March 2024

READ: 1 Sam. 30:1-20: Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, …  David was greatly distressed, … But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God…. While Saul hardens himself, less commendable events unfold around David (from 1 Sam. 27). Although David has received God’s promise that […]

READ: 1 Sam. 28:9-25: … Moreover, the Lord will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. … Immediately Saul fell … on the ground, … Saul’s encounter with the medium from En-dor raises questions and speculations. Clearly, God is not outside

READ: 1 Sam. 28:4-8: … the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets. Then Saul said to his servants, Find me a woman who is a medium, … Saul disguised himself … And he said, Please conduct a séance for me, and bring up for me the

READ: 1 Sam. 25:23-35: … Then David said to Abigail: Blessed is the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! Blessed … are you, because you have kept me … from coming to bloodshed … David realizes that he is acting wrongly. Abigail plays a significant role in this. She

READ: 1 Sam. 25:1-22 Now David had said, … he has repaid me evil for good. May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light. – 1 Sam. 25:21-22 After not succumbing to the temptation to kill Saul

READ: 1 Sam. 22:20-23: Now one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped … And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the Lord’s priests. So David said … with me you shall be safe. What is the outcome of this event? For those who persist in faith, it is

READ: 1 Sam. 22:1-19: … So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five men … Also Nob, the city of the priests, … both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep —with the edge of the sword. David escapes from King Achish of

READ: Ps. 34:1-23: … This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. … Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! … The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such

READ: 1 Sam. 21:10-22:1 Then David …  went to Achish the king of Gath. … Now David … was very much afraid … pretended madness in their hands, … Then Achish said … Have I need of madmen ,… David is on the run from King Saul, who has transformed into a cruel, bloodthirsty beast

READ: 1 Sam. 19:20-24: … and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? Isn’t this story miraculous? The Spirit of the LORD has departed from Saul (16:14, 18:12), and an evil spirit causes fear in him. But now we read that the Spirit