Micah Bemenderfer

Personal Devotions (595)

Notes from personal Bible reading and meditation with a goal to apply one truth from the day's reading to my life that day

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February 19, 2024

Passage Read: 2 Kings 12-15 Meditation Verse: 14:10 It is so easy to give way to pride. Amaziah had success against Edom, then thought he could take on Israel. Perhaps he thought God was with him to bless whatever he decided to do, but that…

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February 18, 2024

Passage Read: 2 Kings 8-11 Meditation Verse: 8:19 The Lord made this promise to David, knowing full well that some of his sons would not walk in David's righteous ways. Solomon himself was the first to fall away; it didn't take long for the sons…

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February 17, 2024

Passage Read: 2 Kings 4-7 Meditation Verse: 5:26 Gehazi didn't like that Naaman, an enemy of Israel, had received blessing from God, and Elisha didn't take any payment from him. He wanted the foreigner at least to leave a blessing in return. And of course,…

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February 16, 2024

Passage Read: 1 Kings 22 - 2 Kings 3 Meditation Verses: 2 Kings 1:9-12 Elijah and Elisha are a lot more cavalier about the lives of others than seems right. Elijah seems to casually say that if he is a man of God, then let…

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February 15, 2024

Passage Read: 1 Kings 18-21 Meditation Verse: 21:29 It is hard to tell whether Ahab himself is so evil or is it all his wife? He seems like such a child at times, vexed and sullen, pouting on his bed. Every now and then he…

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