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I SAMUEL 30:19

2/26/2026

Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else tey had taken. David brought everything back.

God had gotten David off the hook as far as fighting against Israel was concerned, but when he and his men returned to their camp at Ziklag, they found is burned and everything living take away captive. David sought guidance from the Lord, and was told to pursue those who had captured his people. They encountered someone who could guide them to where the captors were reveling, David entered into battle and killed all the enemy except those who had camels on which to flee. All the goods and all the people who had been captured were won back. God’s hand had guided, helped and granted success. We have personally been rescued and returned to our rightful fold by the victory of our Lord and Savior Jesus.

Ruth 4:19

2/25/2026

Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminidab,

In 70 A.D. under the Roman general Titus, all the records were destroyed. The line that had been traced and somehow recorded for the thousands of years of history since the creation of Adam had nowhere else to go, and God brought in a pagan army to wipe it out because it was no longer needed. The Messiah was the One they were recording for, and the Messiah had come in Jesus. God waited until the book of Hebrews was written. God waited until the issues surrounding circumcision were settled. God waited until a certain organization existed within the body of believers who had begun to be called “Christians” Then He took away the recording of which today’s verse is a part. Who begat whom no longer matters. Jew or Gentile, slave or free, all are in Jesus.

Judges 21:19

2/24/2026

But look, there is an annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh, to the north of Bethel, and east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem and to the south of Lebonah.

The other Israelite tribes had put themselves under an oath not to give their daughters in marriage to a man from the tribe of Benjamin. The result would be a whole generation of young men seeking wives outside of Israel, in violation of the Law of God concerning marriage. A plan has been devised for the young men of Benjamin to kidnap each one a wife at a certain annual festival. Then the men would have wives and the father’s would not have given them. Thank You, Lord, we don’t have to find ways around our foolishness when we trust and obey the word You have given us in Jesus

Joshua 24:19

2/23/2026

Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a Holy God; He is a jealaous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins

The people seem eager to encourage the dying old man, so they promise what they know he wants to hear. Joshua is alarmed by their flippancy and sees through the superficiality of their vows. They need God’s personal help at the very deepest level of their lives if they are ever to fulfill what they are so quick to declare in his presence. Joshua wants to see in them a deep sense of their need for God. Except in rare individual cases, that sense will not be evident among the people for centuries. We are sometimes alarmed by our children’s flippancy. Serving God is not so easy as is seems to them. They desperately need Jesus.

Deuteronomy 23:19

2/22/2026

They will summon peoples to the mountains and there offer sacrifices of righteousness; they will feast on the abundance of the seas, on the treasures hidden in the sand.

In his final discourse with the people of Israel, Moses prophesies on behalf of the different tribes concerning future blessings that God will bring. Zebulun and Issachar are like a team, with riches from land and sea combined to celebrate God’s goodness publicly in a holy celebration in the area of Galilee. Their wealth and prosperity will not necessarily turn their hearts from God. Their riches will provide a platform of testimony reaching to other Israelites, but also to pagan nations , welcomed to the party and urged to behold and worship God. Lord, help our partnership with other Christian to glorify Your Name, and may the prosperity You bring about enable us to bring special honor to Jesus.

Numbers 35:19

2/21/2026

The avenger of deathm, when he meets him, he will put him to death.

God is very clear in His insistence that if a man sheds the blood of another person, that man should be put to death. And no dawdling about it. When he meets him, the appointed avenger will do the job. Someone who is guilty will not receive from others the means he needs to flee to the nearest city of refuge, and fleeing there does not get him off the hook. Then there will be a trial, and the guilty man will be put to death. Quick and certain retribution is intended for cases of murder. For our society, it takes decades and millions of dollars for justice to be done. Lord, unmask the folly of presenting ourselves as more noble in this regard than you. Bring us to repentance and faith in Jesus.

Leviticus 27:19

2/20/2026

If the man who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth to its value and the field will again become his.

An army of experts is necessary to interpret, organize, delegate and carry out the directives of the book of Leviticus as it applies to the citizens of the nation of Israel. Roughly 8% of the population is officially committed to this organization and operation. The verse today gives principles that will serve as precedents for legal and financial challenges Israelites will face . Behind every directive of the priests is the desire to maintain respect and honesty in men’s dealings with God. We know the nature of the mess we are in when we actually ask, “what are the rules?” Thank You, Lord, for being the “Expert” on every challenge we face, and for finding a way to deal gently in Jesus.

Exodus 40:19

2/19/2026

Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the Lord commanded him.

All the accoutrements connected with the worship of God in the tabernacle have been prepared for official worship. The assembly of everything having to do with the Tent and the covering of the tent itself have been put in place, and it has been exactly in accordance with the command of God. Moses had nothing to do with design. Execution and erection was his responsibility, and with regard to the tabernacle itself, the work is now complete. As we labor in the temple made without hands, the dwelling-place of God in our midst, let us view as sacred the materials that He has incorporated in the design, and let us seek to assemble God’s people in a way that will bring glory to the great Name of Jesus!