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Two Opposite Worlds And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. 2 Kings 5:3 Read 2 Kings 5:1-5 In all probability, the young girl who lived in Naaman’s home was a teenager, for she waited on his…
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Question We are always taught to forgive. When someone slaps our cheek we are to turn the other to them. If someone wrongs you physically without consent, even if it is just invading your space and touching you where they shouldn’t be, are we to forgive them? How do we go about doing so? It…
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A Victim, But Not Forsaken And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she waited on Naaman’s wife. 2 Kings 5:2 Read 2 Kings 5:1-4 Many victims lose their freedom during times of war. In an amazing way, the providence of…
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Incurably Sick If the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; He is a leprous man, he is unclean. Leviticus 13:43,44 Read Leviticus 13:29-46 Naaman had many military victories attached to his name, yet he had…
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Esteemed and Still Needy Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 Kings 5:1 Read 2 Kings 5:1-3 Hardly…
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Making Requests Known to God And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. Nehemiah 2:5 Read Nehemiah 2:4-11 In his concern for the…
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The Sorrowful in Heart Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. Nehemiah 2:2 Read Nehemiah 2:1-8 The king understood that something was wrong with Nehemiah. His somber countenance was not due to…
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Pray Without Ceasing The king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. Nehemiah 2:4 Read Nehemiah 2:1-4 In history, men often wore some kind of cap or hat which they removed when they entered God’s house. However, during the week they often wore their caps…
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The Lost Son And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments. Nehemiah 1:5 Read Nehemiah 1:5-11 In the parable of the lost son, the younger son became hungry in a foreign land. We read…
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Family Visit That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. Nehemiah 1:2 Read Nehemiah 1:1-4 On a certain day, Nehemiah received a visit from his brother and some of his friends.…
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