Daily Bread
Jan 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(...)
ReadJan 16, 2026 (Fri)
REHOBOAM, KING OF JUDAH
1 Kings 14:21-31
1. Rehoboam was King David’s grandson and Solomon’s son. He had all the advantages anyone could hope for. He knew David’s heart for God and Solomon’s God-given wisdom. By all accounts he should have b(...)
ReadJan 15, 2026 (Thu)
A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT
1 Kings 14:1-20
1. The son of King Jeroboam, Abijah, became ill. So, Jeroboam told his wife to disguise herself and seek out the prophet Ahijah to discover what would happen to the boy. Jeroboam trusted Ahijah, as he(...)
ReadJan 14, 2026 (Wed)
GOD’S WORD IS CERTAIN
1 Kings 13:11-34
1. An old prophet heard what the man of God had said and done, and he wanted to meet him. So, he went and met the man of God and invited him to come home with him and have something to eat. The man of(...)
ReadJan 13, 2026 (Tue)
THE LORD REBUKES JEROBOAM
1 Kings 13:1-10
1. Just as quickly as Jeroboam fell into the sin of forming a new religion, God sent his servant to rebuke him. As Jeroboam was standing beside the altar of one of his places of worship, a man of God(...)
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