I must confess, I love watching royal events. Something about the pageantry, beauty and grandeur of a coronation and the procession that follows is always exciting. In May 2023, thousands waited

Daily Devotional for Wednesday, May 14 Athaliah, the Executed Queen “And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord , and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house

Daily Devotional for Tuesday, May 13 The Escape of Joash    “But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he

Daily Devotional for Monday, May 12 Athaliah, the Evil Queen “And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal,” 2 Kings 11:1.               In November 1994, the news headlines centered around a young mother who claimed her

Daily Devotional for Sunday, May 11 Ahaziah, Judah’s Sixth Ruler “And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned,” 2 Chronicles 22:1.