by David Keesling | Oct 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 24:4 “This is the day the Lord spoke of when He said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands to deal with as you wish’” (NIV). Observation: Saul has gone into a cave, apparently to rest from midday heat, unaware that David and some of his men were...
by David Keesling | Oct 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah 13:1-7 “’Go and buy yourself a linen waistband…but do not put it in water…Take the waistband that you have bought,…and…go…hide it …in a crevice of a rock.”…After many days…“take from there the waistband which I commanded you to hide there.”…And lo, the...
by David Keesling | Oct 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Acts 27:13 “When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing.” Observation: Paul was prisoner on a ship sailing for Rome under difficult circumstances. Never one to ignore an audience, Paul,...
by David Keesling | Oct 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Matthew 20:13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?’” (NIV). Observation: This verse is found within the familiar story of workers hired to labor in a vineyard. Some had been hired early in the...
by David Keesling | Oct 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 6:5 “You shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land.” Observation: The Philistines had conquered Israel...