[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR FRIDAY APRIL 22

[Donnie Parrett]

DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR FRIDAY APRIL 22

WORD OF WISDOM

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

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DAILY DEVOTION

Saving Power


And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O
Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones,
and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the
Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you,
and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh
upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live;
and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 37:3-6

The vision that God gave to the prophet Ezekiel of a valley filled with dry
bones is primarily a prophecy about the regathering of the nation of
Israel-that even though the nation might appear to be dead, God had the
power to bring it back to life. But this story is also a wonderful picture
of salvation as well. The world tells us that we are basically good people
who just need a little tweaking to be fine, but God says that we are
completely dead apart from Him. The lost world is not striving for salvation
on God's terms. "There is none that understandeth, there is none that
seeketh after God" (Romans 3:11).
Yet the fact that we are dead poses no challenge for the power of God. When
Jesus stood at the grave of Lazarus, His friend had been dead for four days.
It was utterly impossible for him to hear anything. Yet when Jesus called
his name, Lazarus heard His voice and responded to the command "Come forth."
In the same way, God's Spirit brings to life the message of the gospel in
our hearts, and even though we are spiritually dead, we are made alive in
Him. "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins"
(Ephesians 2:1). If you have been witnessing and praying for someone to get
saved and it looks hopeless, don't despair. God is able to raise dead
nations and dead people back to life.
God's power is nowhere more clearly displayed than in the salvation of the
lost.

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DAILY BIBLE READING

1 Chronicles 7-9 New King James Version
The Family of Issachar
7 The sons of Issachar were Tola, [a]Puah, [b]Jashub, and Shimron-four in
all. 2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their father's house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of
valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two
thousand six hundred. 3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of
Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. All five of them were
chief men. 4 And with them, by their generations, according to their
fathers' houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had
many wives and sons.

5 Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of
valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.

The Family of Benjamin
6 The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael-three in all. 7 The
sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri-five in all. They
were heads of their fathers' houses, and they were listed by their
genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.

8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth,
Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9 And they
were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their
fathers' houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor. 10 The son
of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud,
Chenaanah, Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers' houses; there were
seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and
battle. 12 [c]Shuppim and [d]Huppim were the sons of [e]Ir, and Hushim was
the son of [f]Aher.

The Family of Naphtali
13 The sons of Naphtali were [g]Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and [h]Shallum, the
sons of Bilhah.

The Family of Manasseh (West)
14 The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the
father of Gilead, the father of Asriel. 15 Machir took as his wife the
sister of [i]Huppim and [j]Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of
Gilead's [k]grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters. 16
(Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. The
name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The
son of Ulam was Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh.

18 His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, [l]Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

The Family of Ephraim
20 The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah
his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and
Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they
came down to take away their cattle. 22 Then Ephraim their father mourned
many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he
called his name [m]Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house. 24 Now
his daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen
Sheerah; 25 and Rephah was his son, as well as Resheph, and Telah his son,
Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27
[n]Nun his son, and Joshua his son.

28 Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to
the east [o]Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its
towns, as far as [p]Ayyah and its towns; 29 and by the borders of the
children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns,
Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of
Joseph, the son of Israel.

The Family of Asher
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister
Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of
[q]Birzaith. 32 And Heber begot Japhlet, [r]Shomer, [s]Hotham, and their
sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These
were the children of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer were Ahi, Rohgah,
Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna,
Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri,
Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, [t]Jithran, and Beera. 38 The sons
of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla were Arah,
Haniel, and Rizia.

40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers' houses,
choice men, mighty men of valor, chief leaders. And they were recorded by
genealogies among the army fit for battle; their number was twenty-six
thousand.

The Family Tree of King Saul of Benjamin
8 Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, [u]Aharah the
third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 The sons of Bela were
[v]Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, [w]Shephuphan, and
Huram.

6 These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers' houses of
the inhabitants of Geba, and who forced them to move to Manahath: 7 Naaman,
Ahijah, and Gera who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.

8 Also Shaharaim had children in the country of Moab, after he had sent away
Hushim and Baara his wives. 9 By Hodesh his wife he begot Jobab, Zibia,
Mesha, Malcam, 10 Jeuz, Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of
their fathers' houses.

11 And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal were
Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns; 13 and
Beriah and Shema, who were heads of their fathers' houses of the inhabitants
of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. 14 Ahio, Shashak,
Jeremoth, 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael, Ispah, and Joha were the sons
of Beriah. 17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 18 Ishmerai, Jizliah, and
Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. 19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, 20 Elienai,
Zillethai, Eliel, 21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of
[x]Shimei. 22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, 24 Hananiah,
Elam, Antothijah, 25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. 26
Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the
sons of Jeroham.

28 These were heads of the fathers' houses by their generations, chief men.
These dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 Now [y]the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah, dwelt at
Gibeon. 30 And his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, 31
Gedor, Ahio, [z]Zecher, 32 and Mikloth, who begot [aa]Shimeah. They also
dwelt [ab]alongside their [ac]relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren.
33 Ner[ad] begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua,
[ae]Abinadab, and [af]Esh-Baal. 34 The son of Jonathan was [ag]Merib-Baal,
and Merib-Baal begot Micah. 35 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech,
[ah]Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begot [ai]Jehoaddah; Jehoaddah begot
Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza. 37 Moza begot Binea,
[aj]Raphah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

38 Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael,
Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the
sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and
Eliphelet the third.

40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor-archers. They had many sons and
grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all. These were all sons of Benjamin.

Priests and Levites in Jerusalem
9 So all Israel was [ak]recorded by genealogies, and indeed, they were
inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah was carried away
captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 And the first
inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites,
priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.

