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Short, daily meditations on God’s Word that are practical and relevant to your everyday life. Featuring pastor Kurt Barnes from Silver Creek Fellowship Church in Silverton, Oregon.

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Day 21- 21 Days of Prayer

January 27, 2024 14:00 - 8 minutes - 6 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 20- 21 Days of Prayer

January 26, 2024 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.23 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 19- 21 Days of Prayer

January 25, 2024 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.8 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 18- 21 Days of Prayer

January 24, 2024 15:00 - 7 minutes - 4.88 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 17- 21 Days of Prayer

January 23, 2024 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.24 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 16- 21 Days of Prayer

January 22, 2024 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 15- 21 Days of Prayer

January 21, 2024 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.08 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 14- 21 Days of Prayer

January 20, 2024 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 13- 21 Days of Prayer

January 19, 2024 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 12- 21 Days of Prayer

January 18, 2024 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.82 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 11- 21 Days of Prayer

January 17, 2024 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.5 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 10- 21 Days of Prayer

January 16, 2024 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.36 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 9- 21 Days of Prayer

January 15, 2024 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.95 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 8- 21 Days of Prayer

January 14, 2024 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.27 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 7- 21 Days of Prayer

January 13, 2024 17:00 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 6- 21 Days of Prayer

January 12, 2024 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.59 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 5- 21 Days of Prayer

January 11, 2024 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.48 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 4- 21 Days of Prayer

January 10, 2024 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.62 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 3- 21 Days of Prayer

January 09, 2024 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.31 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 2- 21 Days of Prayer

January 08, 2024 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.9 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

Day 1- 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting

January 07, 2024 14:00 - 5 minutes - 4.07 MB

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/ Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life. We ...

The Story Episode 61: Luke 24:25-35

April 21, 2022 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.78 MB

Luke 24:25-35 On the Road to Emmaus 25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. 28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us...

The Story Episode 60: Passion Week Easter!

April 17, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes - 3.87 MB

Matthew 28:1-10 Jesus Has Risen 28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.  2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.  5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afra...

The Story Episode 59: Passion Week Day 7

April 16, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 4.01 MB

Jesus is silent on Saturday.  The women have anointed his body and placed it in Joseph’s tomb.  The cadaver of Christ is as mute as the stone which guards it.  He spoke much on Friday. He will liberate the slaves of death on Sunday.  But on Saturday, Jesus is silent. So is God.  He made himself heard on Friday.  He tore the curtains of the temple, opened the graves of the dead, rocked the earth, blocked the sun of the sky, and sacrificed the Son of Heaven.  Earth heard much of God on Friday...

The Story Episode 58: Passion Week Day 6

April 15, 2022 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MB

John 19 19 Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip. 2 The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. 3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face. 4 Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.” 5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the m...

The Story Episode 57: Passion Week Day 5

April 14, 2022 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.49 MB

Luke 22:7-20 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22&version=NLT The Last Supper 7 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.” 9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him. 10 He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 11 say to the ow...

The Story Episode 56: Passion Week Day 4

April 13, 2022 07:00 - 4 minutes - 3.24 MB

Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT) 28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Support the show

The Story Episode 55: Passion Week Day 3

April 12, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes - 3.61 MB

John 12:37-50 37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message      and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[h] 39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 40 “He has blinded their eyes      and hardened their hearts,  so they can neither see with their eyes,      nor understand with their hearts,   ...

The Story Episode 54: Passion Week Day 2

April 11, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.92 MB

Matthew 21:12-17 Jesus at the Temple 12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” 14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things h...

The Story Episode 53: Passion Week Day 1

April 11, 2022 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.39 MB

John 12:12-19 Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”  “Blessed is the king of Israel!” 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: 15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;     see, your king is coming,     seated on a donkey’s colt.”  16 At firs...

The Story Episode 53: Matthew 7:24-29

April 05, 2022 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.14 MB

Matthew 7:24-29 The Wise and Foolish Builders 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the str...

The Story Episode 52: Luke 4:1-13

March 30, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MB

Luke 4:1-13 Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’[b]” 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an...

