Posts from August 2020 (Page 3)

Read: 2 Samuel 22-24 Focus Verse: “But the king replied to Araunah, ‘No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” (2 Samuel 24:24).  Devotion: David needed to atone for a sin. So he comes to the place where he is supposed to sacrifice and the owner offers to just give it to him. David insists to pay…

Read: 2 Samuel 19-21 Additional Scripture: “All my grandfathers descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the King?” (2 Samuel 19:28).  Devotion: The son of David’s best friend, and grandson of Saul, Mephibosheth from birth has…

Read: 2 Samuel 16-18 Focus Verse: “Leave him alone; let him curse, for the LORD has told him to. It may be that the LORD will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.” (2 Samuel 16:11b-12).  Devotion: David is faced with a hater. A descendant of Saul is throwing stones and insults. While the author gives us information…

Read: 2 Samuel 13-15 Focus Verse: “Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he desires ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.” (2 Samuel 14:14).  Devotion: When Absalom was banished for killing his brother, David was tasked with a choice. Should he lift the exile…

Read: 2 Samuel 8-12 Focus Verse: “Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped.” (2 Samuel 12:20a).  Devotion: David did a wicked thing with Bathsheba, and to her now late husband Uriah. However, because of his sin, the LORD is furious. When he’s called out, the LORD…

Read: 2 Samuel 4-7 Focus Verse: “‘The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you; When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.” (2 Samuel 7:11b-12).  Devotion: David dances and celebrates when God’s ark has been…

Read: 2 Samuel 1-3 Focus Verse: “All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the King did pleased them. So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the King had no part in the murder of Abner Son of Ner.” (2 Samuel 3:36-37).  Devotion: David continues to win people over. First his adversary Saul dies and David is seen mourning and…

Read: 1 Samuel 28-31 Focus Verse: “Samuel said, why do you consult me, now that the LORD has departed from you and become your enemy? The LORD has done what he predicted through me. The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors—to David.” (1 Samuel 28:16).  Devotion: How funny when Samuel said this years ago Saul wouldn’t…