Tag: David
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 23:1-24:45 Focus: 2 Samuel 24:18-25 Have you ever received something for free, without any cost, or been given a gift which you thought to give to someone else? For whatever reason, regardless, if people knew that you “re-gifted” something, just how would they feel? How would you feel? You’d feel cheated and worthless. You were only good enough to be given a second-hand gift, something people didn’t want…
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 20:4-22:51 Focus: 2 Samuel 22:1-51 There is an old chorus that we sing, “Give thanks.” The words of the song echo thanksgiving for Jesus and what God has done for His people. It is an old-time favourite echoing a simple heart of thanksgiving in simple words. It is a song that has been translated into numerous languages and one that long-time Christians know well. There would be few places that have not heard or do not know this song.
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 18:1-20:3 Focus: 2 Samuel 19:1-8 Do you ever find yourself torn between the pull of those you love and the pull of the duty and responsibility you have elsewhere? In the most difficult circumstances, you desire one thing for those you love, yet duty and responsibility dictate another. There are times when the lines, the borders, are not so clear (or too clear) that the situation simply becomes overbearing and frustrating.
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 14:25-17:29 Focus: 2 Samuel 15:32-37; 17:5-16 How often have you just wished that you could intervene in a situation and, for lack of a better word, sabotage it. It wasn’t going the right way, people were going to end up getting hurt, it was unjust and wasn’t going the way that it should have! And you can do something about it, so why wouldn’t you?
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1-14:24 Focus: 2 Samuel 12:1-10 How easy is it for us to look around at the world around us and condemn it, judge it, for all its faults. We get on our high horses, we speak as though we see things clearly and things should be as we say. We so quickly point out the weaknesses and character flaws of others… yet in all these things, we fail to see the problems of our own neighbourhood, families and ourselves.
