Kids Corner — Day 176

The Shunammite woman came home after seven years away, just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had raised her son to life. The king gave back all her house and land at once! In Damascus, Elisha wept when he looked at Hazael, because he knew the harm Hazael would do after he became king of Syria. In Judah, kings from Ahab's family kept doing evil, but God would not destroy Judah, because He had promised David that his lamp would always keep burning. Then a young prophet poured oil on Jehu's head and anointed him king over Israel. In Philippi, Paul commanded an evil spirit to leave a servant girl in the name of Jesus Christ, and it came out that very hour. Her angry masters had Paul and Silas beaten and thrown into the deepest prison with their feet in stocks. At midnight they were praying and singing hymns to God, when a great earthquake shook the prison open and loosened everyone's chains! The jailer cried, "What must I do to be saved?" They answered, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." That very night the jailer washed their wounds, he and his whole family were baptized, and he set food before them with great joy. Jesus saves whole households who believe in Him.