The Chosen People
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Chosen People" is a journey through the Old Testament, narrated with passion and insight. We'll explore the rich narratives, from the Creation to the giving of the rise of King David and the prophecies of a Messiah to come. Our captivating storytelling will be complete with contemplative and insightful explorations into what it means to struggle with our faith and press on in our journey through life. Here, we'll delve into the complexities and wisdom of God’s commandments, uncovering their relevance and power in our modern lives.
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- 25Josiah & The Burning Gods# 236 - Josiah & The Burning Gods - In this episode of The Chosen People, Josiah tears down idols and burns the gods that once devoured children, choosing obedience even when judgment is already sealed. His story is both tragic and holy—showing that righteousness may not save a nation, but it still matters to God.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 236 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Micah 6:8, He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 26Josiah & The Hidden Scroll# 235 - Josiah & The Hidden Scroll - In this episode of The Chosen People, A boy-king raised in the shadow of Molech discovers a hidden scroll, and the forgotten Word of God slices through generations of idolatry. Follow Josiah’s tear-soaked repentance and fearless reforms as he leads Judah from ashes to covenant renewal.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 235 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 44:14–15, You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. My disgrace is before me all day long, and my face is covered with shame.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 27Hezekiah & The Silent Slaughter# 234 - Hezekiah & The Silent Slaughter - In this episode of The Chosen People, Under siege by Assyria’s taunts, King Hezekiah lays a threatening letter before God—and heaven answers the silence with sovereign deliverance. Explore a breathtaking story of prayer over panic, courage under mockery, and the God who topples empires without loosing a single arrow.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 234 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 44:4–5, You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob. Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 28Jonah & The Beast II# 233 - Jonah & The Beast P. 2 - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode dives into Jonah 1–2 to show how the “belly of the beast” becomes a womb of grace, where teshuvah (return) begins and salvation belongs to the Lord.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 233 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Jonah 4:11, And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 29Jonah & The Beast I# 232 - Jonah & The Beast P. 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode dives into Jonah 1–2 to show how the “belly of the beast” becomes a womb of grace, where teshuvah (return) begins and salvation belongs to the Lord.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 232 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 3:31-32, Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse, but takes the upright into his confidence.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 30Jehu: The Butcher King# 231 - Jehu: The Butcher King - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jehu returns in 2 Kings 10 with blazing zeal—toppling Baal yet leaving the golden calves—forcing us to ask whether our “justice” looks anything like God’s. This episode wrestles with zeal without surrender, and why true reform must be aligned with mercy, humility, and obedience.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 231 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Jeremiah 9:24, Let the one who boasts, boast in this: that they have the understanding to know Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 31Jehu: The Kingslayer# 230 - Jehu: The Kingslayer - In this episode of The Chosen People, A prophet’s oil crowns a warrior and unleashes a firestorm: Jehu rides hard into 2 Kings 9, toppling Ahab’s house and forcing us to confront the razor’s edge between divine justice and human vengeance. In this episode, we wrestle with anointing without holiness—and why Jesus’ way of the cross tells a different story.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 230 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Habakkuk 1:3–4, Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 32King Joram & The Boiled Babies# 229 - King Joram & The Boiled Babies - In this episode of The Chosen People, Samaria collapses under siege—famine ravages the city, the king unravels, and despair blames the prophet—until Elisha declares a shocking promise of overnight deliverance. This episode wrestles with judgment and mercy, the silence of God, and the unexpected ways He saves when hope seems impossible.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 229 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Hosea 4:10, They will eat, but not have their fill; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves to prostitution.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 33Elisha & The Floating Axe# 228 - Elisha & The Floating Axe - In this episode of The Chosen People, a borrowed axe sinks in the Jordan and an army surrounds the city—but Elisha shows that God cares for both the smallest loss and the greatest threat. This is a story of trust, vision, and the unseen power that lifts what we thought was gone.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 228 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Job 5:9, He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 34Naaman The Leper# 227 - Naaman the Leper - In this episode of The Chosen People, Naaman the warrior arrives with gold, power, and pride—only to discover that healing cannot be bought, only received through humble obedience. But when Gehazi grasps for gain, the story turns, reminding us that God’s mercy is never for sale—it is a gift that reshapes the heart.