Post by Woody Williams on Feb 7, 2006 7:32:48 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- II Kings 8:1-6
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Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,
'Get up and go with your household, and settle wherever you can; for
the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for
seven years.' So the woman got up and did according to the word of
the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land
of the Philistines for seven years. At the end of the seven years,
when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she set out
to appeal to the king for her house and her land. Now the king was
talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, 'Tell me
all the great things that Elisha has done.' While he was telling the
king how Elisha had restored a dead person to life, the woman whose
son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and
her land. Gehazi said, 'My lord king, here is the woman, and here is
her son whom Elisha restored to life.' When the king questioned the
woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her,
saying, 'Restore all that was hers, together with all the revenue of
the fields from the day that she left the land until now.'
Devotional
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The miracles of God's love and care continues. The woman in the story
today was the barren woman who conceived a child when the prophet
prayed for her. She is the woman whose son died and was healed and
brought back to life by Elisha. Now God is present in the witness of
Elisha's servant when she needs an advocate to get her house and land
back after the famine. Her hospitality to Elisha opened a river of
blessings from God in her life. When one opens the door of
hospitality and gives love, God blesses.
Prayer
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Lord, I open my heart to you and others. Bless my giving and
receiving. Amen
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Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,
'Get up and go with your household, and settle wherever you can; for
the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for
seven years.' So the woman got up and did according to the word of
the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land
of the Philistines for seven years. At the end of the seven years,
when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she set out
to appeal to the king for her house and her land. Now the king was
talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, 'Tell me
all the great things that Elisha has done.' While he was telling the
king how Elisha had restored a dead person to life, the woman whose
son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and
her land. Gehazi said, 'My lord king, here is the woman, and here is
her son whom Elisha restored to life.' When the king questioned the
woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her,
saying, 'Restore all that was hers, together with all the revenue of
the fields from the day that she left the land until now.'
Devotional
----------
The miracles of God's love and care continues. The woman in the story
today was the barren woman who conceived a child when the prophet
prayed for her. She is the woman whose son died and was healed and
brought back to life by Elisha. Now God is present in the witness of
Elisha's servant when she needs an advocate to get her house and land
back after the famine. Her hospitality to Elisha opened a river of
blessings from God in her life. When one opens the door of
hospitality and gives love, God blesses.
Prayer
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Lord, I open my heart to you and others. Bless my giving and
receiving. Amen
