1 Samuel 11–15: Rebellion & Rejection
“Because you have rejected
the word of Yahweh,
He has also rejected you from being king.”
Truth For The Heart
“Because you have rejected
the word of Yahweh,
He has also rejected you from being king.”
“Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place?
As for you, you meant evil against me,
but God meant it for good
in order to do what has happened
on this day, to keep many people alive.”
Let no one seek his own good,
but that of the other person.
And He woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still.”
Read More“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.”
But He knows the way I take;
When He has tested me,
I shall come forth as gold.”
He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness
of Yahweh.
Then Samuel took a stone
and set it between Mizpah and Shen,
and he named it Ebenezer. And he said,
“Thus far Yahweh has helped us.”
Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
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