by David Keesling | Feb 10, 2025 | Daily Devotional
2 Samuel 5:19, 23 “Then David inquired of the Lord, saying, ‘Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?’ … When David inquired of the Lord, He said, ‘You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them in front of the balsam trees.’”...
by David Keesling | Feb 9, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Matthew 15:9 “But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.” 1 Chronicles 12:32 “The sons of Issachar, men who understand the times with knowledge of what Israel should do …” Observation: In Matthew, Jesus quoted from the prophet Isaiah to...
by David Keesling | Feb 8, 2025 | Daily Devotional
1 Samuel 23:4 “Then David inquired of the Lord once more.” Observation: David had heard God correctly the first time about going to war against the plundering Philistines, but people around him were fearful (1 Sam. 23:2–3). So, he went back to God to reconfirm that He...
by David Keesling | Feb 7, 2025 | Daily Devotional
1 Samuel 22:1–2, 22–23 “So David … escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him. Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to...
by David Keesling | Feb 6, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Matthew 14:13 “Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.” Observation: If ever a man had reason to mourn, it was Jesus. John the...
by David Keesling | Feb 5, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Matthew 13:57–58 “And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.’ And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.” Observation: The people in Jesus’s hometown took...
