1 Samuel 20:1-21:15; Psalm 34~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Great readings about Jonathan & David today!  1 Samuel 20 verse 13 today seems to indicate that Jonathan realizes that David will be the king after his father Saul: “May the…

1 Samuel 17:32-19:17; Psalm 59; 1 Samuel 19:18-24~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today in 1 Samuel chapter 17 read about David & Goliath. In verse 45 we read – “David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword…

1 Samuel 15:1-17:31~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Wow.  Big reading day today! David is anointed by Samuel. Saul meets David for the first time! The story of David begins!  I am excited!  In First Samuel 15 we read about Saul…

1 Chronicles 9:35-39; 1 Samuel 13:1-5; 1 Samuel 13:19-23; 1 Samuel 13:6-18; 1 Samuel 14:1-52~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ In 1 Samuel 13 we see Saul’s disobedience toward God, through his impatience.  I wonder again about us today – are…

1 Samuel 9:1-12:25~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~   Can you imagine hearing these words of Samuel if you were Saul in First Samuel 9:20 today: “And I am here to tell you that you and your family are the focus…

1 Samuel 4:12-8:22~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Interesting chapters in First Samuel today!  The idol Dagon was no match for the Ark of the Covenant!  You’ll notice in verse 4 that Dagon ends up in a worship position before the…

1 Samuel 1:9-4:11~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Below is a great image for First Samuel chapter 1 verses 24 through 28 today where we read: “When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought…

Ruth 4:13-22; 1 Chronicles 2:9-55; 1 Chronicles 4:1-23; 1 Samuel 1:1-8~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today we begin the book of First Samuel! This is an amazing book of the Bible. I cannot wait to read about Hannah, Samuel, Saul…

Ruth 1:1-4:12~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today we are starting up – and tomorrow finishing – the wonderful book of Ruth and then moving into First Samuel. The book of Ruth is a wonderful look at faithful love in human…

Judges 19:1-21:25~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today’s readings in Judges 19 about the Levite’s concubine being raped and killed really made me tear up today. What a sad story! The evil of the act led to tens of thousands of…