A daily walk in faith, hope and love
20/365 THE COST OF WINNING Reference: 1 Samuel 1:6-8 1 Samuel 18:8 And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?” To the women in our text, all they were doing was singing... Continue Reading →
19/365 STRIVE FOR MASTERY 1 Samuel 17:39 David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off. In the chapter read today, King Saul offered David his... Continue Reading →
18/365 A GOD OF INTRICATE DETAIL Reference text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1 Samuel 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. Samuel was a prophet, but before that... Continue Reading →
17/365 HOW PERSONAL HAVE YOU GOT? Comparisons often give us a point of reference, sometimes serving as a starting location from which to organise our thought process. Today, we compare the words of two kings: Statement one: "But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have... Continue Reading →
DISCERN QUALITY 16/365 John 2:10 and he says to him, "Every man first sets out the good wine, and when they might have drunk freely, the inferior; you have kept the good wine until now." Among the many things alcohol is able to do is to reduce response time and dampen the senses. One does... Continue Reading →
15/365 DO YOU KNOW WHY? Mark 2:16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” Among the many questions in life that we seek to receive answers to, 'why' appears to pose... Continue Reading →
14/365 Reference: 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22 STAY UNIQUE The nation Israel tell Samuel in the text today 'we want to resemble the nations around us. We know we are a unique nation with a God so close and all that, but we now want to be like the other nations, so give us a king'.... Continue Reading →
13/365 SOME TIME IN HIDING Mark 1:44a-45 “See that you don’t tell anyone. Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. There is a reason... Continue Reading →
WE HEAR GOD WHEN WE LISTEN 12 /365 1 Samuel 3:10, 11 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every... Continue Reading →
