Tag: identity
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Our Family Table: Letting Go of Shame
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 7 September 2024 Reading From Ezekiel 38-39 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced…
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Our Family Table: Prophet, Priest and King
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 4 September 2024 Reading From Ezekiel 28-31 “The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god,I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of…
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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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Angels Descending and Ascending
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek We place too much pressure on our human relationships. The satisfaction and fulfillment we are searching for can only be found in God. Whatever your relationship with your earthly father figure is or isn’t, was or wasn’t, if we bravely reach out in faith and trust in God as…
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Our Family Table: Reign With Christ
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 4 June 2024 Reading From Proverbs 7-9 “Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. By me kings reign and rulers issue decrees that are just;by me princes govern, and nobles—all who rule on…
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Our Family Table: King of Kings and Great High Priest
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 24 May 2024 Reading From Psalms 108-110 “The Lord says to my lord: ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.’ The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind:‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’” –Psalm 110:1, 4 We were introduced to Melchizedek, King of…
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Our Family Table: He Brings the Lonely into His Family
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 4 May 2024 Reading From Psalms 1, 2, 15, 22-24, 47, 68 “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.That person…
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Our Family Table: Of One Mind, In One Accord
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 1 May 2024 Reading From Psalm 133 “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” –Psalm 133:1 The passage we looked at yesterday from I Chronicles spoke of how the people of God were all of “one mind” in making David king over all Israel…
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Our Family Table: The Power is Yours!
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 21 April 2024 Reading From Psalms 6, 8-10, 14, 16, 19, 21 “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have…