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Read 2 Samuel 21:1 through 22:51; Psalm 18:1–50 King David wrote that the Lord was his rock, his fortress, and his deliverer (Psalm 18:2). Is the Lord your rock—your fixed and sure foundation? In 1965 the band “The Who” rocked the world with “My Generation.” Like most rebel songs of the sixties, it sent a “get lost” message to the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Read Joshua 7:1 through 8:35 Eleven-year-old Jeremy waited for three years—which felt like a lifetime—for this moment. Dennis, his father, enrolled him in a firearms safety class offered in the community. Now, Jeremy was finally at the shooting range after several weekly classroom sessions. Jeremy listened carefully to the leader’s directions on how to adjust the sights on the gun …

Read Acts 22:1 through 24:27 When Steve came to church after an absence of several Sundays, Sue welcomed him and told him she’d missed him. “I was in drug rehab for the thirteenth time,” he explained. Touched by his openness, she assured him she would pray for him. Like Steve, Saul, later known as Paul, found himself in a difficult …

Read Deuteronomy 9:1 through 11:32 The Lord gives us a very short time with our children, grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Before long, they have grown up and are on their own. God wants people to spend those brief years sharing and demonstrating His love to those youngsters and His desire to be their Lord and Savior. Teach them to …

Read Numbers 28:1 through 31:54 When God called for a census of Israel’s fighting men in Numbers 26, the total was just over six hundred thousand soldiers. When God commanded Moses to attack the Midianites in Numbers 31, He told Moses to only send twelve thousand of these men into battle. Yet the Israelites won a great victory. The list …

Read Acts 11:19 through 12:25 Some of the most important heroes in our world go largely unnoticed. These people simply do what needs to be done, and give little thought to whether others notice and appreciate their work. Some of these heroes volunteer to tutor children after school, others visit the elderly in nursing homes, and still others volunteer to …