In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 27-28 David Flees to the Philistines 27 Then David said to himself, “Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in […]
Month: July 2020
You Are Being Watched
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 23-24 David Delivers Keilah 23 Then they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors.” 2 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines […]
A Friend Closer Than a Brother
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 21:10-22:23 10 Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath. 11 But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, ‘Saul has […]
A Friend Closer Than a Brother
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 20:1-21:9 David and Jonathan Covenant 20 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?” 2 He said to him, “Far from it, […]
Insecure Leadership
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 17:55-19:24 55 Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner said, “By your life, O king, I do not know.” 56 The king said, “You inquire whose son the […]
A New King
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 16 Samuel Goes to Bethlehem 16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected […]
Force Yourself To Act Rightly
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 13 War with the Philistines 13 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel. 2 Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, […]
Choose God’s Best
In The Word Read: 1 Samuel 9:1-10:16 Saul’s Search 9 Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. 2 He had a son whose name was […]
Under New Management
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 […]
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 […]