Daily Bread
Jan 26, 2026 (Mon)
WICKEDNESS AND REPENTANCE
1 Kings 21:1-29
1. Naboth was a righteous man who kept the Lord’s command by refusing to sell his inheritance in Israel (Lev 25:23). Ahab was a selfish, petty man who sulked like a child when he didn’t get his way (4(...)
ReadJan 25, 2026 (Sun)
AHAB’S FOOLISHNESS
1 Kings 20:22-43
1. With the Lord’s help, Ahab had won a decisive victory over the army of Ben-Hadad king of Aram (20:1-21). The next spring, Ben-Hadad attacked again, and the Lord promised to help Ahab again, to show(...)
ReadJan 24, 2026 (Sat)
THE LORD HELPS AHAB
1 Kings 20:1-21
1. When Ben-Hadad king of Aram threatened Samaria, Ahab felt he had no strength to oppose him, so he offered to surrender. But when Ben-Hadad then came back with more unreasonable demands, Ahab and hi(...)
ReadJan 23, 2026 (Fri)
ELIJAH’S NEXT STEPS
1 Kings 19:1-21
1. For a moment, it seemed that Elijah had won a great spiritual victory at Mt. Carmel. But now he had to flee for his life from Jezebel (1-2). Elijah was tempted to despair, asking the Lord to take h(...)
ReadJan 22, 2026 (Thu)
ELIJAH’S PRAYER
1 Kings 18:20-46
1. The people of Israel had all but forgotten their history and calling. Influenced by Jezebel, they fell into Baal worship. The Lord could have left them alone to perish in their sin-blindness. God d(...)
ReadJan 21, 2026 (Wed)
ELIJAH’S CHALLENGE
1 Kings 18:1-19
1. There was one faithful man, Obadiah, in the court of wicked King Ahab. God had used him greatly, to save a hundred of the Lord’s prophets from persecution by Jezebel (4,13). Now God wanted to use O(...)
ReadJan 20, 2026 (Tue)
GOD’S PRESENCE WITH ELIJAH
1 Kings 17:1-24
1. To lead Israel to repentance in the time of the wicked king Ahab and Jezebel, the Lord decreed, through the prophet Elijah, an extended drought (1). But Elijah himself lived in Israel. How would he(...)
ReadJan 19, 2026 (Mon)
ISRAEL’S KINGS COMMIT SIN AND DO EVIL
1 Kings 16:15-34
1. Zimri had murdered King Elah. He also killed off all of the remaining family of Baasha. The people didn’t want a murderer as their king, so they conspired against him and made Omri, the army comman(...)
ReadJan 18, 2026 (Sun)
YOU CAUSED MY PEOPLE TO SIN
1 Kings 15:25-16:14
1. Just as King David was the prototype of a king seeking after God’s own heart, so King Jeroboam of Israel because the prototype of wicked kings. He became the king that other wicked kings in Israel(...)
ReadJan 17, 2026 (Sat)
A WICKED KING AND A GOOD KING
1 Kings 15:1-24
1. Rehoboam died, and his son Abijah succeeded him. Like his father before him, Abijah was a wicked king. He likely grew up in a home that did not honor God and his word. So, he committed the same sin(...)
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