by David Keesling | Oct 16, 2025 | Daily Devotional
2 Samuel 19:1-4 “It was told Joab, ‘Behold the king is weeping for Absalom…The king is grieved for his son…and the king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, ‘O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!” Observation: A full seven chapters of 2 Samuel have...
by David Keesling | Oct 15, 2025 | Daily Devotional
2 Samuel 17:3 “Then all the people shall be at peace.” Observation: David’s traitorous son Absalom is seeking counsel from one of Absalom’s most trusted advisors, Ahithophel. Absalom had proclaimed himself king, causing his father David to flee Jerusalem with a cohort...
by David Keesling | Oct 14, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Judges 18:24 “And he said, ‘you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest…and what do I have besides? So how can you say to me, ‘what is the matter with you?’” Observation: Chapters 17 and 18 of Judges tell parallel stories. One track follows Micah who is...
by David Keesling | Oct 13, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Luke 4:28-29 “And all in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; and they rose up and cast Him out of the city and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the city had been built in order to throw Him down the cliff.” Observation: What so...
by David Keesling | Oct 12, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Joshua 7:1 “Achan took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.” Observation: The consequence of Achan’s sin highlighted by this verse refers to his duplicity after Jericho was sacked. The ban referred to was...
