Saturday March 30, 2024 A deceptive desire.  There are times that the things that we thing we desperately want are the only things that matter.  However, once we receive them, they do not bring the sa...  Read More

Friday March 29, 2024 A familiar voice.  After King David committed adultery with Bathsheba, and got word that she was pregnant, David tried to cover up the sin by brining her husband, Uriah, off the ...  Read More

Thursday March 28, 2024 Overwhelmed by God’s grace.  King David becomes troubled because of the cedar house he is living in, while the Ark of the Covenant, where God dwelt, was sitting inside tent cur...  Read More

Wednesday March 27, 2024 Compassion.  Even in the midst of a civil war, King David loved and had compassion for all.  After Saul’s death, David was supposed to be king over all of Israel, but David in...  Read More

Tuesday March 26, 2024 A time of strength.  David had fled Saul and was fighting with the Philistines.  However, when the Philistines were about to go to war with Israel, the leaders of the Philistine...  Read More

Monday March 25, 2024 Dangers of deceptive joy.  We read about a man by the name of Nabal who refused to be kind to David and his men when they were in need, despite David being previously kind to him...  Read More

Sunday March 24, 2024 A place of safety.  David is a type of Christ in the Old Testament.  This does not mean that David was a preincarnate Christ, nor does it mean that David lived a perfect, sinless...  Read More

Saturday March 23, 2024 God is in control.  Man cannot be raised to so high of an earthly power that they are any match for the power of God.  God is in control.  King Saul was so angry with David, je...  Read More

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