Bible Brainwork
Bible Brainwork is where I share my thoughts daily about Bible passages and how they pertain to the modern Christian’s walk. The term brainwork is defined as mental activity or effort, and it is used to imply that I put much effort and thought into every blog post I put onto my site.
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The Similar Tales of Two Sets of Kings: 2 Kings 12:17-18, 1 Kings 20:2-6, and 2 Kings 12:20
“About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem. But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his predecessors—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the
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God of Justice: 2 Kings 11:1-2
“When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and
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Fully Intented For God: 2 Kings 10:28-31 and 1 Samuel 12:24
“So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel. However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes
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Be Thankful for The Times: 2 Kings 9:33-34
““Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot. Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.” – 2 Kings 9:33-34 NIV
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Keep Good Company to Keep from Sin: 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Proverbs 13:20, and Proverbs 1:7
“He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.” – 2 Kings 8:18 NIV Jehoram married the daughter of Ahab and she caused him to follow the ways of the kings of
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Two Repentant Hearts: 2 Kings 7:9 and Acts 3:19
“Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”” – 2 Kings 7:9 NIV This is highly respectable.
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Be Selfless: 2 Kings 6:26, 28-31 and Philippians 2:3-4
“As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my Lord the king!” Then he asked her, “What’s the matter?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’ So we cooked
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Be Humble: 2 Kings 5:11
“But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy.” – 2 Kings 5:11 NIV Naaman clearly has issues of entitlement and pride. He
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