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 227 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Isaiah 2:11, The haughty eyes of man will be humbled, and the lofty pride of men brought low; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 35Elisha & The Shunammite# 226 - Elisha & The Shunammite - In this episode of The Chosen People, an unnamed woman from Shunem makes a simple room for Elisha—and finds herself face to face with God’s power to give life where hope had died. Her story reminds us that sometimes the greatest miracles begin in the quiet spaces of ordinary faith.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 226 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 113:9, He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 36The Chariot of Fire# 225 - Elijah: The Chariot of Fire - In this episode of The Chosen People, Elisha walks the road of grief and inheritance as his mentor is carried into heaven by a whirlwind of flame. Left with nothing but a mantle and a promise, he learns that God’s power rests not on greatness, but on faithfulness—and even in silence, the river still parts.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 225 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Isaiah 40:29, He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 37Elijah: Fire From Heaven# 224 - Elijah: Fire From Heaven - In this episode of The Chosen People, When King Ahaziah falls and faces death, he seeks answers from a false god instead of the living God. In 2 Kings 1, Elijah delivers a fiery warning that exposes the danger of misplaced trust and the mercy hidden even in judgment.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 224 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 115:4–5,8, "Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them."Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 38Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs# 223 - Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs - In this episode of The Chosen People, King Ahab’s thirst for false prophecy leads him to the battlefield where God’s word proves unshakable. In this episode on 1 Kings 22, Elijah’s warning echoes as deception, pride, and judgment collide—reminding us that silencing the truth never spares us from it.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 223 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Isaiah 5:20, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 39Elijah: The Blood of Naboth# 222 - Elijah: The Blood of Naboth - In this episode of The Chosen People, When Naboth refuses to sell his vineyard, Jezebel weaves a deadly plot that leaves the soil soaked with innocent blood. In this chilling episode from 1 Kings 21, discover how silence enables injustice—and why God’s justice never forgets.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 222 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 3:31–32, “Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 40Elijah: Jezebel & Ahab’s Wars# 221 - Elijah: Jezebel, & Ahab’s War - In this episode of The Chosen People, When King Ahab faces invasion, God grants him an unexpected victory—but mercy given outside of obedience becomes his downfall. In this episode from 1 Kings 20, discover how compromise in the name of power can turn triumph into judgment.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 221 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Isaiah 40:28–29, "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak."Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 41Elijah: The Still, Small Voice# 220 - Elijah: The Still, Small Voice - In this episode of The Chosen People, Fresh from fire and victory, Elijah collapses under fear and despair—wondering if his obedience has been wasted. In this episode, discover how God meets the weary prophet not in wind, earthquake, or flame, but in a whisper that still speaks today.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 220 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 56:4, In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 42Elijah: Clash of Gods# 219 - Elijah: Clash of Gods - In this episode of The Chosen People, On Mount Carmel, Elijah confronts 450 prophets of Baal in a fiery showdown that leaves no room for doubt. In this dramatic story from 1 Kings 18, discover what happens when the silence of false gods meets the power of the Living God.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 219 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by 1 Kings 22:23, Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 43Elijah: The Prophet of Fire# 218 - Elijah: The Prophet of Fire - In this episode of The Chosen People, Before Mount Carmel and the fire from heaven, Elijah first learned faith in the silence—fed by ravens, sustained by a widow, and shaped beside a drying brook. In this episode, step into the wilderness with the prophet and discover how God provides when everything else runs dry.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 218 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 91:2, I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 44Divided and Doomed: The Kings of Israel & Judah# 217 - Divided and Doomed: The Kings of Israel & Judah - In this episode of The Chosen People, From blood-soaked battlefields to burning palaces, Israel and Judah spiraled deeper into chaos as king after king clung to power but abandoned God. In this episode, witness the rise and fall of rulers who built idols, spilled blood, and forgot the only throne that lasts—the Lord’s.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 217 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 21:21, He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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