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Day of Reckoning: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 31)
People tend to tell the story of reversals of fortune in terms of the hero’s or heroine’s perseverance and strength. But God always tells the story in terms of His response to one’s humility
Continue reading...A Leader’s Nightmare: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 29, 30)
There are times in a leader’s life when it seems everything is against him or her and those he or she leads, and his or her leadership is endangered. The leader may also be in danger of giving in
Continue reading...Any Port in a Storm: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 28)
Sometimes our self-made solutions to our problems are dependent on our own abilities, at times when, though the problems are great, we feel we can manage them our way. Other times the problems are so overwhelming
Continue reading...Relentless and Prophetic Enemies: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 26)
Enemies can be relentless and even prophetic. David understands this. Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?”
Continue reading...Bad Self-Talk: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 27)
We tell ourselves things in times of stress and trouble. That is to say, we don’t tell God but we devise our own solutions. When someone in Scripture is said to have said to him or herself something,
Continue reading...Send Us Abigails: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 25)
When you get power, when you are exalted by God, how do you handle your power? How do you handle it in your family when your children reject your authority? How do you handle it at your job when you have
Continue reading...Dealing With Our Enemies: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 24)
1 Samuel is an account of how God humbles the arrogant and exalts the humble. David is in the middle of this Divine transition as God humbles Saul and exalts David, but it is not an neat and tidy process.
Continue reading...Trouble and True Friends: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 23:15-29)
In a sense, I was not rescued. But the consequences were still obviously part of God’s orchestration and He was caring for me. Part of His care was the encouragement of others. What was so difficult
Continue reading...Whoever Does the Will of God Abides Forever: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 23:1-14)
I distinctly remember God putting on my heart the need for ministry to men at my church, filling my imagination about how this could unfold. But I did nothing about it. It seemed too hard. I was already
Continue reading...He Is Greater Still: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 22)
It is only when our adversaries seem incapable of withstanding that we find God to be even more capable on our behalf. David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers
Continue reading...Sloppy Trust: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 21)
David is on the run from Saul and in great danger of being killed. How would you react in such a situation? What would you do to avoid capture? David has to make some choices that we, sitting in our comfortable
Continue reading...Standing Man: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 20)
I love the movie Bridge of Spies with Tom Hanks playing the lawyer, James B. Donovan, who represented a Soviet spy, Rudolf Abel, arrested in the United States in 1957 and then later used to make a swap
Continue reading...Rescue Me, O My God: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 19)
To whom do you attribute rescue? My son-in-law was in a terrible car accident a couple of years ago. An Air Wing helicopter carried him to the Regional Medical Center. Emergency surgery took care of a
Continue reading...When God Is For You: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 18:17-30)
I remember in my grade school years our next door neighbor who was a year younger than me and was stronger than me. When we played football or some other physical sport he would best me. Then one day I
Continue reading...The Folly of Jealousy: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 18:1-16)
We’ve all had pangs of jealousy, have we not? We see someone who is getting the affection or attention of those we love and we feel we don’t measure up in some way to them. We are tempted to
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