For to us a child is born,To us a Son is givenAnd the government will be on His shouldersAnd He will be calledWonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of PeaceIsaiah 9:6 Virtually the whole world is celebrating today in commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ.Over the past two thousand years, countless numbers of songs, musicals, plays and books have been written about the li...  Read More

The ark of God was captured and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. That same day, a Benjamite ran from the battle line...When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry…The man hurried over to Eli...He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.”...Israel fled before the Philistines...also your two sons...are dead a...  Read More

Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines…The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield.When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the LO...  Read More

The LORD was with Samuel as he grew up, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the LORD. The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, and there, He revealed Himself to Samuel through His Word. And Samuel’s word came to all Israel.I Samuel 3:19-4:1 What a difference the Presence of the LORD brings!Sam...  Read More

And the LORD said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. At that time, I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family - from beginning to end. For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed, and he failed to restrain them. Therefore, I swore ...  Read More

The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days, the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions...The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the LORD, where the ark of God was.Then the LORD called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.” And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” But Eli said, “I did not call you; go bac...  Read More