Posts with the category “vision-week-2024”

Judah’s history of kings was notoriously bad. There was corruption, rampant evil, and a lack of fear for God. Until King Hezekiah, the people of Judah were not following the Law God had set up. It was Hezekiah who restored the temple, purified the priest, and began to reestablish the ways of the Law in the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Yet, he still fell ill to human sickness. He cried out to God and through his faithfulness, God “turned weakness into strength” (Hebrews 11:34). Hezekiah's account of helping to restore the people of God back Himself can be found in 2 Chronicles 29-32.  Read More

Today we are looking at the prophet Elisha and one of the miracles God performed through him. One of the accounts of faith that is found in Hebrews 11:35 states “women received back their dead…” Scholars point to the miracles of Elijah and Elisha found in 1 Kings and 2 Kings to be that reference. Both prophets gave mothers back their sons. Today we are looking at Elisha’s account because of the proactive and reactionary faith she possessed.  Read More

When reading Hebrews 11 yesterday, verse 32 says “And what more shall I say? I do not have time to talk about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets…” Because the author of Hebrews did not have the space, we are going to look at a few of the people mentioned. Today is Barak, who is paired with the prophet Deborah.  Read More

Known as the “Hall of Faith” chapter. Hebrews 11 recounts the history of the Israelites. It displays the faith of Old Testament characters. The author points out that these men and women were strong in faith when persecution and situations arose. The end result might have been victories and miracles. But some of them suffered beatings, imprisonment, and violent deaths for their faith.  Read More

Welcome to Vision Week’s Reading Plan! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right here. Our Compassion Family takes this week each year to do two things. First, we take a moment to reflect on the past year, the positive wins - lives changed by Jesus - and the heartbreak - multiple hurricane damages in our area. By reflecting we are able to see the evidence of God’s blessings and goodness in both the good and difficult things. Second, we look ahead into what could come next year.  Read More