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Midweek Devotional for Wednesday, September 23, 2026: Proverbs 10:11
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026 “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.” (Prov. 10:11) Proverbs 10 begins a section in which Solomon gives us short, compact sayings, frequently represented as contrasts: righteous and wicked, wise and foolish, diligent and lazy. Verse 11 belongs to a small cluster concerned especially with the use of the mouth. “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life” The Hebrew behind “fountain ...
Read More Sermon Follow-up for Sunday, September 20, 2026
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The Ministry of Elijah the Prophet: Confrontation with Ahab 1 Kings 18:1–19 Summary God often accomplishes His purposes through servants who appear hopelessly outmatched. Noah, Moses, Joshua, and David all illustrate that the decisive factor is never human strength or favorable circumstances, but the presence and will of God. Elijah now stands in that same tradition. One prophet is sent to confront the powerful and wicked King Ahab after a prolonged drought has brought Samaria to desperation. Ahab himself is ...
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Midweek Devotional for September 16, 2026: Proverbs 10:7
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026 “The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.” (Prov. 10:7) This chapter marks an important transition. Chapters 1–9 consisted largely of extended discourses on wisdom. Beginning with chapter 10 we find the shorter, compact sayings for which Proverbs is best known. This verse is a classic example of antithetical parallelism in which the first idea stands in sharp contrast to the second: the memory of the righteous is ...
Read More Sermon Follow-up for Sunday, September 13th, 2026
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Summary First Kings 17 introduces Elijah during one of the darkest periods in Israel's history. Ahab has promoted idolatry, but Elijah appears before the king as the representative of “the LORD, the God of Israel…before whom I stand” (17:1). He announces a devastating drought and then, at God's command, travels to the brook Cherith, where the LORD miraculously preserves him. The opening verses establish a theme that will dominate Elijah's ministry: the LORD is the living and sovereign God, and ...
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Midweek Devotional for September 9th, 2026: Proverbs 9:7–12
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026 “Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, reprove a wise man and he will love you.” (Prov. 9:8) Proverbs 9 presents the great contrast between Wisdom and Folly. After Wisdom’s invitation in verses 1–6, Solomon pauses in verses 7–12 to describe one of the clearest differences between the fool and the wise person: their response to instruction and correction. Verse 7 warns that correcting a scoffer may bring abuse upon the person ...
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Midweek Devotional for September 2, 2026: Proverbs 8:34–36
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026 “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts. For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD. But he who sins against me injures himself; all those who hate me love death.” (Prov. 8:34–36) Throughout Proverbs 8, Wisdom has been personified as a woman publicly calling people to listen. Unlike the seductive woman of the preceding chapter, Wisdom does not entice ...
Read More Sermon Follow-up for Sunday, August 30, 2026
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Summary First Kings 13 records God’s response to Jeroboam’s brazen corruption of worship. Having established a religious system according to his own desires rather than the command of God, Jeroboam was confronted by an unnamed man of God from Judah. The prophet announced judgment against the altar at Bethel and specifically foretold the coming of Josiah, through whom that altar would eventually be destroyed. When Jeroboam attempted to seize the prophet, God withered the king’s hand and splits the altar. ...
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Midweek Devotional for August 26, 2026
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026 “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverted mouth, I hate.” (Prov. 8:13) Proverbs 8 continues Solomon’s personification of Wisdom as a woman calling men to hear the truth of God. Earlier in the chapter Wisdom called to the naive and the foolish: “Listen, for I will speak noble things” (8:6). Verse 13 now tells us something essential about the character of genuine wisdom. Wisdom ...
Read More Sermon Follow-up for Sunday, August 23, 2026
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Summary The division of Israel became permanent as the ten northern tribes made Jeroboam their king while Rehoboam retained Judah and Benjamin. When Rehoboam assembled an army to recover the northern tribes by force, the LORD intervened through the prophet Shemaiah, declaring, “this thing has come from Me” (1 Kings 12:24). Rehoboam obeyed and abandoned his campaign. Jeroboam then became fearful that continued worship at the temple in Jerusalem would eventually restore the people’s loyalty to the house of David. ...
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Midweek Devotional for August 19, 2026: Proverbs 8:4
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Proverbs 8:4 “To you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men. 5 O naive ones, understand prudence; and, O fools, understand wisdom. 6 Listen, for I will speak noble things; and the opening of my lips will reveal right things.” Proverbs 8 introduces us again to Wisdom personified as a woman calling out to those who will listen. This is especially striking after chapter 7. There the adulterous woman calls ...
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