November 30 | 1 Chronicles 21:24 “But King David said to Ornan, “No, for I will surely buy them for the fullprice, for I will not take what is yours to the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings for nothing.”” (1 Chronicles 21:24) We can learn a lot from David. He…
October 9 | 1 Chronicles 22:5 “Then David said, “Solomon, my son, is young and inexperienced. The house that is to be built for the Lord must be more than great of reputation and honor in all the lands. Therefore, I myself will make preparation for it. So David prepared…
July 17 | 2 Samuel 12:7, 9 “Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘I Myself anointed you to be king over Israel, and I Myself rescued you from the hand of Saul, and I gave you your lord’s house and…
July 16 | 2 Samuel 11:1 “Then it happened in the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, and David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroyed the people of the Ammonites and besieged Rabhah. But David remained in…
July 15 | 2 Samuel 6:20 “Then David returned to bless his household, and Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to David and said, “How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants’ female servants, as one of the worthless men shamelessly uncovers…
July 14 | 1 Samuel 24:6 “And he said to his men, “The Lord forbid if I should do this thing to my lord,the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him becausehe himself is the Lord’s anointed.” (1 Samuel 24:6) Some people have high principles they try to…
July 13 | 1 Samuel 18:1 “And as he finished speaking to Saul, Jonathan’s soul was tied together to David’s soul, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” (1 Samuel 18:1) Everyone has a best friend. Some people say they have many “best friends.” That doesn’t make any sense.…
July 11 | 1 Samuel 16:7 “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t look at his appearance nor on the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For the Lord doesn’t see as man; for the man looks with natural eyes, but the Lord sees the heart.”” (1…
We find God punished the Israelites with sickness sometimes in the Old Testament. This is troubling to people who are trying to understand how or if this happens today. I want to take a closer look at why God did this in more detail. In my last post, I addressed…