David: giving back what is His…

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…

David: a voice of influence

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…

David: why does he get all the good stuff?

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’…

David: why me, God, why me?

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…

David: agreement in numbers

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…

Saul: cause and effect…

Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 10:1-14 Focus: 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 It is hard to deny that life is full of cause-and-effect. You act one way, the cause, and things will turn out another, the effect. If you touch a hot stove, expect to be burnt. If you…

History of a nation: the hero in the family

Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 6:48-8:40 Focus: 1 Chronicles 8:6, 1-40 Continuing the series of genealogies of Chronicles, we come to the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin. If you’ve noticed, most of the tribes only get a summary of their genealogy, where there is…

History of a nation: the foundation of the priesthood

Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 4:1-6:47 Focus: 1 Chronicles 6:1-30 In the beginning of Chronicles there is a genealogy which sets the historical basis of the kings. Interestingly, there is also another genealogy, but this time tracing the historical basis of the priesthood and those that…