Tag: wisdom
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Our Family Table: The Vitality of the Word
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 29 May 2024 Reading From Psalm 119 “I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding. Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.Direct me in…
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Our Family Table: Passing the Mantle
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 23 May 2024 Reading From I Chronicles 23-25 “When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number…
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Our Family Table: Leave a Legacy of Glory
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 22 May 2024 Reading From II Samuel 24, I Chronicles 22-24, Psalm 30 “David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for…
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Our Family Table: A Lack of Discipline Leads to Disaster
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 16 May 2024 Reading From II Samuel 16-18 “The king asked the Cushite, ‘Is the young man Absalom safe?’ The Cushite replied, ‘May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.’ The king was shaken. He went…
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Our Family Table: Mercy Found in the Law
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 17 March 2024 Reading From Deuteronomy 21-23 “If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master. Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.” –Deuteronomy 23:15-16 Many of the laws that God gave to…
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Our Family Table: Blessings and Curses
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 14 March 2024 Reading From Deuteronomy 11-13 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse— the blessing if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you…
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Our Family Table: We Are All One In Christ Jesus
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 5 March 2024 Reading From Numbers 26-27 “The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward and stood before Moses, Eleazar…
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Our Family Table: Compassionate Laws
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 19 February 2024 Reading From Leviticus 19-21 “When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the…
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Our Family Table: Strange Fire
A Daily Devotional by Kenton Cheek 15 February 2024 Reading From Leviticus 8-10 “Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Moses then said to Aaron, ‘This is what the Lord spoke…