Sat.’s Devo - The Last Kings of Judah

Happy Birthday America! May you enjoy freedom! Read: 2 Kings 23:31-25:30; Acts 22:17-23:10; Psalm 2:1-12; Proverbs 18:13 When Josiah died, his son Jehoahaz who was 23 years old began to reign over Judah. He was not good like his father Josiah. He did evil like the evil kings before him so Pharaoh Neco from Egypt came and put him in bonds and made Eliakim, Josiah’s brother the king. Neco changed his name to Jehoiakim. He was made to tax the people to give Egypt 100 talents of silver and a talent of gold every year. *** Two years later, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and made Jehoiakim serve him for three years. Jehoiakim rebelled against him so the Lord sent bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Judah to destroy it just like God’s prophets said would happen. *** Jehoiakim was an evil king and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which means that he sacrificed many babies to his gods. When Jehhoiakim died, his son Jeoiachin became the king. At that time, Babylon had raided Egypt and taken everything. *** Young Jehoiachin only reigned 3 months before he surrendered to the king of Babylon who came and besieged Jerusalem. The king of Babylon took the king, his officers and servants to Babylon and carried off the treasures of the house of the Lord and all the kings’ treasures. He dismantled the temple to take all its worth. He also carried away all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives and all the craftsmen in the land to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar made Josiah’s brother Mattaniah king and changed his name to Zedekiah. *** Zedekiah rebelled against Babylon so Nebuchadnezzar sent his army to besiege Jerusalem. In the second year of the siege, they broke through the wall and the king and his officers tried to escape at night through the wall. They were caught and brought to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah. There he slaughtered all of Zedikiah’s sons then had Zedikah’s eyes gouged out so the last thing he saw was his sons being killed. Then Zedikiah was taken blinded and in chains to Babylon. *** Nebuchadnezzar’s captain Nebuaradan came to Jerusalem and burned down the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses in Jerusalem. They broke down the walls around Jerusalem and took the rest of the people left in the city to Babylon. They left some of the poorest of the land to keep the vineyards and the fields. *** They carried away everything from the house of the Lord that had value. They brought the priests and the important people to Riblah where Nebuchadnezzar had them also killed. *** Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah to govern the people left in Jerusalem. Gedaliah met with all the captains left in the land of Judah at Mizpah. Gedaliah told them not to be afraid of the Chaldeans because if they would just serve the king of Babylon, things would go well for them. But, Ishmael of the royal family brought 10 men with him and struck down Gedaliah and all the people fled to Egypt because they were afraid of what Nebuchadnezzar would do to them. *** When king Jehoiachin had been in prison in Babylon for 37 years, Evil-Merodach became king of Babylon. He pardoned Jehoiachin and gave him a seat in his government. He was given royal clothes, a seat at the king’s table and a salary. *** In Acts, Paul was telling the people of Jerusalem his story. He was at the point where he went back to Jerusalem and was praying in the Temple when he went into a trance. The Lord told him to get out of Jerusalem at once because they would not believe his testimony because he had persecuted so many Christians. God sent him far away to witness to the Gentiles. *** They had been listening intently until he got to the part about going to preach to the Gentiles. Then they shouted that he should die. The tribune ordered him to be put in the prison and flogged to find out the truth. But when they were preparing to flog him, he reminded them that he was a Roman citizen by birth. Then they were afraid that they had bound him and took the straps off him. *** They sat Paul down to talk and he told them he had lived his life in good conscience. The high priest struck him on the mouth and Paul called him a whitewashed wall. When they told him he was the high priest, Paul said hd didn’t know or he wouldn’t have said what he said. *** Paul realized that he was speaking in front of a council full of Sadducees and Pharisees so he used that to his advantage. He said that he was on trial because he believed in the resurrection of the dead. This threw them into a tizzy because that was the great debate between the Sadducees and the Pharisees. The Pharisees proclaimed Paul innocent because they believed in the resurrection of the dead, and the Sadducees disagreed. They had to rescue Paul from them and had him put in prison. *** Paul met misunderstanding and persecution everywhere he went because he was living in the days of great transition from law to grace. We are in the same place of transition from grace to kingdom. There will be many who will be misunderstood and persecuted for preaching the kingdom age but it is coming no matter how many people push against it. *** Lord, I thank you that your will will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Nothing can stop what is coming.

