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Today's passage was 1 Samuel 20:1-42. In the passage, David approaches Jonathan looking to find out what he has done that has made Saul want to kill him. Jonathan finds it hard to believe that his father wants to kill David. David devises a test to reveal Saul's true feelings toward him to Jonathan and makes Jonathan swear to reveal to David the results of the test. Jonathan carries out the test (almost losing his life in the process when his own father

Today's text: 1 Samuel 19:1-24

Today's passage records Saul's intense jealousy toward David and his numerous attempts to murder David. His son Jonathan reasons with his father and secures a temporary peace when Saul agrees not to kill David. That lasts only until the Israelites go to war with the Philistines again and David leads the Israelites to victory over the Philistines. Saul's jealousy rears its ugly head again and he tries to pin David to the palace wall w...

Today's text was 1 Samuel 18:10-30. Here is what God revealed to me.

1. The secret to success is found in Him. 1 Samuel 18 is a dramatic picture of 2 very different men--one of his way down (Saul) and one on his way up (David). The difference between the two men is found in vs. 12: "the LORD was with David but had left Saul.:" Because of his disobedience back in 1 Samuel 13, God removed His hand of blessing from Saul.
   
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A couple of students have commented recently about how they thought I should post my thoughts about my personal Bible study times again. So, here goes.

Currently I'm going through the book of 1 Samuel. This morning I read 1 Samuel 18:1-9. Here's what God said to me:

1. Live to please God only. There will be people in life who will love you and others who might despise you. David simply obeyed God and lived to exalt Him. In 1 Samuel 18, ...