Reading: 2 Kings 6:22-23 “He answered, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.” So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.” Matthew 5:16 “In the same way, let y

Reading: Galatians 5:16-25  “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife

Reading: Romans 12:20-21 “To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” 2 Kings 6:21-23 ‭‭“As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?” He answered, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken

Reading: 1 Samuel 17:45-47 “Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all th

Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:7 “for we walk by faith, not by sight.” ‭‭Romans 8:31 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Devotional: Faith isn't ignoring reality—it's seeing a greater reality. When circumstances scream defeat, faith whispers God's promises. Paul reminds us that we walk by faith, not by sight, because what we see is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. The Syrian king saw only military strategy. Elisha saw God's