Tag: God
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Our Family Table: Quench Not The Spirit
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 10 July 2024 Reading From Amos 1-5 “I also raised up prophets from among your children and Nazirites from among your youths.Is this not true, people of Israel?”declares the Lord.“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.” –Amos 2:11-12 Even in the darkest times when the majority…
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Our Family Table: A Glimpse of Glory
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 9 July 2024 Reading From Isaiah 5-8 “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two…
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Our Family Table: Pride Goes Before Destruction
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 7 July 2024 Reading From II Kings 15, II Chronicles 26 “But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the Lord followed him in. They confronted King…
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Our Family Table: Willing Vessels
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 6 July 2024 Reading From Jonah 1-4 “The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?” “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I…
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Our Family Table: Return to Your First Love
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 5 July 2024 Reading From II Kings 14 and II Chronicles 25 “In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.…
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Our Family Table: A Multitude of Counselors
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 4 July 2024 Reading From II Kings 12-13, II Chronicles 24 “Joash began to rule over Judah in the seventh year of King Jehu’s reign in Israel. He reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba. All his life Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight…
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Our Family Table: Focus
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 3 July 2024 Reading From II Kings 9-11 “As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them. Don’t let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and…
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Our Family Table: Our First Resort
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 1 July 2024 Reading From II Kings 1-4 “One day Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would…
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Our Family Table: All Consuming Fire
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 26 June 2024 Reading From I Kings 17-19 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at…
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Our Family Table: Secrets to Spiritual Wellbeing
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 25 June 2024 Reading From 1 Kings 15:25-16:34, II Chronicles 17 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel. The Lord established the kingdom under his…
