Tag: Samuel
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 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?
