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Christian Devotional – February 7, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 37 Doing the right thing the wrong way… it’s still sin. Read 2 Samuel chapter 6. David decides that here is going to move the ark of God to be with him in his house. However, he doesn’t follow the instructions on the correct way to move it. As a result, someone is killed when he does something wrong. Doing the wrong thing, even when it is with good intentions, is still sin and still worthy of the judgment of God. Doing the right thing, but going about it the wrong way is still sin that is deserving of judgment. Anything that is not following…
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Christian Devotional – February 6, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 36 Do we know where or success comes from? Read 2 Samuel chapter 5. We should never lose sight of the fact that God is the author of any success that we experience. Good is the reason behind it. We are too celebrate him through it and give him all the credit and praise for it. Regardless of whether we would consider or lives successful or not, God gets the credit. If we are seeking him then we are successful. How can we follow him and surrender to him more completely?
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Christian Devotional – February 5, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 35 God is who delivers us from trouble. Read 2 Samuel chapter 4. David finds himself in a similar situation again. He has been working against the son of Saul to be able to be the rightful, true king of Israel. However, some men take it upon themselves to hurry up the process. They take God’s justice into their own hands. David reminds them, and himself, that God is the one who is responsible for putting him in the position he is in. God is the one who will help him to achieve all that God has promised to him. People should not sin in…
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Christian Devotional – February 4, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 34 God fulfills His plan, in His time. Read 2 Samuel chapter 3. When we read through this chapter, we see continued ways in which God is moving and working and setting things up so that David would be king. But, it doesn’t happen overnight. It takes several years and lots of time before David realizes the fulfillment of the promise that God made to him person. Often, when God makes a promise to us, we expect immediate action and immediate results. We have grown up in a society and a culture where we are frustrated by waiting. Waiting seems bad. When in actuality, waiting…
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Christian Devotional – February 3, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 33 David’s continued respect for Saul. Read 2 Samuel chapter 2. David continues to demonstrate what it means to respect what the Lord has annointed. He shows kindness to those who have been kind to Saul, the annointed of the Lord. How do we treat others? How do we treat those who have been mean to us? We can respect all that God does through people and be showing respect to God, even if the people have been mean to us. David gives us the example.
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Christian Devotional – February 2, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 32 When your adversary is defeated, how do you respond? Read 2 Samuel chapter 1. David receives word that Saul has been killed. There has been a major battle and Israel has been defeated. During the course of this battle, Saul and his sons are all killed. David receives word of this and responds in a way that is different than most of us would probably respond if we learned of the death of our adversary. David laments and mourns Saul. I wonder whether David actually ever considered Saul and adversary? Certainly, there are plenty of reasons to think that since Saul was constantly trying…
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Christian Devotional – February 1, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 31 Fulfillment of God’s Word. Read 1 Samuel chapter 31. Saul had continued to deny God and God had shared through prophets that he was going to lose everything. Well, God’s word came true and Saul died, along with his sons. While this chapter is tragic, it’s tragic because of the disobedience and rebellion that Saul showed. It’s tragic because of his lack of repentance. It’s always tragic to see sin ruin the lives of those around us. Sin, and our failure to repent from it, is a main reason why we experience a lot of the struggles that we do. Are we repenting to…
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Christian Devotional – January 31, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 30 Ever have anyone talk badly about you? Yea, so has David. Read 1 Samuel chapter 30. David and his men are told to go home, so they do. But when they get there, they find out that the place they have been living has been raided, destroyed, and their families captured. No one is very happy with David at this point. If we’ve ever been in a position where we made desicions, then we have, at some point, made a decision that others didn’t like. There will always be people who don’t like us and who are angry with us. However, David found his…
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Christian Devotional – January 30, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 29 God gets David out of a tight spot. Read 1 Samuel chapter 29. David was living in enemy territory and pretending to be on the same side as his enemies. However, he had been secretly fighting against them. However, the time has come that these Philistines are going to fight against Israel and David has to come and fight with them. However, because of rumors and David’s reputation, God uses that so that David is able to get out of the situation and not have to fight against his own brothers. As we saw yesterday, God didn’t tell David to go on this plan…
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Christian Devotional – January 29, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 28 What do you do when God doesn’t seem to answer? Read 1 Samuel chapter 28. Saul was in a difficult situation. The armies were massing against him, and he didn’t know what to do. He wanted to hear from the Lord, but it seemed like the Lord wasn’t answering him. While Saul ends up going to extreme measures to try to find an answer from the Lord, what we find out is that he already knew the answer. God had already shared with him what he was going to do and there wasn’t anything new to share with him. Saul just didn’t like the…