Jehoram is dead after eight years of abysmal leadership. His only surviving son Ahaziah takes the throne. He was just as bad and God removed him after a year. Jehoshaphat made a mess when he linked himself and his family to the house of Ahab. Ahab was an especially wicked king in the eyes of […]
Jehoram was NOTHING like his father Jehoshaphat. He was everything like the kings of Israel. And NO ONE mourned his death. The last time we met we looked at Jehoshaphat’s sin of going into the shipping business with Israel’s kings. God said his punishment would be that He would destroy what Jehoshaphat had made. I […]
Jehoshaphat had one more endeavor he SHOULD have passed up. But it seems he can’t say no to ‘family’. God won’t let his sin prosper. Much earlier in Jehoshaphat’s reign he tried to reunite the two kingdoms of Israel through marriage. God said “NO” to this plan and called Jehoshaphat up short on this issue. […]
Judah marches towards the enemy at the Lord’s command. When they round the bend they see His deliverance! This is such an AMAZING story! I have been champing at the bit to get to it. I LOVE the stories where God shows His hand. And this one is one of the biggies! Let’s join the […]
Jehoshaphat is faced with insurmountable odds when the armies of the Moabites and Ammonites and Meunites come against him. He turns to God in prayer. This story has me pulling at my ‘leash’ to get to it! It is one of TOTAL dependence and recognition of Who is in charge of EVERYTHING in this world. […]
