Friday March 22, 2024 Failed mission.  God gave instructions to King Saul to destroy the Amalekites and not to spare the people or the animals in Amalek.  This was the mission.  Saul did gather the tr...  Read More

Thursday March 21, 2024 Breastplate of righteousness.  Our time in Ephesians has been helpful for me, and I pray for others as well.  The first three pieces of armor described in Ephesians 6 are: the ...  Read More

Wednesday March 20, 2024 A work only God can do.  Samuel anoints Saul to be the first king over Israel.  Yes, it was wrong and sinful for the people to ask for a king because it was a rejection of God...  Read More

Tuesday March 19, 2024 Longing for the presence of God.  As we read further in Samuel, we see that “Time went by until twenty years had passed since the ark had been taken in Kiriath-jearim” (1 Samuel...  Read More

Monday March 18, 2024 Taking what belongs to God.  Remember from Leviticus that the priest was to burn certain pieces of the sacrifice on the altar to the Lord, as a pleasing aroma, and all the fat be...  Read More

Sunday March 17, 2024 Humble beginnings.  The Book of Ruth begins with tragedy and despair, and ends with joy and victory. Elimelech and Naomi leave the town of Jerusalem with their two sons because t...  Read More

Saturday March 16, 2024 No rule.  The theme towards the end of Judges is the repeated phrase, “there was not king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him” (Judges 21:25).  One of the most...  Read More

Friday March 15, 2024 A powerful prayer.  Most of us are probably familiar with the account of Samson.  Here was a man to whom God had given miraculous power.  Samson’s weakness appeared to be women. ...  Read More

Thursday March 14, 2024 A misplaced question.  The account of the birth of Samson is remarkable.  Manoah and his wife were not able to have children.  However, the angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah...  Read More

Wednesday March 13, 2024 The evil of man and the mercies of God.  Again, we read that Israel had abandoned the Lord and did not worship Him (Judges 10:6).  So, God gets angry and hands them over to th...  Read More

Tuesday March 12, 2024 What is happening? Gideon is one of the more familiar accounts from the Judges.  Gideon is the man that God raises up to deliver Israel from their oppressor, the Midianites.  No...  Read More

Monday March 11, 2024 Slow fade.   As we read through the Judges, we should note the spiritual condition of Israel fading over time.  When Israel finds themselves in trouble because an enemy is oppres...  Read More