Wanted: Encourager

Read 1 Samuel 23; Psalms 54:1–7; 63:1–11 Pam greeted the class with trepidation. This is going to be tough, she thought. The first year of teaching school is challenge enough in itself. Add to that the pain of a divorce process and three teenagers to raise alone, and you have a recipe for certain distress. That was Pam’s situation. A …

Silence Speaks Volumes

Read Mark 14:1 through 16:20 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him (Mark 15:19). As a mother my heart bleeds for Mary as she watches her firstborn son be tortured and crucified. Any doubt I may have had about the authenticity of Christ’s claim to be God is washed away by …

Rushing Ahead

Read 1 Samuel 13:1 through 16:13 Saul drew first blood, but the Philistine army, teeming with soldiers, pursued him with a vengeance. When Samuel did not show up at the appointed time, Saul panicked. He altered the game plan. But in so doing, he paid a tremendous price. “You acted foolishly,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the …

Small but Mighty

Read 士Judges 6:1 through 8:35 Ants are very strong. You’ve probably seen a small ant moving the weight of a large leaf or piece of food. In experiments, ants have been found to be able to carry as much as five times their body weight in their jaws. If the item is too heavy to lift, the ant can move …