Tag: David
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11:27 Focus: 2 Samuel 7:5-7 Have you ever been in the position where you live in a nice house, yet someone close and dear to you struggles to find a home? Wandering from place to place, never knowing when they can settle down. Ideally, one would think that family and friends would rally around those who struggle and help them find a place to call home, to open up their doors and provide a bed for those in need.
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 3:22-6:23 Focus: 2 Samuel 6:16-23 In this day and age, most people are, generally speaking, conscious of their actions in public places. There would be few instances where people are unconscious of their behaviour in public places. The most outrageous acts in public are unlikely not to be intentional, conscious decisions to act in such a way, usually, to gain attention or, simply, for the entertainment value.
Cover to Cover Reading: 2 Samuel 1:1-3:21 Focus: 2 Samuel 1:26 Relationships are the central to life. Without community, without friendship, without relationship, without connecting with other people, life simply loses its meaning. It is the people in our lives which make life worth living. The greatest tragedies in life are loneliness, rejection, abandonment, and the like. What is life without the people around us?
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Samuel 30:1-31:13 Focus: 1 Samuel 30:21-25 At a concert, there is a lot of work that goes on to put on a great show. More than just the conductor and the musicians, there is the sound technicians, the stage team, the lighting team, etc. Yet, does that diminish the work of the background crews because they aren’t the ones producing the music for the enjoyment of the audience? Not at all, their role, in the scheme of things, enhances the experience of the concert for all to enjoy and without them would not be the…
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Samuel 23:1-25:44 Focus: 1 Samuel 25:36-39 If I could only count the number of times that I’ve wanted to take revenge for the way someone had treated me… To turn and give them a good black eye for something they’ve said… To pound them for the pain they’ve caused… Oh, how sweet revenge would be. However, then I would only be as evil as those who wronged me…to repay evil with evil. Such is the way of the world, but quite the contrary, is the way of Christ.
