JESUS CHANGES EVERYTHING
Today’s Reading: 1 Samuel 26-27
Click scripture link to read online or HERE to listen online (then click the symbol of the audio speaker above the scripture portion).

This photo is of the Jordan Valley wilderness (or Judean Desert) looking towards Jerusalem, which is just beyond the horizon.
GOOGLE MAPS – To see where the photo was taken, click HERE.
Key Verse: 1 Samuel 26:23
May the Lord repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Lord Jesus, in another resurrection chapter (1 Corinthians 15), Your servant, Paul, draws a conclusion from the fact that You are risen from the dead. I conclude with Paul that I am to be “steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” I pray for Your resurrection power to be released more and more in me to produce in a greater way those results. In Your conquering Name, Jesus, I pray. Amen!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
I’ve stood at the graves of my mother and father, one in Ruperts, Quebec, and the other in Elgin, Ontario. Mother died when I was 12 and Dad when I was 36. I heard the minister say the words of Jesus, “I am the resurrection and the life.” I thought, “It’s true! I believe it!” As I read the words on their grave stones, I’ve exclaimed, “O Lord, the resurrection could happen right now while I’m standing here!” But I walk away knowing that there’s still work to be done.
Bruce Stacey, my son-in-law, created animated video shows called God Rocks, where the rocks speak. Bruce was inspired by the words of Jesus on Palm Sunday, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out” (Luke 19:40). My favourite episode in the series is called “Rez, the Rock that Rolled.” The rock’s name had been “Tombstone,” an unhappy, pessimistic rock. But when he was rolled away by the angels and Jesus walked out of the tomb, his name was changed to “Rez!” His whole nature and outlook on life was transformed. Here is a link to some visuals from that episode (Unfortunately, I’m told that the DVDs of this episode are currently out of stock).
Yours in complete confidence that the stone was rolled away and “He is risen!”
David
Lord God, thank You for being with us throughout history and on into the future. Strengthen all Your people to love as You do, I ask in Jesus’s name, amen
And, some perspective on free speech:
What We Can Learn From St. Thomas Aquinas on Free Speech https://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/opinion/what-we-can-learn-from-st-thomas-aquinas-on-free-speech-5833615?utm_source=andshare
Thank you family for keeping the blog going. I appreciate it so very much. Blessings all.
Yes, i also appreciate this blog so very much and add my thanks along with Doreen’s and others! Also very much enjoy the story of David’s ongoing saga of fleeing from the possessed King Saul – what a tragic figure…God bless everyone…
Would you who read this please pray for my 53 yr old daughter Jenn- who’s in surgery right now to stop internal bleeding – she is in precarious moments…”But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphant procession…”2Cor 2:14
Alice, I pray that your daughter Jenn’s
internal bleeding will stop & she will recover
completely in Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen.
Praying for God’s greatest touch on your daughter. May she be strengthened and God give skill and wisdom to the medical staff. Blessings on you.
Alice,I also have prayed for your daughter’s healing.May God bless
Hi Alice. I will be praying for your daughter who is in Surgery
https://youtu.be/OOKaircCiGI?si=-ME04GhBxFrpRh_V
Love these old hymns.
Praying for your daughter Alice. May the good Lord make her of sound mind and body.