“And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.” (2 Kings 11: 4) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. It is instructive to observe that Joash was a baby at the time when Athaliah killed the entire seed royal. He was hid in the t

“And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.” (2 Kings 11: 4) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of that moment when at the seventh year, the priest sent for the royal and palace guards, preparato

“And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.” (2 Kings 11: 3) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. When Athaliah killed the entire royal family, she reigned as queen over the nation of Judah. Israel and Judah were patriarchal nations in their orientation. Even Jezebel did not try to be queen over the land of Israel, but when Athaliah happened to Judah, she did what no one had ever attempted to do

“But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.” (2 Kings 11: 2) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of how Jehosheba came to the rescue of Joash, by hiding him so that he would not be destroyed by Athaliah. Joash was s

“But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.” (2 Kings 11: 2) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. When help came the way of Joash in our Focal Scripture, he was hidden, himself and his nurse, away from the wicked eyes of Athaliah. The strategy