“And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.” (Matthew 28: 2) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of how there was an earthquake, signaling the descent of the Angel of the Lord from heaven. There was a shaking, accompanying the unlocking of the grave. God did not just allow the grave to open in peace; He caus

“In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.” (Matthew 28: 1) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. When the women in our Focal Scripture arose, the idea was to go and check on the sepulcher of Jesus. The account of Mark (see Mark 16) says they bought spices to go and anoint His body. Notice that Jesus had told these same people that He would rise from t

“In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.” (Matthew 28: 1) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of how the women arose at the end of the Sabbath, to go to see the tomb where Jesus was interred. Sabbath was a day of rest in bible times. So, after the day of rest, the women arose to go to the sepulcher. The day of rest was ov

“But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.” (2 Kings 11: 15) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, the priest commanded that Athaliah be taken out of the temple and killed. This was the same woman who had sl

“And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.” (2 Kings 11: 13) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture makes mention of the moment when Athaliah came into the temple upon hearing voices and noises of the guard and the people. Joash was already enthroned and crowned before Athaliah knew what was going on. The fullness of what God wanted to do in the life of Joa