By the Way (2865)

2826 Expect Love

...but My steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 2 Sam. 7:15 ESV

David wanted to build a temple for God, a “house”, but God refused because of the blood on David’s hands. However, God promise

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2823 Obedience Is Better

And Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.” 1 Sam. 15:22 ESV

In a battle against the Amalekites

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2821 Sad Ichabod

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 1 Sam. 4:21 ESV

When Israel started losing a battle against the Philistines, the

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2820 Also Your Name

And the LORD came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.” 1 Sam. 3:10 ESV

Samuel was given into the Lord’s service already as a young boy and lived at the tabernacle. During that time,

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2819 Pour It Out

But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD. 1 Sam. 1:15 ESV

Hannah was childless. In ancient times this presented serious problem

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2818 Blind Faith

At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet! He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.” Ruth 3:8-9 ESV

Naomi and Ruth, he

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2817 Sow Love

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. Ruth

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2816 I Live for God

And he told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.” J

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2813 Me and My House

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve

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2811 Faith and Work

So Joshua took all that land, the hill country and all the Negeb and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland. Josh. 11:16 ESV

God promised Israel a new land, but they had to take possession

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2809 Let the Walls Fall

But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.” Josh. 6:10 ESV

Joshua's strategy to conquer Jericho wasn't military

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