1 Samuel 6:21 “So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, ‘The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD; come down and take it up with you.’” Don’t turn away from the Lord because of His discipline, or because He permitted things to...
1 Samuel 6:19 (NKJV) “Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.” God cannot...
1 Samuel 6:9 (NKJV) “And watch: if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that struck us—it happened to us by chance.” There are times when we will be...
1 Samuel 6:5 “Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your rats that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.” God is awesome. God is able to...
1 Samuel 5:7 “When the people realized what was happening, they cried out, ‘We can’t keep the Ark of the God of Israel here any longer! He is against us! We will all be destroyed along with Dagon, our god.’” God can speak for Himself and can do whatever is needed to...
1 Samuel 4:21 (NKJV) “Then 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.” Ichabod. Was a terrifying name. Yet, a reality. Ichabod implies that there...
1 Samuel 5:3-4 (NKJV) “And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon,...
1 Samuel 4:18 (NKJV) “Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.” Yes, it was very sad...
1 Samuel 4:9 (NKJV) “Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!” It takes a particular mindset to win. Winning doesn’t just happen....
1 Samuel 4:7 (NKJV) “So the Philistines were afraid, for they said, ‘God has come into the camp!’ And they said, ‘Woe to us! For such a thing has never happened before.’” The world knows that God is with us and for us. Our enemies know that we belong to the Most High....