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Read 1 Samuel 21 and 22. Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD. His name was Doeg the...

He is also involved in a spiritual journey and it is downward. He is running headlong down a very steep hill - in a spiritual sense.

David was safe at Naioth in Ramah because he was where the Holy Spirit was active and was protecting him from evil. He did not need to flee

In this chapter we read of a strange story where Saul was so jealous of David and determined to assassinate him even at a sacred place.

David needs good advice and support. He is in a desperate situation. He has fled from Saul and has sought out the old prophet Samuel.

Saul was unable to control his anger. His jealousy was ruining him. The Holy Spirit provides the power to allow us to exercise self-control.

Jonathan is prepared to risk Saul's anger by speaking to his father on David's behalf. He is shocked at his father's unjust conduct.

I don't know if your experience has been like mine. In a crisis, I have often found that the people I expected to be on my side were...

Philistines were uncircumcised and would not willingly agree to this. So he would need to kill an appropriate number of Philistine males.

We can see that God was in control of the complex variety of circumstances in David's early life. God is all-powerful and all-knowing.

If we have any doubts about the deadly effects of jealousy, they will be removed as we read the story of Saul's conduct against David.

[1] As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own...

In our world today, we often hear of ordinary young people who suddenly become famous. I remember a young girl from Rothesay by the name...

Read 1 Samuel Chapter 17 Photo by Katja Anokhina on Unsplash. We saw in the last Day Share that Goliath's challenge had produced fear in...

Read 1 Samuel 17 Picture by Geghard Fugel (1863 - 1939) Public Domain We all know the story of David and Goliath very well. We might have...

Read 1 Samuel 16 I am racking my old creaking brains to find a parallel situation from my own experience or from history for David's...

They had a very important visitor to the Jesse household. It's not every day that the prophet arrives in the village of Bethlehem.

It might seem strange to claim that Saul's real enemy was not the Philistines nor the Ammonites nor any of the many heathen nations.

But Saul did not live up to this early promise. He did not fulfill his potential and he ended up taking his own life in tragic despair.

There are three priests at Shiloh - Eli and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas. Eli is an old man and his eyesight is poor. His sons are evil