Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

SCRIPTURE:  1 SAMUEL 1 INTRODUCTION: The book of 1 Samuel records the lives of Samuel, Saul and David.  Saul led Israel as a prophet, priest and judge.  When the people wanted to have a king like their neighboring nations, Samuel anointed Saul as the first king of Israel.  But Saul was disobedient to God, so… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 6/4/23

SCRIPTURE:  RUTH 3 RUTH AND BOAZ AT THE THRESHING FLOOR (vs. 1-18) Naomi wanted to try finding a home for ruth so that she can be well provided.  So she thought of Boaz, the kinsman who can redeem her.  She gave Ruth this instruction: “Tonight, Boaz will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.  Wash… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 6/2/23

SCRIPTURE:  RUTH 4 BOAZ MARRIES RUTH (vs. 1-12) Boaz took 10 of the elders of the town with the kinsman-redeemer together.  he then told the kinsman redeemer that Naomi, the wife of Elimelech was selling the price of land.  Since he has the right to redeem, he can redeem it.  The kinsman agreed to redeem… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 6/3/23

SCRIPTURE:  RUTH 2 BIBLE VERSE: “Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 6/1/23

SCRIPTURE:  RUTH 1 INTRODUCTION: This book tells of a story about an Israelite couple who moved to Moab during a famine in Canaan.  The husband and his two sons died leaving the wife Naomi with her two daughters-in-law Orpah and Ruth.  Naomi decided to return to Israel and advised her two daughters-in-law to go back… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 5/31/23

SCRIPTURE:  JUDGES 21 WIVES FOR BENJAMIN (vs. 1-25) The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah saying that not one of them will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.  But they were worried that one tribe of Israel will be missing.  Early next day, the people built an altar and presented… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 5/30/23

SCRIPTURE:  JUDGES 20 ISRAELITES FIGHT THE BENJAMITES (vs. 1-48) The Levite, the husband of the murdered concubine told the Israelites that when they came to Gibeah in Benjamin, men of Gibeah came to surround the house.  They raped his concubine and she died.  Then he cut off the concubine into pieces and sent one piece… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 5/29/23

SCRIPTURE:  JUDGES 19 A LEVITE AND HIS CONCUBINE (vs. 1-30) There was a Levite who lived in a remote area in Judah.  He took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.  She had been unfaithful to him.  She left him and went back to her father’s house in Bethlehem Judah.  After 4 months, her husband persuaded… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 5/28/23

SCRIPTURE:  JUDGES 18 DANITES SETTLE IN LAISH (vs. -31) Since there was no king at that time, the tribe of Danites was seeking a place to settle.  They sent five warriors from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and to explore it.  The men went to the house of Micah and saw the… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 5/27/23

SCRIPTURE:  JUDGES 17 MICAH’S IDOL (vs. 1-13) Micah was a man from the hill country of Ephraim.  He returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver taken from him.  Then his mother took 200 shekels of silver and gave it to a silversmith to make a carved image and a cast idol.  And they were put… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 5/26/23