Our reading today begins withe chapters 1 through 3 of 2 Samuel, and tells us of the fall of king Saul, his defeat, and David becoming king with rejection by some. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use …
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Defeated
Saul was the anointed king of Israel. However, he was an arrogant leader who had turned his back on God. In our reading today of 1 Samuel 28 through 31 we find the defeat of that king, and his death. Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the …
The King And A Flea
Reading chapters 25 through 27 of 1 Samuel you will read another event of king Saul's jealousy and hatred for David, and of David's respect for the anointed king of Israel. And Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this thy voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O …
Recognizing Righteousness
Reading chapters 23 through 24 of 1 Samuel this morning we learn of David's continuing strife with king Saul. And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, "Is this thy voice, my son David?" And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. And …
No Bread, but The Holy Bread
For our reading today we read chapters 19 through 22 of 1 Samuel. Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, "Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?" And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, "The king hath commanded …
The Ruin of Pride and Jealousy
Resurrection Sunday was such a great day for worshiping our God and King Jesus Christ. For the Christian every Sunday, in worship we remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ after He has died for the sins of the world on the cross, was buried, and He rose again, and forever lives. Our reading for today …
The Cost of Impatience
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 …
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 …
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 …
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