SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “The Lord your God is with you,” he declared. “He has given you peace with the surrounding nations. He has handed them over to me, and they are now subject to the Lord and his people. Now seek the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of…
Category: daily meditations
sin is no (April Fool’s) joke
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it. Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing.” [1 Chronicles 21:7-8] At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. At about three o’clock, Jesus…
danger zone
March 31, 2010 SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. In the process he laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. [1 Chronicles 20:1] Keep watch and pray,…
Your will be done
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the Lord’s will be done.” [1 Chronicles 19:13] “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” Then an angel from heaven appeared…
the size of my heart
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek. [1 Chronicles 18:11] Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put…
my heart, His home
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. My home has always been a tent, moving from one place to another in a Tabernacle. Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained…
the occupation of praise
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the Lord, for “his faithful love endures forever.” [1 Chronicles 16:41] As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him. But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family,…
he-man and the Master of the Universe
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: David also ordered the Levite leaders to appoint a choir of Levites who were singers and musicians to sing joyful songs to the accompaniment of harps, lyres, and cymbals. So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel along with his fellow Levites… [1 Chronicles 15:16-17] But as the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant entered…
hearing His voice
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Philistines arrived and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. So David asked God, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied, “Yes, go ahead. I will hand them over to you.” [1 Chronicles 14:9-10] Do you get instructions from the Lord…
a stern reminder
SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: David was now afraid of God, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?” So David did not move the Ark into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath. The Ark of God remained there in…