Tag - 1 Samuel
18Apr

Friendship

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Samuel 20:4 Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do for you.” O-bservation: David, prior to becoming King of Israel, was regularly running for his life from King Saul. Saul's son Jonathon was David’s best friend. They had such a "Friendship" that Jonathon said to David, "I'm willing to do whatever it is you need me to do." A-pplication: Everywhere I go I find young adults in need of "Friendship." It's not that they're weak at finding friends, it's that they don't trust anyone. Here were two young men on opposite...

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14Apr

Sometimes Only A Man Of God Will Do

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Samuel 15:33b And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal. O-bservation: The Lord, through the prophet Samuel, had commanded King Saul to destroy all of the Amalekites including their king. Saul spared the life of King Agag. When Samuel found out he told him the Kingdom had been taken from him, then Samuel slew King Agag! A-pplication: Imagine the prophet and priest of Israel, Samuel, killing an enemy king. You would have thought that King Saul would have obeyed God, but instead he was afraid of what his people might think if he killed...

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12Apr

It’s Better To Finish Strong

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Samuel 13:1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years. O-bservation: Saul was the first king of Israel. Although God did not want Israel to have a king, He relented because Israel continued to beg Him for a king. Saul started with such promise at the young age of thirty, but forty-two years later he committed suicide. A-pplication: No one remembers Saul as a good king. He did some great things and he was at one time very heroic, but no one remembers him for any heroism....

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09Apr

Having GOD On Your Side

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Samuel 7:13b Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines. O-bservation: This is a simple report from the writer saying the entire time Samuel was the prophet and priest of Israel, God was against the Philistines. A-pplication: This is not to suggest that God wasn't always against the Philistines; rather, it means that God actively fought against and defeated the Philistines on Israel's behalf during Samuel's lifetime. When Samuel, as a young boy, said to the Lord, "Speak Lord for YOUR servant is listening," he established an open ear and a...

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07Apr

Stature And Favor

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Samuel 2:26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people. O-bservation: Samuel was God’s gift to Hannah. She had promised the Lord that if He would remove her barrenness and give her a son, she would give him back to the Lord. It happened and she gave him to the priest Eli to raise. While under Eli's care, Samuel grew in "Stature And Favor" with God and man. A-pplication: It's amazing that Eli, the priest of Israel, couldn't raise his own sons to fear the...

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