Getting in on God’s Program Early

I Samuel 20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. Remember the “teacher’s pet” in 3rd grade? There is nothing wrong with a teacher loving her students, and it is perhaps natural for a teacher...

How you Respond

I Samuel 18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. Maybe you have seen news stories like the one about the...

Confidence Comes from Hearing God

I Samuel 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands. Who is winning this morning? If you listen to your friends, social media, or the news, it seems like evil...

God Knows What There is to Work With

I Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Yesterday my wife...

Don’t Write God Out of Your Story

Ruth 1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. Perhaps you’ve heard the story of Frank “Lucks” Tower. The story goes that Frank was a stoker on the Titanic, which, of course, sank. Frank escaped...