2023.03.30 (Thu) Day 89 - 1 Samuel 13-14
Chapter 13
Saul Fights the Philistines (1-7)
Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice (8-23)
Chapter 14
Jonathan Defeats the Philistines (1-23)
Saul's Rash Vow (24-46)
Saul Fights Israel's Enemies (47-52)
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1. Samuel, 13–14.
Saul fights the philistines.
Sauls unlawful sacrifice
Jonathan defeats the philistines.
Sauls rash, Vow
Saul fights Israel’s enemies
 more war.
Reflection
Perhaps it’s just the stuff that’s going on about my day, or the violence that surrounding me on a regular basis. You can’t open the newspaper, you can’t turn on the TV, listen to a radio, or look on the computer without seeing violence and destruction in today’s world.
Perhaps I missing something in the message that God is trying to provide.
As I’m reading all these lessons, I see war. I see violence. I see people turning against God. Starting a fight …God comes in and protects them leads them to victory. They praise…
Samuel 13:11-13
“What have you done?” asked Samuel. Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash, I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So, I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.” “You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.”
1 Samuel 14:36-37
“Saul said, ‘Let us go down and pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them till dawn and…
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