Fri.’s Devo - Josiah’s Reform

Read: 2 Kings 22:3-23:30; Acts 21:37-22:16; Psalm 1:1-6; Proverbs 18:11 When Josiah had reigned for 18 years he sent his secretary Azaliah to meet with the high priest, Hilkiah to count the money to repair the house of the Lord. In the process of repairing the house of the Lord, Hilkiah found a copy of the Law and brought it to Josiah. When Josiah read it he tore his clothes because he read how the Lord felt about them worshiping any other god but him. He sent for the priest and his officers to inquire of the Lord to find out what they should do. They went to the prophetess Huldah and asked her what the Lord was saying. *** Huldah prophesied that God would bring disaster upon Judah and its people because they had forsaken him and worshiped other gods. But, because Josiah’s heart was repentant it would not happen during Josiah’s lifetime. *** Josiah called a meeting of all the people of Jerusalem, the elders, officers, and prophets. Josiah read the law to them and made a covenant before the Lord that he would keep his testimonies and follow his law with all his heart, mind and soul. All the people joined him in the covenant. *** Then they began a huge excavation of all the worship of false gods. They carried all their paraphernalia down to the Kidron brook and burned it and took the ashes and cast them on the graves of the common people. They brought the false priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled their high places. Josiah stopped the sacrificing of babies and the worship of the sun and moon. All false religions were banned. The land was cleansed of idolatry. Even the altar at Bethel where the golden calf was situated that Jeroboam had erected was taken down and burned. There, Josiah saw the tombs of the altars that were there and had the bones taken from them and burned. But he let the tomb of the prophet who had prophesied this would happen remain untouched. He sacrificed all the priests who offered profaned sacrifices to false gods on their altars and then returned to Jerusalem. *** Josiah did away with the mediums and necromancers and the household gods. No king had gone to this amount of care to remove the false worship of gods and declare the worship of the true God. But, God did not forget what Judah had done under the rule of Manasseh and promised to eventually judge them. *** Josiah was murdered by the king of Egypt at Megiddo and was brought back to Jerusalem and buried in his own tomb. His son, Jehoahaz was anointed king. *** In Acts, Paul and been arrested and was to stand before the tribunal. They thought he might be the Egyptian who had led a revolt, but Paul assured them he was a Jew from Tarsus. He asked for permission to speak to the people and was allowed to. He addressed them in Hebrew which got their attention. He told them who he was a where he was from and that he had learned the law from Gamaliel who was a well-respected Rabbi. He assured them he knew the law and followed it. He had persecuted those who were believers in Jesus and had them imprisoned and but to death. On his way to Damascus to continue ridding the land of these Christians, he was overcome by a great light and heard a voice asking him why he was persecuting him. When he asked who he was, he was told he was Jesus of Nazareth. He was told to go to Damascus where he would be told what to do. The light left him blinded so he was led to Damascus. *** There, a devout man named Ananias came and prayed that Paul would see and his eyes were opened. He told him that he would be a witness for Jesus everywhere he went. He rose and was baptized. *** Lord, give us boldness like Paul to proclaim the mighty things you have done for us. Thank you for our testimony of your goodness and faithfulness. We give you praise and honor.

