Waiting is often hard. It could be about the hardest thing we need to practice. From this event in the life of king Saul we need to learn the value of patience, and the dreadful cost of impatience. We must always wait on and live in God's timing, not our own. Our reading for today …
Month: March 2024
Anointing a King
Our scheduled reading for today (March 29, 2024) is 1 Samuel 9 through 12. Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, "Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? When thou art departed from me to day, …
Destruction throughout the land
For your Bible reading today please read 1 Samuel 5 through 8. And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early …
A Mother’s Prayer
Our reading for today is 1 Samuel 1 through 4. The Scripture excerpt is of Hannah's prayer after she had brought her son Samuel to Eli to serve the LORD in the tabernacle. And Hannah prayed, and said, "My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged …
The Sovereign God Rules
Even when God's people go outside of His will, He is still sovereign in all our lives. Reading for today is Ruth 1 through 4. Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in …
War In the Family
Our reading for today is Judges 20 through 21. And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, "Which of us …
Darkness: Yet Light
Samson did not know the LORD had departed from him, and he ended up with his eyes being put out. Yet his hair started growing again. Our reading for today is Judges 14 through 17. ...And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul …
…Come and be our captain…
Our scheduled reading for today is Judges 11 through 13. The events of Jephthah is a tough one to negotiate, comprehend, and understand. However, this man is named in the New Testament book of Hebrews chapter 11 as a hero of the faith. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he …
DELIVER US
Our reading for today on our journey through the Bible is Judges 9 through 10. And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children …
From Many To A Few
The LORD'S purpose in showing His power, ministering, guiding, and working through His people is in order that His people might know that He is the LORD, and also that all the earth may know that He is the LORD. Reading today in Judges 7 through 8. Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the …
One of the “Fear Not(s)”
Reading Judges 4 through 6 for today. Gideon meets the Angel of the LORD in chapter six... And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. …
SOLD
Many times when God's people strays from Him He disciplines them. If we are not disciplined or chastised, then we are not His people. From our reading today in Judges 1 through 3. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: and they forsook the LORD God of …
Place of Refuge
For the Christian, the place of refuge is going to the Person of Jesus Christ. Reading for today is Joshua 20 through 21 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: that …
Place of Tranquility
The most calming, peaceful, and restful place to be is in the One who is the Prince of Peace, and His name is Jesus. He is the Son of God, God the Son who became sin for us on the cross, dying for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again the third day, …
There Is Yet Much To Do
In the kingdom of our Lord, no matter how old we get, there is still much work for us to do. There are still many souls without the redemption through the Lord Jesus Christ. There is disciple making, and teaching, and training to do for the glory of the Lord. Today's reading is Joshua 13 …
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