May 22, 2022
1SAMUEL 9-10:
In
yesterday's reading, Samuel was formally made a judge, and then he
led the people of Israel into victory over the Philistines. But
when Samuel was old and after the appointment of his two sons as
judges in his place, his sons perverted justice for bribes. So the
people asked to have a king. God had...
May 21, 2022
1SAMUEL 7-8:
Having won the war with Israel, the Philistines
thought their idol Dagon had given them victory. The ark of God was
put in Dagon's temple. Then God not only proved that He is greater
than Dagon by what happened in the temple, but He also struck the
Philistines in all five of their territories with plagues
of...
May 20, 2022
1SAMUEL 5-6:
Yesterday we saw the touching way that God
revealed to Samuel how to listen for God's voice, and at the same
time how He again warned Eli of impending disaster. Eli was
incredibly able to recognize the way the Lord works, but at the
same time was unconcerned about how God's words applied to him. Let
us not...
May 19, 2022
1SAMUEL 3-4:
Yesterday we heard Hannah's poetic and
prophetic prayer of praise. R Then we heard of the contrast between
the boy Samuel serving the Lord, while Eli's sons were scoundrels.
Finally a “man of God” (a prophet or perhaps even an angel) gave a
long prophetic warning to Eli. Today we will see that
prophecy...
May 18, 2022
1SAMUEL 2:
Yesterday we heard of the wonderful answer to
Hannah’s prayer and of her determination to fulfill a very
difficult vow to the Lord. Samuel might have only been 3 years old
when Hannah gave him up to stay permanently as a Nazarite serving
at the Lord’s tabernacle. Hannah is such an example of a Godly
woman....