Thurs.’s Devo - Hezekiah’s End

Read: 2 Kings 20:1-22:2; Acts 21:17-36; Psalm 150:1-6; Proverbs 18:9-10 Hezekiah became deathly sick and Isaiah came and told him to put his house in order because he was going to die. Hezekiah cried out to the Lord and reminded him of how he faithfully served him. Isaiah was sent back to tell Hezekiah that the Lord was giving him 15 years more to live. He also told him how to cure his illness. *** Hezekiah asked for a sign that he would be healed and Isaiah gave him the choice of letting the sun go forward or back ten steps on the sundial. He choose for them to go back, so time went back ten steps. *** Merodach-baladan the king of Babylon sent Hezekiah gifts and letters wishing him well. When his ambassadors came to present them to Hezekiah, he showed them all the riches in his kingdom. When they had gone, Isaiah came and told Hezekiah that Babylon would one day come and take all the treasures that he had shown them away to Babylon. Some of his sons would be taken away to become eunuchs in Babylon. Hezekiah was happy that it wouldn’t happen in his life time. You would think that Hezekiah would spend his remaining years preparing his son to follow after the Lord and delay the judgment of the nation, but Hezekiah became proud during these days and produced a son who would be the most evil of all kings before him. *** Hezekiah lived his 15 years and died. His son who was only 13 became king. His name was Manasseh. He reigned 55 years. He rebuilt all the temples to the foreign gods and shed much innocent blood. He led Judah astray to do more evil than all the nations before them had done. *** God’s prophets warned the people of the disaster that was coming because they had abandoned him for idols. Jerusalem’s fall would be worse than Samaria’s. Manasseh died and his son Amon became the king. *** Amon was 21 when he became king and only reigned 2 years. He was evil like his father and worshiped idols. His servants assassinated him in his own home. The people made Manasseh’s son Josiah the king. Josiah was only 8 years old and did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in the ways of David. *** In Acts, Paul, Luke and others met with James and the believers there in Jerusalem. Paul told them how the Lord was welcoming Gentiles into his family and they rejoiced. They warned Paul that men had spread rumors that he taught against Moses’ law and told Jews not to be circumcised. To show that Paul followed the Law, they told him to join with 4 men who were making a Nazarite vow to the Lord. They were hoping that when they see Paul following the Law they will understand that he still honors the Law. *** Paul did do this. But, when these Jews saw Paul in the Temple they tried to seize him because they thought he had brought his Gentile friend into the Temple. They dragged Paul out of the Temple and planned to kill him but the tribunal heard about it and sent soldiers to stop the crowd from killing Paul. They arrested Paul and asked him what he had done The crowd was shouting out their accusations but it was so chaotic the solders couldn’t get to the truth. They had Paul brought to the barracks so they could find out what was going on. *** Lord, may we learn from our past and not repeat the same mistakes. May our walk be blameless and pleasing in your sight. Forgive the leaders who have gone before us and grant us righteous leaders to lead our nation back to You.

Wed.’s Devo - God’s Great Deliverance

Read: 2 Kings 18:13-19:37; Acts 21:1-16; Psalm 149:1-9; Proverbs 18:8 In Hezekiah’s 14th year of reigning over Judah, Sennacherib of Assyria came to take the fortified cities of Judah. Hezekiah repented that he had stopped paying them tribute and asked what it would take to make them leave them in peace. Hezekiah gave Senacherib all the silver and gold he could find in his kingdom and took the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord and gave it to him. Sennacherib still sent his powerful army led by Rabshakeh against Jerusalem. *** Hezekiah sent his officers to speak to Rabshekeh. Rabshekeh rebuffed Hezekiah for thinking he could buy his way out of this, or hire Egypt to help him, or think the Lord would help them. He boasted that the Lord was the one who sent him to destroy them. *** Hezekiah’s officers asked him to speak to them in Aramaic so their soldiers couldn’t understand. He refused and addressed them instead. He told them that if they listened to Hezekiah they would be doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, but if they surrendered to him, they would be taken to his land where they would have their own land and eat bread and drink wine. He told them not to listen to Hezekiah because the gods of other nations had not been able to save them. What makes them think that the Lord will not be able to deliver them out of their hands. *** Judah’s men remained quiet because they had been instructed not to answer. When Hezekiah heard what Rabshekeh said, he tore his clothes and wore sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord to pray. He sent his men to ask Isaiah what they should do. Isaiah told them not to be afraid of the words of Rabshekeh because he reviled the Lord with his words. God would put a spirit in him so he would hear a rumor and return to his ow land. He would die of the sword in his own land. *** Rabshekeh sent another letter to Hezekiah threatening him again and reminding him of all the nations he had defeated. Hezekiah took the letter and spread it out in the temple of the Lord. He prayed that God would save them so that all the kingdoms of the earth would know that he is the only God. *** Isaiah sent word to Hezekiah saying that the Lord heard his prayer and repeated a prophesy about Sennacherib. It was true that he would turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins and destroy nations, but he had defied the Holy One of Israel, and God would retaliate. God would put a hook in his nose and a bit in his mouth and he would return the way he came. *** For Judah, Isaiah prophesied, she would eat from what grows this year and the next year. In the third year, they will sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat from their fruit. A remnant would survive. *** God also said the king of Assyria would not return to harm the city because the Lord would defend it for his name sake and for the sake of David. *** That night the angel of death went and killed 185,000 Assyrians in their camp. Senecherib went back home to Nineveh and was assassinated by his own son in the temple of his god. Esarhaddon, another son ruled in his place. *** In Acts, Paul and Luke and their friends left Ephesus and traveled to Jerusalem. All the way people were prophesying over Paul and warning him not to go to Jerusalem because he would be persecuted and end up in prison. Paul had to trust the spirit of God inside him and kept going toward Jerusalem. He was not afraid of chains or imprisonment; he was more afraid of missing God’s plan for his life. *** When they finally arrived in Jerusalem, they stayed with Mnason who had been an early disciple of theirs. *** Lord, may we be like Paul who was not afraid of death or persecution. May we fear you above our comfort.

