Daily Devotions
Spears and Signs
1 Samuel 20.1-42 Reference: v. 33 But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended to kill David. Explore: Jonathan was looking for a sign. He was finding it hard to believe that his father would want to kill his close friend David. When it came to…
Where you gonna run to?
1 Samuel 19.1-24 Reference: v. 18 When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. Explore: Saul had tried to kill David many times. Saul’s own son had tried to…
As humble as David
I Samuel 18.18-30 Reference: v. 23 They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.” Explore: Samuel had anointed David above all his older brothers, he had slain Goliath, the women sang songs about…
Significant Armour
1 Samuel 17.38-58 Reference: v. 45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Explore: Goliath had surrounded himself with all his armour, David had…
What’s your opinion?
1 Samuel 18.1-17 Reference: v. Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?” Explore: It would be hard for the even the most humble person to have a subordinate praised more than…
Does anyone have the right time?
I Samuel 17.1-37 Reference: v. 15 But David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem. Explore: When David decided to fight Goliath, it was not the first time he had been with Saul’s army. It was not the first time Saul had met him and it was probably not…
Who am I?
1 Samuel 16.1-23 Reference: v. 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Explore: Even Samuel, a man of…
Living to our Potential
1 Samuel 15.1-35 Reference: v.35 Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel. Explore: The Lord grieved. He actually had remorse for a decision he had made. He had appointed Saul, noticing…