by David Keesling | May 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Genesis 25:34 “So Esau despised his birthright” (NIV). Observation: Esau and his brother Jacob were the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah. As the first-born, Esau had a natural birthright to receive Isaac’s estate, but Esau one day returned home famished and agreed to...
by David Keesling | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Psalm 124:8 “Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Observation: The psalmist began by recounting floodtides of opposition Israel had experienced, saying had it not been for the Lord, they would have been swallowed alive, engulfed by raging...
by David Keesling | May 25, 2015 | 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 24, 2015 | 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 23, 2015 | 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 22, 2015 | 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...
