Exodus 23:29–31 “I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. I will drive them out from before you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession...

Acts 3:26 “For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” Observation: Peter had called his listeners to repent, that they might have their sins wiped away and experience times of refreshing. He...

Exodus 3:3–4 “So Moses said, ‘I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.’ When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, ‘Here I am.’”...

1 Samuel 18:10 “An evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul.” Observation: Saul’s mental deterioration had already begun, as God had earlier lifted His anointing due to Saul’s rebellion and sin. Now, Saul’s destruction would be set and certain. Application: How...

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 the...

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 and go!’” Matthew 1:24...

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. Largely disarmed, many were hiding in caves. Jonathan, Saul’s son, took his armor-bearer up a rugged pass toward a garrison...

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...

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 people...

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 do...