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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:23 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday March 24 >1 Samuel 16-18 (The Message) > > 1 Samuel 16 > > God Looks into the Heart > 1 God addressed Samuel: "So, how long are you going to mope over Saul? You > know I've rejected him > as king over Israel. Fill your flask with anointing oil > and get going. I'm sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I've spotted the > very king I want among his > sons." > > 2-3 "I can't do that," said Samuel. "Saul will hear about it and kill me." > > God said, "Take a heifer with you and announce, 'I've come to lead you > in worship of God, with > this heifer as a sacrifice.' Make sure Jesse gets invited. > I'll let you know what to do next. I'll point out the one you are to > anoint." > > 4 Samuel did what God told him. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the town > fathers greeted him, but > apprehensively. "Is there something wrong?" > > 5 "Nothing's wrong. I've come to sacrifice this heifer and lead you in the > worship of God. Prepare > yourselves, be consecrated, and join me in worship." > He made sure Jesse and his sons were also consecrated and called to > worship. > > 6 When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, "Here he > is! God's anointed!" > > 7 But God told Samuel, "Looks aren't everything. Don't be impressed with > his looks and stature. > I've already eliminated him. God judges persons differently > than humans do. Men and women look at the face; God looks into the heart." > > 8 Jesse then called up Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. Samuel said, > "This man isn't God's > choice either." > > 9 Next Jesse presented Shammah. Samuel said, "No, this man isn't either." > > 10 Jesse presented his seven sons to Samuel. Samuel was blunt with Jesse, > "God hasn't chosen any of > these." > > 11 Then he asked Jesse, "Is this it? Are there no more sons?" > > "Well, yes, there's the runt. But he's out tending the sheep." > > Samuel ordered Jesse, "Go get him. We're not moving from this spot > until he's here." > > 12 Jesse sent for him. He was brought in, the very picture of health- > bright-eyed, good-looking. > > God said, "Up on your feet! Anoint him! This is the one." > > 13 Samuel took his flask of oil and anointed him, with his brothers > standing around watching. The > Spirit of God entered David like a rush of wind, God > vitally empowering him for the rest of his life. > > Samuel left and went home to Ramah. > > David-An Excellent Musician > 14 At that very moment the Spirit of God left Saul and in its place a > black mood sent by God settled > on him. He was terrified. > > 15-16 Saul's advisors said, "This awful tormenting depression from God is > making your life > miserable. O Master, let us help. Let us look for someone who > can play the harp. When the black mood from God moves in, he'll play his > music and you'll feel > better." > > 17 Saul told his servants, "Go ahead. Find me someone who can play well > and bring him to me." > > 18 One of the young men spoke up, "I know someone. I've seen him myself: > the son of Jesse of > Bethlehem, an excellent musician. He's also courageous, of > age, well-spoken, and good-looking. And God is with him." > > 19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse requesting, "Send your son David to > me, the one who tends the > sheep." > > 20-21 Jesse took a donkey, loaded it with a couple of loaves of bread, a > flask of wine, and a young > goat, and sent his son David with it to Saul. David > came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him immediately and made him > his right-hand man. > > 22 Saul sent word back to Jesse: "Thank you. David will stay here. He's > just the one I was looking > for. I'm very impressed by him." > > 23 After that, whenever the bad depression from God tormented Saul, David > got out his harp and > played. That would calm Saul down, and he would feel better > as the moodiness lifted. > > 1 Samuel 17 > > Goliath > 1-3 The Philistines drew up their troops for battle. They deployed them at > Socoh in Judah, and set > up camp between Socoh and Azekah at Ephes Dammim. Saul > and the Israelites came together, camped at Oak Valley, and spread out > their troops in battle > readiness for the Philistines. The Philistines were on one > hill, the Israelites on the opposing hill, with the valley between them. > > 4-7 A giant nearly ten feet tall stepped out from the Philistine line into > the open, Goliath from > Gath. He had a bronze helmet on his head and was dressed > in armor-126 pounds of it! He wore bronze shin guards and carried a bronze > sword. His spear was like > a fence rail-the spear tip alone weighed over fifteen > pounds. His shield bearer walked ahead of him. > > 8-10 Goliath stood there and called out to the Israelite troops, "Why > bother using your whole army? > Am I not Philistine enough for you? And you're all > committed to Saul, aren't you? So pick your best fighter and pit him > against me. If he gets the > upper hand and kills me, the Philistines will all become > your slaves. But if I get the upper hand and kill him, you'll all become > our slaves and serve us. I > challenge the troops of Israel this day. Give me a > man. Let us fight it out together!" > > 11 When Saul and his troops heard the Philistine's challenge, they were > terrified and lost all > hope. > > 12-15 Enter David. He was the son of Jesse the Ephrathite from Bethlehem > in Judah. Jesse, the > father of eight sons, was himself too old to join Saul's > army. Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the > three sons who had joined > up with Saul were Eliab, the firstborn; next, Abinadab; > and third, Shammah. David was the youngest son. While his three oldest > brothers went to war with > Saul, David went back and forth from attending to Saul > to tending his father's sheep in Bethlehem. > > 16 Each morning and evening for forty days, Goliath took his stand and > made his speech. > > 17-19 One day, Jesse told David his son, "Take this sack of cracked wheat > and these ten loaves of > bread and run them down to your brothers in the camp. > And take these ten wedges of cheese to the captain of their division. > Check in on your brothers to > see whether they are getting along all right, and let > me know how they're doing-Saul and your brothers, and all the Israelites > in their war with the > Philistines in the Oak Valley." > > 20-23 David was up at the crack of dawn and, having arranged for someone > to tend his flock, took > the food and was on his way just as Jesse had directed > him. He arrived at the camp just as the army was moving into battle > formation, shouting the war cry. > Israel and the Philistines moved into position, facing > each other, battle-ready. David left his bundles of food in the care of a > sentry, ran to the troops > who were deployed, and greeted his brothers. While > they were talking together, the Philistine champion, Goliath of Gath, > stepped out from the front > lines of the Philistines, and gave his usual challenge. > David heard him. > > 24-25 The Israelites, to a man, fell back the moment they saw the giant- > totally frightened. The > talk among the troops was, "Have you ever seen anything > like this, this man openly and defiantly challenging Israel? The man who > kills the giant will have > it made. The king will give him a huge reward, offer > his daughter as a bride, and give his entire family a free ride." > > Five Smooth Stones > 26 David, who was talking to the men standing around him, asked, "What's > in it for the man who kills > that Philistine and gets rid of this ugly blot on Israel's > honor? Who does he think he is, anyway, this uncircumcised Philistine, > taunting the armies of > God-Alive?" > > 27 They told him what everyone was saying about what the king would do for > the man who killed the > Philistine. > > 28 Eliab, his older brother, heard David fraternizing with the men and > lost his temper: "What are > you doing here! Why aren't you minding your own business, > tending that scrawny flock of sheep? I know what you're up to. You've come > down here to see the > sights, hoping for a ringside seat at a bloody battle!" > > 29-30 "What is it with you?" replied David. "All I did was ask a > question." Ignoring his brother, > he turned to someone else, asked the same question, and > got the same answer as before. > > 31 The things David was saying were picked up and reported to Saul. Saul > sent for him. > > 32 "Master," said David, "don't give up hope. I'm ready to go and fight > this Philistine." > > 33 Saul answered David, "You can't go and fight this Philistine. You're > too young and > inexperienced-and he's been at this fighting business since before > you were born." > > 34-37 David said, "I've been a shepherd, tending sheep for my father. > Whenever a lion or bear came > and took a lamb from the flock, I'd go after it, knock > it down, and rescue the lamb. If it turned on me, I'd grab it by the > throat, wring its neck, and > kill it. Lion or bear, it made no difference-I killed > it. And I'll do the same to this Philistine pig who is taunting the troops > of God-Alive. God, who > delivered me from the teeth of the lion and the claws > of the bear, will deliver me from this Philistine." > > Saul said, "Go. And God help you!" > > 38-39 Then Saul outfitted David as a soldier in armor. He put his bronze > helmet on his head and > belted his sword on him over the armor. David tried to > walk but he could hardly budge. > > David told Saul, "I can't even move with all this stuff on me. I'm not > used to this." And he > took it all off. > > 40 Then David took his shepherd's staff, selected five smooth stones from > the brook, and put them > in the pocket of his shepherd's pack, and with his sling > in his hand approached Goliath. > > 41-42 As the Philistine paced back and forth, his shield bearer in front > of him, he noticed David. > He took one look down on him and sneered-a mere youngster, > apple-cheeked and peach-fuzzed. > > 43 The Philistine ridiculed David. "Am I a dog that you come after me with > a stick?" And he cursed > him by his gods. > > 44 "Come on," said the Philistine. "I'll make roadkill of you for the > buzzards. I'll turn you into > a tasty morsel for the field mice." > > 45-47 David answered, "You come at me with sword and spear and battle-ax. > I come at you in the name > of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel's troops, > whom you curse and mock. This very day God is handing you over to me. I'm > about to kill you, cut off > your head, and serve up your body and the bodies of > your Philistine buddies to the crows and coyotes. The whole earth will > know that there's an > extraordinary God in Israel. And everyone gathered here will > learn that God doesn't save by means of sword or spear. The battle belongs > to God-he's handing you > to us on a platter!" > > 48-49 That roused the Philistine, and he started toward David. David took > off from the front line, > running toward the Philistine. David reached into his > pocket for a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine hard in the forehead, > embedding the stone > deeply. The Philistine crashed, facedown in the dirt. > > 50 That's how David beat the Philistine-with a sling and a stone. He hit > him and killed him. No > sword for David! > > 51 Then David ran up to the Philistine and stood over him, pulled the > giant's sword from its > sheath, and finished the