Tag: David
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 26:20-29:30 Focus: 1 Chronicles 29:6-18 There is this dynamic between friends that you’ll go out for coffee and one friend will pay for coffee one time, then the next time the other friend will pay. It goes back and forth and you lose track of who has paid for who…and in the end, it becomes of little consequence. We give and take with little concern between friends, yet every time we are still just as grateful for the generosity of our friends.
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 22:2-26:19 Focus: 1 Chronicles 22:11-13 One of the greatest things that a parent can do for their children is to exhort them and bless them in all they set out to do. If there is anything that children will treasure in the years to come, it will be the times when they were loved, supported, uplifted, encouraged and exhorted. Nothing stops you in your tracks, nothing more precious than the memory of the times when your parents gave you their time, attention, and invested into your life.
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 18:1-22:1 Focus: 1 Chronicles 18:1-13 Have you got a friend, acquaintance, or someone you know who just has it all? Everything they do, everything they have, everything about them just seems to go right… They have the perfect life and it’s as though nothing could go wrong. Of course, there is no one who fits that category, we just perceive it as such from our perspective. But it’s just frustrating, why do they get all blessing? Or, at least, seems that way. What’s the secret?
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 14:1-17:27 Focus: 1 Chronicles 17:16-27 There is an old saying which goes, “If it’s too good to be true, it usually is.” As Christians, we have the promise of eternal life, of purpose in life, of wisdom, strength, guidance to deal with all that comes our way in life. It almost sounds way too good to be true… in fact, it is too good to be true. Why would God be willing to give such blessing to the people who rebel against Him, reject Him and have disappointed Him, over and over again?
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 11:1-13:14 Focus: 1 Chronicles 13:1-4 Throughout history, success has always been found in numbers. The legacy of the greatest leaders in history falls and stands upon the numbers which supported them. The Roman emperors, while they retained supreme authority, worked within the system of the Senate. As such, they continued successively for generations. The likes of Napoleon and Alexander the Great, while great leaders in their own time, however disintegrated as they were dictators without the structures like that of the Senate. Even now, those who find support in numbers are more likely to…
