I Samuel 29:1-11 Last week we looked at I Samuel 27 and saw David’sfaltering faith. He doubted that God would continuetaking care of him and attempted to take matters into hisown hands by fleeing to the land of the Philistines. Hedeceived Achish the king of Gath and alluded that hewould fight for him against his…

I Samuel 27:1-12 & 28:1-2 I am inwardly fashioned for faith, not for fear.Fear is not my native land; faith is.I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand inthe machinery of life; faith is the oil.I live better by faith and confidence than by fear,doubt and anxiety.In anxiety and worry, my being is…

I Samuel 26:1-25 Phil walks into his boss’s office one day and says,“Sir, I’ll be honest with you. I know the economyisn’t great, but I’ve got three companies after me,and I’d like to ask for a raise, respectfully.”After a few minutes of haggling, the boss finallyagrees to give him a 5 percent raise, and he…

Exodus 12:1-20; Luke 22:7-20 A young boy was bored one rainy day, so he pickedup the family Bible looking for interesting pictures.Paging through it, something fell out.Turns out, it was a large oak leaf that had beenpressed long ago between the pages. Heimmediately took it to his parents to proudlyannounce, “Look what I found in…

I Samuel 25:1-44 Today we are moving on to I Samuel 25. We are going to see once again the providence of God atwork in David’s life. This time however, we are going tosee David respond in the flesh rather than the spirit.Let’s pray and ask God to teach us His truth this morningas we…

I Samuel 24:16-22 In the Christian catacombs of Rome, the following story (retold inModern English) was found: “A rich man named Proculus had hundreds of slaves. Theslave named Paulus was so trustworthy that Proculusmade him the steward over his whole household. Oneday Proculus took Paulus with him to the slave market tobuy some new workers.…

Genesis 6-8 Happy Father’s Day to all the dads.In honor of our dad’s I thought I would share a fewdad jokes about dads. What did Dad say about the lawn mower race?“It was cutting-edge competition!” What do you call a Dad who tells the same joketwice?Consistent. Classic. Committed. Why did Dad get kicked out of…

I Samuel 24:1-15 When a Michigan deer hunter found a 100-poundbuck struggling to get out of a mud-bog in which itwas hopelessly stuck, the hunter couldn’t bringhimself to squeeze the trigger. Instead, he and hishunting partner snared the animal with a rope andpulled it out of the mud. The deer then bolted tofreedom. The hunter…

I Samuel 23:1-29 When David Livingstone, the missionary pioneer,was working in Africa, some friends wrote: “Wewould like to send other men to you. Have youfound a good road into your area yet?” Livingstone wrote back: “If you have men who willonly come if they know there is a good road, I don’twant them. I want…

I Samuel 22:6-23 A farmer is showing off his new invention to hisfriends: a pig with a wooden leg. “Why does the pig have a wooden leg?” one friendasks. “Well,” the farmer replies, “this pig is special. Onenight, my house caught fire, and the pig draggedme to safety. He saved my life!” “Wow, that’s amazing!…