In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 7:3-8:22 3 Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you […]
Honor and Respect God
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 5:1-7:2 Capture of the Ark Provokes God 5 Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3 When the Ashdodites arose […]
A Sad Story
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 4:1-22 Philistines Take the Ark in Victory 4 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in battle array to meet Israel. When […]
The Voice of the Lord
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 3:1-21 The Prophetic Call to Samuel 3 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli. And word from the Lord was rare in those days, visions were infrequent. 2 It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had […]
Faithful To Your Children
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 2:12-36 The Sin of Eli’s Sons 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the Lord13 and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a […]
Give Thanks To God
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 2:1-11 Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving 2 Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. 2 “There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is […]
Waiting
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 1 Elkanah and His Wives 1 Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives: the […]
Your Redeemer
In The Word Read: Ruth 3-4 Boaz Will Redeem Ruth 3 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you? 2 Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight.3 Wash […]
Are You Loyal?
In The Word Read: Ruth 1-2 Naomi Widowed 1 Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of […]
Servant Leadership in Suffering
In The Word Read: 1 Peter 5 Serve God Willingly 5 Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,2 shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, […]