1 Samuel – The Arnold Journey

1 Samuel 30:23 Powerful

1 Samuel 30:23 David replied, “No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.   Too often people take credit for what is not theirs to take credit for. Or to put it anotherContinue reading “1 Samuel 30:23 Powerful”

1 Samuel 24:12 Allow Justice

1 Samuel 24:12 May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted justice so badly that you almost carried it out yourself? We see this knee-jerk reactionContinue reading “1 Samuel 24:12 Allow Justice”

1 Samuel 21:13 Faking It

1 Samuel 21:13 So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard. Most people try to act in respectable ways around other people. We generally try to presentContinue reading “1 Samuel 21:13 Faking It”

1 Samuel 17:49 A Stone

1 Samuel 17:49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. Some people wonder how anything gets done these days. There is so much dysfunction in the political world. It isContinue reading “1 Samuel 17:49 A Stone”

1 Samuel 12:22 Grace At Work

1 Samuel 12:22 For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own. If you haven’t noticed lately, leaders let us down! They are just not as consistent as we think they should be. They talk out of both sides ofContinue reading “1 Samuel 12:22 Grace At Work”

1 Samuel 5:5 Learn!

1 Samuel 5:5 That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon’s temple at Ashdod step on the threshold. It is amazing to see the ability of people to stick to beliefs that have been proven false, ineffective or dangerous. We see it all the time withContinue reading “1 Samuel 5:5 Learn!”

1 Samuel 1:6-7 Conception

1 Samuel 1:6–7 Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. Today’s text is the perfect example of theContinue reading “1 Samuel 1:6-7 Conception”

Say and Do

1 Sam 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land. Sometimes our words don’t match our actions. We say one thing and do another. We all have a little bit of hypocriteContinue reading “Say and Do”

Talk To Him

1 Samuel 25:17b He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him. Sometimes those closest to us have the greatest insight into who we really are. That can be especially noticeable when we are in close quarters, like right now. It can be easy to hide our true selves when ourContinue reading “Talk To Him”

Me, Me, Me, Me, Me

1 Samuel 22:8 Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.” TodayContinue reading “Me, Me, Me, Me, Me”