job by cutting off his head. When > the Philistines saw that their great champion was dead, they scattered, > running for their lives. > > 52-54 The men of Israel and Judah were up on their feet, shouting! They > chased the Philistines all > the way to the outskirts of Gath and the gates of Ekron. > Wounded Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road all the way to > Gath and Ekron. After chasing > the Philistines, the Israelites came back and looted > their camp. David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem. > But the giant's weapons he > placed in his own tent. > > 55 When Saul saw David go out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, > commander of the army, "Tell > me about this young man's family." > > Abner said, "For the life of me, O King, I don't know." > > 56 The king said, "Well, find out the lineage of this raw youth." > > 57 As soon as David came back from killing the Philistine, Abner brought > him, the Philistine's head > still in his hand, straight to Saul. > > 58 Saul asked him, "Young man, whose son are you?" > > "I'm the son of your servant Jesse," said David, "the one who lives in > Bethlehem." > > 1 Samuel 18 > > Jonathan and David-Soul Friends > 1 By the time David had finished reporting to Saul, Jonathan was deeply > impressed with David-an > immediate bond was forged between them. He became totally > committed to David. From that point on he would be David's number-one > advocate and friend. > > 2 Saul received David into his own household that day, no more to return > to the home of his father. > > 3-4 Jonathan, out of his deep love for David, made a covenant with him. He > formalized it with > solemn gifts: his own royal robe and weapons-armor, sword, > bow, and belt. > > 5 Whatever Saul gave David to do, he did it-and did it well. So well that > Saul put him in charge of > his military operations. Everybody, both the people > in general and Saul's servants, approved of and admired David's > leadership. > > David-The Name on Everyone's Lips > 6-9 As they returned home, after David had killed the Philistine, the > women poured out of all the > villages of Israel singing and dancing, welcoming King > Saul with tambourines, festive songs, and lutes. In playful frolic the > women sang, > Saul kills by the thousand, > David by the ten thousand! > This made Saul angry-very angry. He took it as a personal insult. He said, > "They credit David with > 'ten thousands' and me with only 'thousands.' Before > you know it they'll be giving him the kingdom!" From that moment on, Saul > kept his eye on David. > > 10-11 The next day an ugly mood was sent by God to afflict Saul, who > became quite beside himself, > raving. David played his harp, as he usually did at such > times. Saul had a spear in his hand. Suddenly Saul threw the spear, > thinking, "I'll nail David to > the wall." David ducked, and the spear missed. This happened > twice. > > 12-16 Now Saul feared David. It was clear that God was with David and had > left Saul. So, Saul got > David out of his sight by making him an officer in the > army. David was in combat frequently. Everything David did turned out > well. Yes, God was with him. > As Saul saw David becoming more successful, he himself > grew more fearful. He could see the handwriting on the wall. But everyone > else in Israel and Judah > loved David. They loved watching him in action. > > 17 One day Saul said to David, "Here is Merab, my eldest daughter. I want > to give her to you as > your wife. Be brave and bold for my sake. Fight God's battles!" > But all the time Saul was thinking, "The Philistines will kill him for me. > I won't have to lift a > hand against him." > > 18 David, embarrassed, answered, "Do you really mean that? I'm from a > family of nobodies! I can't > be son-in-law to the king." > > 19 The wedding day was set, but as the time neared for Merab and David to > be married, Saul reneged > and married his daughter off to Adriel the Meholathite. > > 20-21 Meanwhile, Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David. When Saul > was told of this, he > rubbed his hands in anticipation. "Ah, a second chance. > I'll use Michal as bait to get David out where the Philistines will make > short work of him." So > again he said to David, "You're going to be my son-in-law." > > 22 Saul ordered his servants, "Get David off by himself and tell him, 'The > king is very taken with > you, and everyone at court loves you. Go ahead, become > the king's son-in-law!'" > > 23 The king's servants told all this to David, but David held back. "What > are you thinking of? I > can't do that. I'm a nobody; I have nothing to offer." > > 24-25 When the servants reported David's response to Saul, he told them to > tell David this: "The > king isn't expecting any money from you; only this: Go > kill a hundred Philistines and bring evidence of your vengeance on the > king's behalf. Avenge the > king on his enemies." (Saul expected David to be killed > in action.) > > 26-27 On receiving this message, David was pleased. There was something he > could do for the king > that would qualify him to be his son-in-law! He lost no > time but went right out, he and his men, killed the hundred Philistines, > brought their evidence back > in a sack, and counted it out before the king-mission > completed! Saul gave Michal his daughter to David in marriage. > > 28-29 As Saul more and more realized that God was with David, and how much > his own daughter, > Michal, loved him, his fear of David increased and settled > into hate. Saul hated David. > > 30 Whenever the Philistine warlords came out to battle, David was there to > meet them-and beat them, > upstaging Saul's men. David's name was on everyone's > lips. > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
