Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha...So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”When He heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that the Son may be glorified through it. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus...He said to His disciples, “Let us go bac...  Read More

Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil, poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?”...you will go to Gibeah of God...as you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them and they will be prophesying. The Spirit of the LORD will c...  Read More

The Philistines assembled to fight Israel...When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks and in pits and cisterns...Saul remained at Gilgal and all the troops with him were quaking with fear. He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel ; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal and Saul’s men began to scat...  Read More

...Saul said to  his servant, “Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying about us.” But the servant replied, “Look, in this town, there is a servant of God, he is highly respected and everything he says comes true. Let’s go  into there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take...They went up to the town and as they were entering it, there was Sam...  Read More

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders...But his sons did not follow his ways, They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. They said to him, “...appoint a king to lead us such as all the nations have.”...this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. And the ...  Read More

The righteous cry out and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.He guards all his bones; not one of them is broken...The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who trust in Him shall...  Read More