Tues.’s Devo - Israel’s Fate -

Read: 2 Kings 17:1-18:12; Acts 20:1-38; Psalm 148:1-14; Proverbs 18:6-7 While Ahaz was ruling Judah, Hoshea became king of Israel. Hosea was an evil king. The king of Assyria came against him and ordered him to pay tribute to him. When Hosea refused, the king of Assyria took Hosea prisoner and invaded the land of Israel and besieged Samaria for three years before he captured it. He carried all the Israelites to his land and scattered them throughout the cities in Assyria. He brought his people to take their place. *** All of this happened because the people of Israel did what he told them not to do when he brought them from Egypt and gave them the land. They did not remain faithful to the Lord but took up the gods of the land. They worshiped Baal and Asherah and other gods. *** Judah also abandoned the Lord and followed Israel in the worship of false gods. When the kingdom divided and Israel made Jeroboam their king, he led them into great sin making golden calves for them to worship so they wouldn’t go to Jerusalem and worship the Lord. So they were exiled to the land of Assyria and remained there. *** The king of Assyria replaced them with people from Babylon and other cities. They lived in the cities the Israelites had built and did not fear the Lord. So, the Lord sent lions among them that killed some of them. The king of Assyria was told that the lions were there because the people didn’t know the law of the god of the land. So the king sent one of the priests that he carried away to go and teach them the law of the god of the land. So a priest came to Bethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord. *** But the people of Samaria still worshiped in all the shrines and high places the Israelites had built. The Babylonians brought their own gods with them and burned their children to these gods and did all manner of evil. They feared the Lord and they worshiped the false gods. *** Hezekiah became the king of Judah and reigned in Jerusalem for 29 years. He was righteous and feared the Lord all the days of his life. He removed all the places the people worshiped false gods and broke the serpent that Moses had made in the wilderness. He followed the Lord so closely that he prospered in everything he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him. He struck down the Philistines and God was with him in all he did. *** Samaria was taken in Hezekiah’s sixth year of ruling over Judah. *** In Acts, there had been a great riot because the silversmiths accused Paul and his people of speaking against the goddess Artemis. The silversmiths had incited the riot against them because they were converting their customers to Christ thus, hurting their business. *** When everyone left the scene, Paul left for Macedonia to encourage the churches there. He stayed in Greece for three months until he heard there was a plot against him by the Jews. Then he went to Syria and returned through Macedonia. *** Paul spent Passover in Troas and preached until midnight. They were in an upper room and a young man name Eutychus was sitting by a window. He went to sleep and fell from the third story and died. Paul went down and held him and he came back to life. They went back upstairs and Paul spoke and broke bread until the sun came up. Then he left in the ship for Jerusalem, hoping to be there on the day of Pentecost. *** When he came to Ephesus he spoke to them about what he knew would happen to him once he got to Jerusalem. He had gotten prophetic words that he would be met with imprisonment and afflictions in Jerusalem. He knew it was probably the last time he would see these people. He wanted them to know he was not afraid of the future for himself, but he was concerned for them. He warned them of wolves that would come and try to twist the truth and get them off track. He encouraged them to stay strong and walk in the grace of the Lord. He reminded them that he didn’t covet their silver or gold but there would be those who would come after him that would. He also encouraged them to help the weak and to be generous to the poor because it is more blessed to give than to receive. *** Paul prayed for them and embraced them with tears knowing he would not see them again. *** Lord, may we face our tomorrows like Paul faced his. May we walk steadfastly into the future with courage and confidence that you hold our lives in your hands. We praise you Lord! All the earth is yours!

