by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 10, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 8:21 (NKJV)“And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the Lord.” Take it to the Lord. As things happen to you on a daily moment-by-moment basis, take them to the Lord. When life surprises you in a way you least...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 8:19-20 (NKJV)“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, ‘No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.’” Be careful...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 8:11 (NKJV)“And he said, ‘This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.” (See also, verses 12-17) Worldly leadership...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 3, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 8:6-7 (NKJV)“But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jun 28, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 8:1,3“Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel…But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.” There is a painful and vicious cycle that I am not sure...
