June 25 2 Kings 13-14 Psalm 74:18-23 Proverbs 16:20-21 Acts 20 More Blessed To Give “In everything I showed you that by laboring in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Acts 20:35 LSB These words attributed to Jesus by Paul are not found in the four gospels, but Paul seemed to be telling the Ephesians something they were familiar with. John 20:30 explains, “The

June 24 2 Kings 11-12 Psalm 74:12-17 Proverbs 16:17-19 Acts 19 Changed Lives “And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. Also, many of those who had believed kept coming, confessing, and disclosing their practices. And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and were burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of

June 23 2 Kings 9-10 Psalm 74:5-11 Proverbs 16:16 Acts 18 God Takes Sin Seriously “So they threw her (Jezebel) down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot. Then he came in and ate and drank. And he said, ‘Take care now of this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.’ They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and feet and the palms of her hands. Therefore they re

June 22 2 Kings 7-8 Psalm 74:1-4 Proverbs 16:14-15 Acts 17 Faithfulness Rewarded “Then the king asked the woman, and she recounted it to him. So the king appointed for her a certain officer, saying, ‘Restore all that was hers and all the produce of the field from the day that she left the land even until now.” 2 Kings 8:6 LSB We first read about the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 4:8-17. She was a prominent woman who lived in Shunem with her husband. Whenever Elisha ca