Mon 5/1 · 1 Kings 21 · 1 Kings 22
Jezebel hired 2 men to lie about Naboth and successfully had him stoned so that her husband, King Ahab, could get Naboth’s vineyard (v.5-14). A similar thing is happening in…
Daily devotionals
Pastor Elmer Inafuku’s reflections on each day’s Bible reading.
2026 Bible reading plan
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Sun 4/30 · 1 Kings 20 · Isa 1
Syria gathered 32 kings to join in war against Israel (v.1)! Syria should have won, but Israel defeated Syria, not only once, but twice (v.21, 29)! However, King Ahab didn’t…
Sat 4/29 · 1 Kings 17 · 1 Kings 18
1) Malachi 4:5-6, Matt 16:28-17:8 and Rev 11:3-7. 2) Antichrist will require all to take his mark in order to buy and sell, but Christians won’t take the mark, so…
Fri 4/28 · 1 Kings 15 · 1 Kings 16
1) a) Abijam did not follow David but walked in the sins of his father Rehoboam (v.3). He warred with Jeroboam of Israel throughout his reign (v.7). b) Asa did…
Thu 4/27 · 1 Kings 13 · 1 Kings 14
1) I think it was so that he wouldn’t be tempted by the praises of people who saw his miracles. 2) The man of God was pure and wanted to…
Wed 4/26 · 1 Kings 11 · 1 Kings 12
1) 700 wives and 300 concubines (v.4). They turned Solomon’s heart to worship their gods (v.4). 2) God would tear 10 tribes from Solomon’s son and leave him with only…
Tue 4/25 · 1 Kings 10 · 1 Kings 9
1) She had heard many rumors of Solomon’s wisdom and prosperity (v.6-7), so she came to check if the rumors were true or not and also to ask him many…
Mon 4/24 · 1 Kings 7 · 1 Kings 8
1) His house = 13 years (v.1), the Temple = 7 years (6:38). 2) Solomon spent more years building his own house than on the Temple, showing where his priorities…
Sun 4/23 · 1 Kings 5 · 1 Kings 6
Sun, 4/23 1 Kings 5 answers: 1) Hiram, king of Tyre (v. 1, 12). 2) Hiram supplied Solomon with the cedar and cypress timber (v.10) and great, costly stones (v.17),…
Sat 4/22 · 1 Kings 3 · 1 Kings 4
This chapter shows one of the highlights of Solomon’s career when the Lord asked him to make a wish, and he asked for wisdom to govern Israel (v.5-9). God granted…
Fri 4/21 · 1 Kings 1 · 1 Kings 2
1) Adonijah tried to make himself king, but Solomon was the one who was promised to be king. We, also, have been promised to be made kings and priests of…
Thu 4/20 · 2 Pet 3 · Jer 52
Just as the Word of God destroyed mankind by the flood, so it will destroy mankind again in the last days, but this time it will be by fire (v.7)!…
Wed 4/19 · 2 Pet 2 · Jer 51
1) Marrying daughters of man and producing Nephilim (Gen 6:1-4). 2) One reason that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed (v.6) was because their inhabitants violated the natural laws of male-female…
Tue 4/18 · 2 Pet 1 · Jer 50
1) Peter was referring to when Jesus showed him how he would die in John 20:18-19! 2) He was talking about his experience at the Mt. of Transfiguration! 3) I…
Mon 4/17 · 1 Pet 5 · Jer 49
V.6-11 contain some wonderful promises that the LDC can claim for the endtime! If we humble ourselves, God will exalt us (v.6) by elevating us to become the LDC that…
Sun 4/16 · 1 Pet 4 · Jer 48
1) Bodies return to the earth and spirits return to God. 2) Spirits in prison. 3) In the days of Noah. 4) Sons of God had intercourse with daughters of…
Sat 4/15 · 1 Pet 3 · Jer 47
1) There are limits. 2) If he: commits DV, habitually breaks the law, doesn’t work to provide for the family, is unfaithful and doesn’t repent, often doesn’t come back home…
Fri 4/14 · 1 Pet 2 · Jer 46
1) The Jews rejected Jesus because he didn’t fit their image of a Messiah, the one who they thought would deliver them from Roman oppression and establish their kingdom again!…
Thu 4/13 · 1 Pet 1 · Jer 45
1) Asia Minor, or present-day Turkey. 2) To test the genuineness of our faith and refine it as gold is refined by fire (v.7).
Wed 4/12 · Jer 44 · Rom 16
1) They claimed they prospered, had plenty of food and saw no disaster (v.17), but since they stopped making offerings, they have lacked everything and have been consumed by the…