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Unfiltered Prayers
Psalm 142 – A Psalm of David I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In…
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David, Bathsheba, & Birth of Solomon
Read 2 Samuel 11-12 Yesterday, we held up David’s honorable nature displayed in his treatment of Saul. Today we read about the dishonorable side of his nature in the events concerning Bathsheba and Uriah her husband. Adultery, murder, cover-up abound in this story. David sleeps with Uriah’s wife, has him killed, then tries to…
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Just Because You Can Do Something . . .
1 Samuel 24 – David Spares Saul’s Life – I urge to actually read this fascinating story. No one would have questioned David’s killing of Saul. At the moment, Saul (David’s Father-in-law at this point) was trying to hunt down and kill David. Saul had just slaughtered dozens of priests just because they helped…
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David, Goliath, & You
Read 1 Samuel 17 – It’s too long to post here. It’s the story of David and Goliath. See if you notice details that you didn’t know about before. I’ll be here when you come back. This story has been used to illustrate how any battle can be won with the Lord’s help for…
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David – the Beginning
1 Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” But Samuel said,…
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Ruth
But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal…
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Samson Part 2
Read Judges 14-16 (I know this a long reading, but it’s worth it) I hope were able to read about Samson’s exploits. The reason I asked you to read the whole thing is purposeful. When you read all of it, it’s easier to see the thread that runs through Samson’s entire life – revenge. …
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Samson Part 1
Judges 13:1-5 – Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines, who oppressed them for forty years. In those days a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had…
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Gideon’s Fleeces vs. “Don’t Test the Lord Your God”
Judges 6:33-40 – Some time later, all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners joined together, came over, and set up camp in the Jezreel Valley. Then the Lord’s spirit came over Gideon, and he sounded the horn and summoned the Abiezrites to follow him. He sent messengers into all of Manasseh, and they were also…
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Deborah
Judges 4 – After Ehud had died, the Israelites again did things that the Lord saw as evil. So the Lord gave them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, and he was stationed in Harosheth-ha-goiim. The Israelites cried out to the Lord because Siser]…
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