Monday April 30, 2018 “How About Some Good News”

1 Kings 13:25-26 25 And there, men passed by and saw the corpse thrown on the road, and the lion standing by the corpse. Then they went and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.  26 Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is … Continue reading

Sunday April 29, 2018 “The End Thereof is Death”

1 Kings 13:23-24 23 So it was, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 When he was gone, a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey … Continue reading

Saturday April 28, 2018 “Honor or Dishonor”

1 Kings 13:21-22 21 and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you, 22 but you came back, ate bread, and drank water in the place … Continue reading

Friday April 27, 2018 “A Sprinkling of a Lie”

1 Kings 13:19-20 19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.  20 Now it happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back. Just enough truth to be believed and the man of God was deceived … Continue reading

Thursday April 26, 2018 “Never Trust a Liar”

1 Kings 13:18 18 He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (He was lying to him.) The old prophet told the younger … Continue reading

Wednesday April 25, 2018 “Folly of Flattery”

1 Kings 3:18  18 He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (He was lying to him.) The old prophet used flattering words … Continue reading

Tuesday April 24, 2018 “Motives”

1 Kings 13:18 18 He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (He was lying to him.) We are told to try the … Continue reading

Monday April 23, 2018 “Staying the Course”

1 Kings 13:15-17 15 Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.” 16 And he said, “I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.  17 For I have been told by the word of the Lord, … Continue reading

Sunday April 22, 2018 “Old Prophets with Bad Advice”

1 Kings 13:11-14  11 Now an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.  12 And their father said to them, “Which way … Continue reading

Saturday April 21, 2018 “This is What the Man of God Did”

1 Kings 13:11 Now an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. The prophet wanted to know the actions of the man … Continue reading