Mon.’s Devo - The Rise and Fall of the Kings

Read: 2 Kings 15:1-16:20; Acts 19:13-41; Psalm 147:1-20; Proverbs 18:4-5 Finally a good king! Azariah was a good king in Judah but died a leper after ruling 38 years. When he died Jotham his son ruled over Judah. *** Jeroboam 2.0 was ruling in Israel and he did evil. He only ruled 6 months because he was assassinated by Shallum who reigned in his place. Jeroboam was Jehu’s fourth generation to rule just as God had promised. Shallum was not of his kin. *** Shallum was assassinated by Menahem. Menahem was a merciless warrior who sacked the city of Tiphsah because they refused to let him in their city. He reigned over Israel for 10 years and was an evil king. When Pul the king of Assyria came against Israel, Menahem gave him 1,000 talents of silver to pay for peace. Menahem took the money from all the wealthy men of Israel. When he died, Pekahiah his son ruled Israel. *** Pekahiah was also evil and only reigned for 2 years. His own brother Pekah assassinated him and reigned in his place. Pekah ruled for 20 years in Israel and was also evil. *** During Pekah’s rule, Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured many cities in the land of Naphtali and carried their people as captives to Assyria. Hosea killed Pekah and ruled in his place. *** At this time, Jotham began to rule in Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years and did what was right in the eyes of the Lord like his father Uziah (Azariah) had done. But the people still worshipped idols and God began to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah of Israel against Judah. When Jotham died, his son Ahaz ruled in his place. *** Ahaz ruled over Judah for 16 years and walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He sacrificed his own son to false gods and worshiped idols, leading Judah deeper into sin. *** Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel came against Jerusalem and besieged it. The king of Syria recovered some of the cities they had lost in other battles. Ahaz appealed to the king of Assyria to come and rescue him from the king of Syria and Israel. He bribed him with the silver and gold from the house of the Lord and his own house. The king of Assyria agreed to come and help. He took the city of Damascus and took its people captive and killed King Rezin. *** When Ahaz went to Damascus to meet with Tiglath-pileser the king of Assyria he took note of the altar there. He had a blueprint made of their altar and had it sent back to Jerusalem for the priest to duplicate. *** The altar was built to replace the bronze altar in the house of the Lord. He also did major changes in the Lord’s house to make it look like the temples of other gods. When he died, his son Hezekiah ruled in his place. *** In Acts, Paul was staying in Ephesus. Seven of the Jewish exorcists tried to use the name of Jesus to cast out the demons from a man. The evil spirits in the man told these priest that he knew who Jesus was and who Paul was, but they didn’t recognize these men. Then the man overpowered all seven of them. He beat them up and stripped them of their clothes and sent them running from the house. *** When news of this got around, the fear of the Lord fell on the people. Many repented and brought their books of sorcery to the disciples to burn. The word of the Lord grew mightily. *** Paul left and went to Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. His plan was to then go to Rome. Paul stayed with Timothy and Erastus in Asia for a while first. *** They met a man named Demetrius who was a silversmith who had become wealthy making silver shrines to false gods and Paul’s teaching had hurt his business. He formed a union of the other silversmiths to fight against Paul. They started a riot saying that Paul was belittling the great goddess of Artemis who they worshipped and the whole city fell into confusion. They gathered at the theater and dragged in Paul’s companions Gaius and Aristarchus. Paul wanted to go into the theater to help his friends but those with him wouldn’t let him. *** The town clerk finally got the crowd to be quiet and spoke to them. He explained that Paul and his men had not done anything sacrilegious nor had they blasphemed their goddess. So if Demetrius and the other craftsmen had a grievance against them they needed to do it orderly in court. He told the crowd that they needed to go home or be incited with causing a riot. The people went home peacefully. *** Satan does not like his kingdom being disrupted. God is so much more powerful than him and when we as God’s people recognize that and walk it out, all the kingdoms of Satan will fall. We are watching that happen in the world around us. Men of God are rising up and taking back the kingdom of the world from Satan and using it for God’s purposes. That is our commission. *** Lord, you said in Revelation that the kingdoms of the world will become your kingdoms. May we do what we are called to do to see that happen in our section of influence. May we not be afraid of what Satan can do because you have taken his power from him on the cross and defeated him. All glory to your name!

