by David Keesling | Aug 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Matthew 2:19-22 “But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, ‘Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the child’s life are dead.’ So Joseph got up, took...
by David Keesling | Aug 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 15:3, 21 “Utterly destroy all…oxen, sheep, camels and donkeys.” . . . ‘But the people took some of the spoil.’” 1 Samuel 16:1 “’How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil...
by David Keesling | Aug 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 14:6 “The Lord is not restrained to save by many or by few.” Observation: The setting is this: Israel was terrified of the Philistines, they were largely disarmed, and many of them were hiding in caves. Jonathan, Saul’s son, took his armor-bearer...
by David Keesling | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 13:8, 13-14 “Now he waited seven days according to the appointed time set by Samuel…Samuel said to Saul, ‘You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God…The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and...
by David Keesling | Aug 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 12:21-22 “You must not turn aside for then you would go after futile things which cannot profit or deliver, because they are futile. For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a...
by David Keesling | Aug 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 8:3-5 “Samuel’s sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice. Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel…and said, ‘Behold, you have grown old and your sons...