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Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” 2 Kings 17:2 For years, my wife and kids…
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Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king’s household.” 2 Kings 7:9 In preparation for today’s blog, I asked my…
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If we say, ‘Let us enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall…
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And the king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’ So we boiled my son and ate him. And on the next day I said to her, ‘Give your son, that we may…
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So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel. 2 Kings 6:23 When I played high school football for the Beresford Watchdogs – yes, the…
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He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 1 Kings 6:16 During my college years, I worked as a camp counselor for a couple of summers, but I wasn’t originally hired as a counselor. Rather, I was hired as the lifeguard. So, during…
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Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 Kings 6:17  During my elementary school years. my mom taught in…
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But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, “Alas, my master! It was borrowed.” 2 Kings 6:5 Years ago, while working at summer camp, I was on maintenance duty one day when my camp pickup refused to start. Using our limited mechanical skills, a coworker…
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He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.” 2 Kings 5:25 One of the greatest lies I told myself in my drug use, was that if no one ever found out, then I was hurting no one. Mine…
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But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance, Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.” 2 Kings 5:19-20…
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