Sun.’s Devo - The Downfall of the Kings

Read: 2 Kings 13:1-14:29; Acts 18:23-19:12; Psalm 146:1-10; Proverbs 18:2-3 Jehu rid the land of Baal worship but worshipped the golden calves Jeroboam had set up in Bethel and Dan. The Lord was not happy with him and gave them over to the Syrians who oppressed them. When Jehu died, his son Jehoahaz reigned over Israel for 17 years. When he died, Joash his son reigned in his place. *** When Jehoash came to rule in Israel, Joash had been ruling in Judah sixteen years. Jehoash was also evil and walked in the sins of Israel. Israel and Judah had warred against each other now for years. *** Elisha became very sick and Joash went to see him and wept over him. Elisha told him to take a bow and arrow and shoot the arrow out the window toward Syria. When he did, Elisha told him that it was the Lord’s arrow of victory over Syria. Then Elisha told him to take the rest of the arrows and strike the ground. He only struck the ground three times so that was how many times he would defeat the Syrians. Elisha lamented that he should have struck it six or seven times and then they would have totally ended the Syrians. *** Just as the sign told them, Joash defeated the Syrians three times. In Judah, Amaziah became king and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. He was a good king who did what was right in God’s eyes, though not like David. The people still worshipped in the high places. When he had established his kingdom, he killed the people who had killed his father but he did not kill their children. *** Amaziah also killed 10,000 Edomites and took Sela and renamed it Joktheel. Then he sent a message to Jehoash in Israel saying he wanted to face off with his army. Jehoash warned him not to get so confident just because he had defeated Edom; he should be content with his victory and go home. *** Amaziah wound’t listen to his advice so Jehoash came with his army to meet him at Beth-shemesh in Judah. Israel defeated Judah and took Amaziah captive. The army of Israel entered Jerusalem and took down part of the wall and stole all the gold and silver and the vessels in the Temple and the king’s palace. They also took hostages. *** Jehoash died and his son Jeroboam became king of Israel. Amaziah lived 15 more years after Jehoash’s death. Amaziah was killed by his own men in Lachish and brought back to Jerusalem to be buried. The people of Judah made Azariah, his sixteen year old son king. Azariah built Elath and restored it to Judah. *** Jeroboam was reigning in Israel and reigned 41 years. He was an evil king and caused Israel to sin. He restored the border of Israel, Damascus and Hamath because of the mercy of God according to the words of Jonah the prophet. When he died, Zechariah his son reigned in Israel. *** In Acts, Paul left Antioch and went to Galatia and Phrygia encouraging the believers. *** Priscilla and Aquilla met Apollos who came to Ephesus and was a great teacher. He knew about Jesus and John’s baptism. Priscilla and Aquilla told him about the baptism in the Holy Spirit and he believed them. He wanted to go to Achaia and the church wrote him letters of recommendation. He took the letters and went to Corinth. Paul came to Ephesus and they had not heard about the baptism in the Holy Spirit. So he explained to them how the Holy Spirit was given at Pentecost to give them power and boldness to be witnesses. Then he laid his hands on them and prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit. About 12 of them did and spoke in tongues. Paul stayed there three months boldly speaking in the synagogue about Jesus and salvation. Some were stubborn and refused to believe. They spoke negatively about Jesus but Paul continued to preach for two years. *** God was doing miracles through Paul so that even handkerchiefs and aprons Paul had prayed over were sent to people that were sick and they were healed and delivered. *** Lord, we long to see that kind of power to save and deliver return to the church. Thank you that we will see that in our day.