DAY 106 Read 1 Samuel 21; Psalm 34 and 56; 1 Samuel 22; Psalm 27; 52; and 57.
Today's reading: David, in his flight, receives help from the priests at the tabernacle and then goes on to live in a cave. Saul learns of the aid and orders the priests executed.
Memory gem: "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" (Psalm 27:13).
Thought for today:
A town in England had been bombed one night by the German Luftwaffe. When the workers were clearing away the debris in the days that followed, they found on top of a pile of rubbish a sailor's prayer book opened to Psalm 27. There verse 13 was marked: "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." This incident was published widely in Britain at the time, for it seemed to show the secret of endurance of that nation during the worst days of her trial and affliction.
The victory of life is not won by air fleets and armies. It must be won through faith, through repentance and turning back to God. And so, friend, do not faint. Have faith in God! The Christ who could forgive and love Peter and make him a great tower of strength in the service of the Lord will do the same for you and for me. Oh, be the man who cried out loud! Be the man who sorrows for sin. Be the man who repents with strong crying tears, and you will be heard. Sincerity, wholeheartedness in forsaking the wrong and turning to God is what the Lord is looking for.
My dear friends, let us come back to hope, back to trust, back to prayer, back to faith, back to the Bible, back to Christ, back to the cross, back to salvation.
----------------
Difficult or obscure words:
1 Samuel 22:6. "Ramah"--The Hebrew word here is not a place name; rather, it means "height" or "high place." Saul could not be in two towns at the same time; he was in Gibeah (his capital city), sitting under a tree in the high place.
Today's reading: David, in his flight, receives help from the priests at the tabernacle and then goes on to live in a cave. Saul learns of the aid and orders the priests executed.
Memory gem: "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" (Psalm 27:13).
Thought for today:
A town in England had been bombed one night by the German Luftwaffe. When the workers were clearing away the debris in the days that followed, they found on top of a pile of rubbish a sailor's prayer book opened to Psalm 27. There verse 13 was marked: "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." This incident was published widely in Britain at the time, for it seemed to show the secret of endurance of that nation during the worst days of her trial and affliction.
The victory of life is not won by air fleets and armies. It must be won through faith, through repentance and turning back to God. And so, friend, do not faint. Have faith in God! The Christ who could forgive and love Peter and make him a great tower of strength in the service of the Lord will do the same for you and for me. Oh, be the man who cried out loud! Be the man who sorrows for sin. Be the man who repents with strong crying tears, and you will be heard. Sincerity, wholeheartedness in forsaking the wrong and turning to God is what the Lord is looking for.
My dear friends, let us come back to hope, back to trust, back to prayer, back to faith, back to the Bible, back to Christ, back to the cross, back to salvation.
----------------
Difficult or obscure words:
1 Samuel 22:6. "Ramah"--The Hebrew word here is not a place name; rather, it means "height" or "high place." Saul could not be in two towns at the same time; he was in Gibeah (his capital city), sitting under a tree in the high place.
RSS Feed
