Opening Prayer Sovereign Lord, your Word has everything I need for life. Teach me through it. Read 2 SAMUEL 14 Absalom Returns to Jerusalem 14 Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. 2 So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning. Dress […]
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Opening Prayer Father, thank you that I can always come to you asking for mercy, for comfort, for wisdom; you will never turn me away. Read 2 SAMUEL 13:23-39 Absalom Kills Amnon 23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there. 24 Absalom went
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Opening Prayer Merciful Father, as I read your Word each day, help me to apply the truths it holds for me. Read 2 SAMUEL 13:1-22 Amnon and Tamar 13 In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. 2 Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that
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Opening Prayer Great is your faithfulness, O God; there is none like you. I trust in you, and you alone. Read PSALM 63 Psalm 63[a] A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. 1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you;I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you,in a dry and
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Opening Prayer Sovereign Lord, your ways are always right, they are always best for me. Thank you that there is no circumstance in which I cannot trust you to be at work for my good. Read 2 SAMUEL 12:15-31 15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became
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A zoonotic virus, found in Malaysia in 1998, has been called the Nipah virus. It is among the Paramyxoviridae family and can be transmitted from animals to humans via infected food or by consuming an infected animal. The Nipah virus can cause severe respiratory illness and encephalitis, which is inflammation in the brain. The native
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Opening Prayer Thank you, loving Father, for the grace and mercy that you pour out on me each day. Thank you for the forgiveness that is mine in Christ. Read 2 SAMUEL 12:1-14 Nathan Rebukes David 12 The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the
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Opening Prayer Father, I commit this day to you. As I read your Word today, inspire me to do your will with new vision and confidence. Read 2 SAMUEL 11 David and Bathsheba 11 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They
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Opening Prayer Gracious God, giver of life and peace and joy, thank you that I can trust you to provide all I need in this day. Read 2 SAMUEL 10 David Defeats the Ammonites 10 In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. 2 David thought, “I will
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Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, you are indeed my only Sovereign, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Accept my praise and thanksgiving today. Read 1 TIMOTHY 6:11-21 Final Charge to Timothy 11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal
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