For 40 Days – Day 22: Man’s End: Content

Key Episode Scripture: 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19 and 2 Kings chapter 2 “How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” (1 Kings 18:21 ESVUK) The mission of God is not easy. People called by God can feel under the strain of events […]

For 40 Days – Day 21: Man’s End: Context

Key Episode Scripture: 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19 and 2 Kings chapter 2 After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.” (1 Kings 18:1 ESVUK) People have a problem with God. That problem is evil. […]

For 40 Days – Day 20: Intimidation: Consequences

Key Episode Scripture: 1 Samuel chapters 16-18 Then the princes of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed. (1 Samuel 18:30 ESVUK) David vs Goliath. If you want an immediately recognisable bible story, […]

For 40 Days – Day 19: Intimidation: Conclusions

Key Episode Scripture: 1 Samuel chapters 16-18 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the […]

For 40 Days – Day 18: Intimidation: Concepts

Key Episode Scripture: 1 Samuel chapters 16-18 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. (1 Samuel 16:13 ESVUK) The challenge was simple. This warfare doesn’t require all of us; it can just be a one-on-one contest. That challenge […]

For 40 Days – Day 17: Intimidation: Content

Key Episode Scripture: 1 Samuel chapters 16-18 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. (1 Samuel 17:50 ESVUK) For 40 Days, the army of Israel was intimidated by one man. What led to […]

For 40 Days – Day 16: Intimidation: Context

Key Episode Scripture: 1 Samuel chapters 16-18 Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. (1 Samuel 18:12 ESVUK) Fear not. This instruction is common in God’s interactions with those He called. Indeed, the apostle Paul would encourage his protégé Timothy that God didn’t give him the spirit of fear. This […]

For 40 Days – Day 15: The Scouts’ Reports: Consequences

Key Episode Scripture: Numbers chapters 13-14 “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they […]

For 40 Days – Day 14: The Scouts’ Reports: Conclusions

Key Episode Scripture: Numbers chapters 13-14 How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? (Numbers 13:11 ESVUK) They were on the brink of the Promised Land. It was within reach. They could even pop over for 40 […]

For 40 Days – Day 13: The Scouts’ Reports: Concepts

Key Episode Scripture: Numbers chapters 13-14 I, the Lord, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die. (Numbers 13:17-20 ESVUK) Twelve men were sent to spy on the land God promised to […]