The Story Episode 51: Matthew 2:1-18

March 27, 2022 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.92 MB

Matthew 2:1-18 The Magi Visit the Messiah 2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5...

The Story Episode 50: Luke 2:1-20

March 24, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.26 MB

Luke 2:1-20 The Birth of Jesus In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be marri...

The Story Episode 49: John 1:1-14

March 22, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes - 3.49 MB

John 1  (NLT) 1 In the beginning the Word already existed.     The Word was with God,     and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. 3 God created everything through him,     and nothing was created except through him. 4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,     and his life brought light to everyone. 5 The light shines in the darkness,     and the darkness can never extinguish it. 6 God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyon...

The Story Episode 49: John 1:1-14

March 22, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes - 3.49 MB

John 1  (NLT) 1 In the beginning the Word already existed.     The Word was with God,     and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. 3 God created everything through him,     and nothing was created except through him. 4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,     and his life brought light to everyone. 5 The light shines in the darkness,     and the darkness can never extinguish it. 6 God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyon...

Ukraine Relief

March 12, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

https://scf.tv/ukraine-relief/ PRAY AND GIVE When faced with a terrible unfolding situation like this, it can be difficult to know how to pray. Try these simple ideas: 1. Acknowledge God’s power As humans, we can forget that ultimately, God has created the world and is not absent from it but all-powerful in it: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all who live in it.” – Psalm 24 2.Pray for God’s kingdom to come The simplest prayer can be the most powerful: “Y...

Ukraine Relief

March 12, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

https://scf.tv/ukraine-relief/ PRAY AND GIVE When faced with a terrible unfolding situation like this, it can be difficult to know how to pray. Try these simple ideas: 1. Acknowledge God’s power As humans, we can forget that ultimately, God has created the world and is not absent from it but all-powerful in it: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all who live in it.” – Psalm 24 2.Pray for God’s kingdom to come The simplest prayer can be the most powerful: “Y...

The Story Episode 48: Daniel 3

March 11, 2022 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MB

Daniel 3 3 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. 3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of...

The Story Episode 47: Daniel 1

March 09, 2022 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.33 MB

Daniel 1 Daniel’s Training in Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god. 3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of th...

The Story Episode 46: Jeremiah 1

March 08, 2022 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.62 MB

Jeremiah 1 1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2 The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, 3 and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile. The Call of Jeremiah 4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I...

The Story Episode 45: 2 Kings 19:14-37

March 07, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.1 MB

2 Kings 19 Hezekiah’s Prayer 14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16 Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God. 17 “It is true,...

The Story Episode 44: 2 Kings 17:1-24

March 06, 2022 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MB

2 Kings 17:1-24 17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him. 3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So[a] king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to th...

The Story Episode 43: Hosea 11:1-4

March 04, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.88 MB

Hosea 11:1-4 God’s Love for Israel 11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,     and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more they were called,     the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals     and they burned incense to images. 3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,     taking them by the arms; but they did not realize     it was I who healed them. 4 I led them with cords of human kindness,     with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts     a little chi...

The Story Episode 42: 2 Kings 6:8-23

March 03, 2022 19:00 - 7 minutes - 4.99 MB

2 Kings 6:8-23 Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans 8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.” 9 The man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.” 10 So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places. 11 This enraged the ki...

The Story Episode 41: 1 Kings 19:19-21

March 02, 2022 19:00 - 5 minutes - 3.72 MB

The Call of Elisha 19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. 20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.” “Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?” 21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered the...

The Story Episode 40: 1 Kings 19:1-14

March 01, 2022 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.68 MB

1 Kings 19 Elijah Flees to Horeb 19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to ...

The Story Episode 39: 1 Kings 12:26-33

February 28, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MB

1 Kings 12:26-33 26 Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.”  28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up o...

The Story Episode 38: 1 Kings 12:1-17

February 27, 2022 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.81 MB

1 Kings 12:1-17 Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam 12 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. 3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: 4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.” 5 Rehoboam a...

The Story Episode 37: 1 Kings 11:9-13

February 25, 2022 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.78 MB

1 Kings 11:9-13  9 The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command. 11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. 12 Nevertheles...