1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 7 When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraidbecause of the Philistines. 8 They said to Samuel, “Do not stop […]
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1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 7 1 So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord. They brought it to Abinadab’s house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.2 The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long […]
My mother would, on days she was being particularly gracious, give us three options for dinner: 1) Eat what she made; 2) Make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich; 3) Don’t eat. When she wasn’t in such a jolly mood she would simply say: “If you don’t like what I made, don’t eat and […]
1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 19 But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[a] of them to death because they looked into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them. 20 And the people of Beth Shemesh […]
1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight. 14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and there […]
1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 7 “Now then, get a new cart ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up. 8 Take the ark of the LORD and put […]
1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 1 When the ark of the Lord had been in Philistine territory seven months, 2 the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back […]
1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 9 But after they had moved it, the LORD’s hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors. 10 So they sent the […]
1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: 6 The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors. 7 When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the god of Israel must […]
1. Before you read, quiet your heart for one minute of silence 2. Read the following Scripture: After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.2 Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the […]