The Best Hiding Place

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,...

Snowball Defenses

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...

Snatching Defeat from Victory

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...

Serving Up Turkeys

Joshua 21:44 “The Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord handed all their enemies over to them” (NIV). Observation: The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had been in Canaan...

Restoration

Deuteronomy 30:3, 5: “Then the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and . . . The Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more...

Positive Confession

Psalm 59:9, 16-17 “O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God…But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. O my Strength, I sing praise to you;...