by David Keesling | May 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 4:5 “As the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.” Observation: This verse, taken alone, sounds pretty good. But the bigger picture is this: Israel had already been defeated in...
by David Keesling | May 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 1:31 “There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son” (NIV). Observation: At the edge of the Promised Land, Moses began summarizing the reasons for the Israelites’ long desert exile…until all in the previous generation had...
by David Keesling | May 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 23:16 “And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God” (NIV). Observation: Earlier in this chapter David led his band of fighting men to victory over the Philistines at Keilah. Even though he was not yet king of Israel,...
by David Keesling | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ephesians 6:13 “Having done everything, . . . stand firm.” Observation: Beginning with Ephesians 6:10, Paul focused on how to achieve full protection from attacks of the enemy: by putting on the full armor of God against Satan’s schemes. Then Paul said this: “Take up...
by David Keesling | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Joshua 9:14: “So the men of Israel took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the Lord.” Observation: The context here is that Joshua and his army were having enormous success confronting and defeating every enemy they came against, but each...
