Second Samuel 20 through 21 is our scheduled reading for today. Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
The Peril of Not Calling on the LORD
"And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their …
When the Glory of GOD is Not Honored By His People
"And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, 'What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? Tell us with what shall we send it to its place.' And they said, 'If you send away the …
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A Greater Victory
"And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death; that he told her all his heart, and said unto her, 'There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: …
Thirsty, Calling on the LORD
"But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not allow him to go in. And her father said, 'I verily thought that thou …
Ignorance and Good
"And David was afraid of God that day, saying, 'How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?'" 1 Chronicles 13:12 (KJB) There is an old saying that, "Ignorance is bliss." Not in the case we look at today though. The fear David experienced was due to his ignorance, or lack of concern …
From Whence does Your Strength Come?
Read about Samson in Judges 14 - 16... "And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, 'O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.'" Judges 16:28 (KJB) The man knew …
Refreshment from Most Unlikely Places
"And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of Thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; …
For Love of the King
Today's Reading: 1 Chronicles 9 - 11 "And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem. And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! And the three brake through the host of …
The LORD Spoke of David
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 1 - 3 "And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel out …
The LORD; Our Ebenezer
Today's Reading: 1 Samuel 5 - 8 "And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve Him only: and He will deliver you …
The Penitent’s Cry
Today's Reading: Judges 14 - 17 "And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. And Samson took hold of the two middle …
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