1 Kings 3:3-28 Solomon is told by God that he can ask for anything and God will give it to him. Solomon being a young king, asks for wisdom and discernment so that he can better rule the kingdom. We too can use wisdom and discernment in our daily living.
2 Samuel 12:15b-25 Sin leads to death. Because of David’s sin, the child born to him and Bathsheba dies. Sometimes we don’t always understand God’s ways, especially when someone we love dies. On this All Saints’ Sunday as we remember those who have gone before us in the faith, we remember that where there is […]
1 Kings 19:1-18 Elijah flees for his life after God’s incredible display of power against those who followed false gods, like Baal. God comes and speaks His Word to Elijah not in the extraordinary, but in the ordinary, in a whisper. God uses us in our own lives, wherever we are, that we may speak […]
2 Samuel 11:1-17, 26-27; 12:1-14 David does great things for the Lord. But he is also a sinner like everyone else. And much like he made a giant fall, he also fell into sin in giant ways. And his sin had consequences. Our sin has consequences. Yet, where sin increases, so does God’s grace, and […]
2 Samuel 9:1-13 As King David rules, as most of the former kings family had been wiped out, he wanted to show kindness to anyone in Saul’s family, for the sake of his friend Jonathan, Saul’s son. There was a man named Mephibosheth who was brought to David’s table, and Saul’s land was restored to […]
2 Samuel 7:1-29 King David lived in a palace and God made His dwelling place in a tent. God wanted to build a temple, a house, for God. God said no. Instead, God was going to build up David’s house, and by doing so He would establish the line of David forever, because from David’s […]
1 Samuel 22:1-6, 19-23; 23:14-18, 26-29; 24:1-11, 16-22 King Saul sought to take David’s life, and so David flees from him. Hides in a cave from him, and feels like he has been abandoned, forgotten, and forsaken by God. In our lives, though it may feel this way, we are not abandoned, forgotten, or forsaken […]
1 Samuel 18:6-16; 21:10-15 David was a man after God’s own heart, and that is why he was anointed to be the next king after Saul. After David defeats Goliath, he gets all the praise and this does not make Saul happy. Saul was not a man after God’s own heart. What do we do […]
1 Samuel 17:1-11, 26, 32-51 This famous story of David and Goliath is a picture of good vs. evil, or rather, God vs. evil, the evil of non-believers. We still have a battle today, not a giant like Goliath, but the devil, the world, and our sinful flesh. Thanks be to God that He sent […]
1 Samuel 16:1-23 In the world that tells us to live our lives with no regrets, we hear in God’s Word that He regretted making Saul king. God has regrets? His Word makes that clear. There is, however, one thing God does not regret. Sending Jesus.
