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Emma Dotter is joined by today’s devo writer and The young adults Director of Operations at Watermark, Sam Scott. Sam and Emma leave us with two takeaways from this passage: God is going to enact jus…

Who is the Shunammite woman and how can her story challenge us? Emma Dotter is joined by our Join The Journey Fellow, Hannah Staubs to point out ordinary acts of faithfulness in 2 Kings 8 and how we …

Elisha knew the character of God and it gave him the confidence to face hardship. Today Emma Dotter is joined by Watermark staff member, Catherine Meredith to talk about who God is and why He can be …

“Naaman almost missed healing because he had a different idea of what healing would look like.” Today Emma Dotter is joined by The Porch staff member, Kendall Kaigler to talk about how God's definiti…

Why do we trust other believers? What does it look for us to know other people for their christ-like reputation? Additionally, did you know today’s reading is a prequel to the fish and loaves story f…

We are looking at the last chapter of Solomon’s life, which is the beginning of the decline of the nation of Israel. For the man who was the wisest king who ever lived, we really see a huge character…

Choices have incredible value in not only our lives, but in God’s economy. Don’t be quick to ask for counsel from others, before you ask for wisdom from God. Emma Dotter is joined by today’s devo wri…

The southern kingdom, Judea is captured by the Babylonians. Today, Emma Dotter does an overview of the book of 2 Kings. The key word for the book is the word exile. We see in this book the passing of…

Emma Dotter is joined by Ethan Howard, and they unpack the pre-exilic prophets and how our God is not as wrathful as we may think. 12 of the 17 prophets are pre-exilic prophets. They are prophets tha…

How can God send a lying spirit? Who or what is the lying spirit? And what are we to make of King Ahab’s life?  In today’s episode, Emma Dotter walks us through the over arching story of King Ahab’s …

How on earth can a prophet being asked to be hit in the face connect with the life of a believer today? What action steps do we live in after 1 Kings 20? Well, Emma Dotter explains how the whole poin…

Who is Jezebel and why does Elijah flee from her? In today’s episode, Emma Dotter talks through 1 Kings 19 and the Lord's pursuit and kindness of Elijiah despite his faithlessness.
 
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If you’ve been reading the Bible for a while, it can be easy to skim stories you’re familiar with…to go on auto pilot.  In today’s episode, Emma Dotter walks us through the battle between Elijah and …

God’s fingerprints are all over our days, but we can be straining to see them...and sometimes, we miss them! Emma Dotter is joined by today’s devo writer, and Watermark Teaching Pastor, John Elmore. …

Emma Dotter is joined today by Christ Sherrod, Watermark’s Marriage & Family Director. The book is really saying that all of creation is good, but it is never intended to satisfy us. It’s not that li…

1 Kings 15-16 can be a passage that is heavy, seeing that we heard about 5 horrible kings. Emma Dotter and Watermark’s Creative Director, David Penuel, unpack how we don’t have to be dismayed when ev…

All of these imperfect kings have wrong ideals for success. Where real success is being faithfulness. When we read 1 Kings, it is really important to keep the Gospels in mind. Israel’s bad kings poin…

A lion attack? A disobedient prophet? Today, our Join The Journey Watermark Institute fellow, Hannah Staubs, fills in for Emma and interviews Blake Broekemeier—one of Watermark’s High School Students…

Today, Emma Dotter unpacks the two unwise decisions made by the two “Boams”: Rehoboam and Jeroboam. Through the lens of Proverbs 3:5-6, Emma explains who without trusting in the Lord to guide in deci…

We are looking at the last chapter of Solomon’s life, which is the beginning of the decline of the nation of Israel. For the man who was the wisest king who ever lived, we really see a huge character…