Tuesday September 30, 2014 “Coming Together for our Future”

1 Kings 18:3-7 “3 And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly. 4 For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.) … Continue reading

Monday September 29, 2014 “Go to the King”

1 Kings 18:1-2 “And it came to pass after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.” 2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria.” This … Continue reading

Sunday September 28, 2014 “Judging and Praying”

1 Samuel 7:15-17 “15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 He went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar … Continue reading

Saturday September 27, 2014 “Peace”

1 Samuel 7:14 “Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of the Philistines.  Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.” In the last part of this verse we are told that peace (I am … Continue reading

Friday September 26, 2014 “Restoration II”

1 Samuel 7:14 “14 Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.” Evil and lawlessness have taken over much of our land. We the people have … Continue reading

Thursday September 25, 2014 “Restoration I”

1 Samuel 7:14 “14 Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.” Our Lord is the God of Restoration. Israel had lost territory to her enemies.  … Continue reading

Wednesday September 24, 2014 “God’s Hand Against our Enemies”

1 Samuel 7:13 “So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.” Yesterday we looked at the first half of this verse and we prayed that we would experience our borders being protected … Continue reading

Tuesday September 23, 2014 “Border Security”

1 Samuel 7:13 “So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.” The Philistines were continual “thorns in the flesh” to Israel. However, when the Prophet Samuel raised up his “Ebenezer” – the … Continue reading

Monday September 22, 2014 “Ebenezer”

1 Samuel 7:12 “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.” We have been looking at the subject of revival over the last week and how the church can experience revival that gives way to a spiritual … Continue reading

Sunday September 21, 2014 “Let God Arise and We will too”

1 Samuel 7:10& 11 “Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and … Continue reading