Author Archives: Jamie Hicks

1 Kings 16:29-17:24; Acts 11:1-18; Psalms 135:5-12; Proverbs 28:23-24 OT: “Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!” Then the word of the Lord came toContinue reading “11/30/M – Our Lord is Greater”

1 Kings 15:25-16:28; Acts 10:34-48; Psalms 134:1-135:4; Proverbs 28:21-22 NT: “Peter began to speak: “Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism, but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. He sent the message to the Israelites, proclaiming the good news of peace throughContinue reading “11/29/Su – Kingdom Equality”

1 Kings 15:1-24; Acts 10:24-33; Psalms 133:3; Proverbs 28:19-20 Psalms: “How delightfully good when brothers live together in harmony! …It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord has appointed the blessing — life forevermore.” (‭‭Psalms‬ ‭133:1, 3‬ ‭CSB)‬‬ When God’s people… His family life together in harmoniousContinue reading “11/28/S – The Commanded Blessing”

1 Kings 14:1-31; Acts 10:9-23; Psalms 133:1-2; Proverbs 28:17-18 NT: “The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the roof about noon… He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth. InContinue reading “11/27/F – Living Together in Harmony”

1 Kings 13:7-34; Acts 10:1-8; Psalms 132:13-18; Proverbs 28:15-16 OT: “Then the king declared to the man of God, “Come home with me, refresh yourself, and I’ll give you a reward.” But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your house, I still wouldn’t go with you, and I wouldn’tContinue reading “11/26/Th – Compromise and False Prophecy”

1 Kings 12:20-13:6; Acts 9:36-43; Psalms 132:10-12; Proverbs 28:14 OT: “When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone… Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim andContinue reading “11/25/W – The Sin of Jeroboam”

1 Kings 11:29-12:19; Acts 9:26-35; Psalms 131:1-132:9; Proverbs 28:12-13 NT: “So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.” (‭‭Acts‬ ‭9:31‬ ‭CSB) The fledgling church did not exist within a peaceful environment. TheContinue reading “11/24/T – At Peace, Strengthened in Hope”

1 Kings 11:1-28; Acts 9:10-25; Psalms 130:6-8; Proverbs 28:11 OT: “King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women from the nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they willContinue reading “11/23/M – Remaining Faithful”

1 Kings 10:1-29; Acts 9:1-9; Psalms 130:1-5; Proverbs 28:8-10 NT: “Now Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, heContinue reading “11/22/Su – With You there is Forgiveness”

1 Kings 9:1-28; Acts 8:25-40; Psalms 129:5-8; Proverbs 28:6-7 OT: “When Solomon finished building the temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all that Solomon desired to do, the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time just as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. The Lord said to him: I have heard yourContinue reading “11/21/S – An Obedient People”