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In 1 Kings 13, God was displeased with King Jeroboam’s changes to the people's religious practices. God sent one of His prophets, simply called “the man of God,” to condemn Jeroboam for his unauthorized activities. After delivering God’s message, the man of God departed without eating or drinking, and began his trip home by a different route than he came. This also was God’s command to him (1 Kings 13:9-10). He would have returned home safely and continued serving the Lord ha

Does God know the difference between being one among many and being the only one you serve? In Exodus 20:1-6, God commanded the Israelites to worship Him exclusively as God. When the Israelites made and worshipped the golden calf in Exodus 32, it became obvious that God recognizes when He has been wholly replaced by an idol. But what about times when people tried to have God share the throne of their hearts? After Israel was taken into Assyrian captivity, the king of Assyria

Ezekiel was a prophet of God to the Israelite exiles in Babylon. God sent Ezekiel so that the people would know that God had not abandoned them, nor had He stopped speaking to them (Ezekiel 2:5). When God commissioned Ezekiel to his work, He gave him a scroll full of lamentations, mourning, and woe, and told him to eat it. More than that, God told Ezekiel, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you” (Ezekiel 3:3). As Ezekiel went

Imagine that you saw someone putting groceries into the back of their car on a hot day. The person was older and seemed tired already,...

Some read through the Bible and hope for additional input from the Holy Spirit along the way. They pray for God’s guidance, they pray to...

The Proverbs are God’s wise advice for all people in every age. In them, God teaches humankind how life works and how to live it...