Dwellers in Jerusalem
3 Now in Jerusalem the children of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of
Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: 4 Uthai the son of
Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the
descendants of Perez, the son of Judah. 5 Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the
firstborn and his sons. 6 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their
brethren-six hundred and ninety. 7 Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah; 8 Ibneiah the son of
Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam the son of
Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9 and their brethren,
according to their generations-nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men
were heads of a father's house in their fathers' houses.

The Priests at Jerusalem
10 Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin; 11 [al]Azariah the son of
Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the
son of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God; 12 Adaiah the son of
Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel,
the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son
of Immer; 13 and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses-one thousand
seven hundred and sixty. They were [am]very able men for the work of the
service of the house of God.

The Levites at Jerusalem
14 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son
of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and
Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 Obadiah
the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah
the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the
Netophathites.

The Levite Gatekeepers
17 And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their
brethren. Shallum was the chief. 18 Until then they had been gatekeepers for
the camps of the children of Levi at the King's Gate on the east.

19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his
brethren, from his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work
of the service, [an]gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been
keepers of the entrance to the camp of the Lord. 20 And Phinehas the son of
Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was [ao]keeper of the door of the
tabernacle of meeting.

22 All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were
recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer
had appointed them to their trusted office. 23 So they and their children
were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the
tabernacle, by assignment. 24 The gatekeepers were assigned to the four
directions: the east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren in their
villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days. 26 For in
this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they
had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 27 And they
lodged all around the house of God because [ap]they had the responsibility,
and they were in charge of opening it every morning.

Other Levite Responsibilities
28 Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought
them in and took them out by count. 29 Some of them were appointed over the
furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine
flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices. 30 And some
of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

31 Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the
trusted office over the things that were baked in the pans. 32 And some of
their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of preparing the
showbread for every Sabbath.

33 These are the singers, heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites, who
lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were
employed in that work day and night. 34 These heads of the fathers' houses
of the Levites were heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at
Jerusalem.

The Family of King Saul
35 Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah, dwelt at
Gibeon. 36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37
Gedor, Ahio, [aq]Zechariah, and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begot [ar]Shimeam.
They also dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren.
39 Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. 40 The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and
Merib-Baal begot Micah. 41 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech,
[as]Tahrea, and[at] Ahaz. 42 And Ahaz begot [au]Jarah; Jarah begot Alemeth,
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza; 43 Moza begot Binea, [av]Rephaiah
his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

44 And Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael,
Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

Footnotes
1 Chronicles 7:1 Puvah, Gen. 46:13
1 Chronicles 7:1 Job, Gen. 46:13
1 Chronicles 7:12 Shupham, Num. 26:39
1 Chronicles 7:12 Hupham, Num. 26:39
1 Chronicles 7:12 Iri, v. 7
1 Chronicles 7:12 Ahiram, Num. 26:38
1 Chronicles 7:13 Jahzeel, Gen. 46:24
1 Chronicles 7:13 Shillem, Gen. 46:24
1 Chronicles 7:15 Hupham, v. 12; Num. 26:39
1 Chronicles 7:15 Shupham, v. 12; Num. 26:39
1 Chronicles 7:15 Lit. the second
1 Chronicles 7:18 Jeezer, Num. 26:30
1 Chronicles 7:23 Lit. In Tragedy
1 Chronicles 7:27 Heb. Non
1 Chronicles 7:28 Naarath, Josh. 16:7
1 Chronicles 7:28 Many Heb. mss., Bg., LXX, Tg., Vg. Gazza
1 Chronicles 7:31 Or Birzavith or Birzoth
1 Chronicles 7:32 Shemer, 1 Chr. 7:34
1 Chronicles 7:32 Helem, 1 Chr. 7:35
1 Chronicles 7:37 Jether, v. 38
1 Chronicles 8:1 Ahiram, Num. 26:38
1 Chronicles 8:3 Ard, Num. 26:40
1 Chronicles 8:5 Shupham, Num. 26:39, or Shuppim, 1 Chr. 7:12
1 Chronicles 8:21 Shema, 1 Chr. 7:13
1 Chronicles 8:29 Jeiel, 1 Chr. 9:35
1 Chronicles 8:31 Zechariah, 1 Chr. 9:37
1 Chronicles 8:32 Shimeam, 1 Chr. 9:38
1 Chronicles 8:32 Lit. opposite
1 Chronicles 8:32 brethren
1 Chronicles 8:33 Also the son of Gibeon, 1 Chr. 9:36, 39
1 Chronicles 8:33 Jishui, 1 Sam. 14:49
1 Chronicles 8:33 Ishbosheth, 2 Sam. 2:8
1 Chronicles 8:34 Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 4:4
1 Chronicles 8:35 Tahrea, 1 Chr. 9:41
1 Chronicles 8:36 Jarah, 1 Chr. 9:42
1 Chronicles 8:37 Raphaiah, 1 Chr. 9:43
1 Chronicles 9:1 enrolled
1 Chronicles 9:11 Seraiah, Neh. 11:11
1 Chronicles 9:13 Lit. mighty men of strength
1 Chronicles 9:19 Lit. thresholds
1 Chronicles 9:21 gatekeeper
1 Chronicles 9:27 the watch was committed to them
1 Chronicles 9:37 Zecher, 1 Chr. 8:31
1 Chronicles 9:38 Shimeah, 1 Chr. 8:32
1 Chronicles 9:41 Tarea, 1 Chr. 8:35
1 Chronicles 9:41 So with Arab., Syr., Tg., Vg. (cf. 8:35); MT, LXX omit and
Ahaz
1 Chronicles 9:42 Jehoaddah, 1 Chr. 8:36
1 Chronicles 9:43 Raphah, 1 Chr. 8:37