Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the LORD. 1 Chronicles 16:33 Can it be that nature praises the Lord? Might this part of God’s creation also be capable of worship? Job 12:7-9 announces, “Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds […]

Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. 1 Chronicles 4:10 The first nine chapters of First Chronicles are filled with genealogies. Yet buried deep within these names is a gem about prayer; two verses that tell us about […]

Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see. 2 Kings 6:17 Have you ever wished you could close your eyes and when you open them, you could see God’s angels at work? The Bible says angels are all around us. We know that they guard and protect us and […]

Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. 1 Kings 3:9 In the previous snippet Solomon was given the opportunity to request anything he wished. Prayerfully, and with much thought, he asked the Lord to give him a discerning heart that […]

Ask for whatever you want me to give you. 1 Kings 3:5 These words are perhaps something one would not say to a teenager. It certainly is wide open for all sorts of answers. Wealth? Friends? Popularity? Health? Expensive toys? This snippet was God speaking to the newly crowned King […]

Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire? 2 Samuel 23:5 (’84) It’s fun reading famous people’s last words. Martin Luther’s friend Philip Melanchthon was asked if he had any last words. He replied, “Nothing else but heaven!” Hymnwriter John Newton’s final written words […]

My cry came to his ears. 2 Samuel 22:7 Toward the end of David’s life he wrote a beautiful song of praise that we read in 2 Samuel 22. David was a master at writing psalms, hymns, and poems to the Lord. His mastery can be seen in the 73 […]

The Lord has taken away your sin. 2 Samuel 12:13 For the better part of a year David hid his horrible sin, hoping he would not be found out. His guilty thoughts must have haunted him greatly. He tried to cover all his tracks. Uriah was dead, and Bathsheba was […]

God’s promise is complete and unchanging; he will always help me and give me what I hope for. 1 Samuel 23:5 (CEV) In Titus 2:13 we read, “We wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.” Christians, through faith in Christ, know God […]

The battle is the LORD’s. 1 Samuel 17:47 Over the years many have speculated as to David’s age at the time he faced Goliath. He was likely younger than 20 years old because those over that age were called to fight in the army. And since we know he had […]