Devotional

When envy consumed, it also controled Saul... 1 Samuel 18:10-12 (NLT)10The very next day a tormenting spirit from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did each day. But Saul had a spear in his hand,...

King Saul was furious when people compared him to David... 1 Samuel 18:6-9 (NLT)6When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy...

Princess Michal fell in love with David, but she was not the one Saul promised to the hero... 1 Samuel 18:6-7,16-17..20, 28 (NLT)6When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out...

Jonathan, king Saul's son, was there at the batlefield the day David took down Goliath... 1 Samuel 18:1-5 (NLT)1After David had finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king’s son. There was an immediate bond between them, for Jonathan loved David. 2From that...

King Saul wondered outloud about David's background... 1 Samuel 17:55-18:2, 5 (The Message paraphrase)55 When Saul saw David go out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Tell me about this young man’s family.” Abner said, “For the life...

In the TED Talk below, author and thinker Malcom Gladwell argues that David was not an underdog but actually had the upper hand in the battle due to his agility, accuracy, and expertise with a sling. Goliath, despite his imposing size and armor, was actually at a...

Eliab was annoyed at David when he show up to the battlefield at first... 1 Samuel 17:1..31 (NLT)1The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim. 2Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near...

As David returned to his hometown, he yearned for the unconditional love Samuel mentioned even more, then he sensed it in The Presence... [David's Diary Entry] In the quietude of Bethlehem, I find myself pondering the elusive nature of unconditional love The Prophet...

Samuel (finctionally) answered David's question, "How leaders at the pinnacle of power can avoid self-deception since they answer to no one?" 1 Samuel 15:22–23 (NIV)22Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the...

David (fictionally) wrote Samuel about how he would avoid self-deception. But from the actual words of prayers in his Psalms, we have reason to believe that he practiced self-examination back in the days. Psalm 139:1–4..23-24 (NLT)1O Lord, you have examined my heart...

Samuel sent (a fictional) reply to David and filled him in on what happened to Saul in the incident recorded in 1 Samuel 15:10-26, especially from his excuse

Today we read (a fictional) letter from David to his father based on 1 Samuel 16:14-23 before the flashback to 1 Samuel 15 19So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd”... 21So David went to Saul and began serving him. Saul loved...

13So ... Then Samuel returned to Ramah... 15Some of Saul’s servants said to him, “A tormenting spirit from God is troubling you. 16Let us find a good musician to play the harp... He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.” 17“All right,” Saul said....

13So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah. Today we are looking at (a...

15One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him. 16Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me....

6When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the Lord’s anointed!” 7But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by...

As we start the journey through the Life of David in 1 Samuel 16:1-13, today's devotional invites you into the home of Jeruziah, David's sister. Imagine receiving a letter from her father Jesse as he shares his heart and reflections on the momentous event of David's...