Even with this dark time, God had a plan and was about to bring it to fruition with Samuel. Three times the Lord called Samuel while he was laying down resting. Samuel would reply thinking it was Eli. “The LORD called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and ...
10 The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” Jeremiah 1:7-8 7 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whate...
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Some people found fault with Isaac’scontemporaryworship songs. But at least several prominent leaders supported him, including Samuel Johnson, Cotton Mather, and John Wesley[2]. Isaac Watts Probably the best known of Watts’ hymns is “Joy to the World,” although Watts never set it to music...
1 Samuel 17:32-49 presents young David going up against the tremendous Goliath in single-handed combat. He didn’t stand a chance against such a formidable adversary! Psalm 9 describes the Psalmist’s enemies and wicked people – many adversaries! We may resonate with these challenges and adve...
In verses 4-6 he uses ‘one’ seven times! “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” (Those last words are again ...
“Are we like them in this readiness? Can we say what David’s servants said to their king in 2 Samuel 15:15?Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.” 7Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it, and he sat on it....
"Oaths are but words, and words but wind" [Samuel Butler Hudibras] Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002 wordnoun1. A sound or combination of sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning:...
David was content with that lot, until God intervened and had the prophet and judge Samuel anoint David as Israel’s new king. While this might seem a happy turn of events, Israel already had a king at the time, and King Saul had no interest in giving up his crown. The first half ...
Another confidence-building scripture is tucked into the book of Nahum: “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him” (1:7). If we put our minds to it, every one of us can attest to the truth of those statements, because the Lord is go...