Author: Bill Nicholson
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February 7, 2024 — David’s Mighty Men
Why is this chapter vital? Real people are involved! Real challenges are faced! Real victories are won! There are four catalogs of outstanding people in the Bible. Hebrews 11 emphasizes walking in faith. Nehemiah 3 records those working in faith. In Romans 16, we have Paul’s gospel co-laborers witnessing in faith. Here (with 1 Chron […]
February 6, 2024 — David’s Last Words
Last words should be intensely meaningful, a distillation of the lessons that life has taught us. “These are the last words of David” (2 Sam 23:1). Being uniquely positioned to describe how a shepherd boy became a king, David pinpoints the characteristics of a man after God’s heart. He is a man who understands both […]
February 5, 2024 — David’s Song Of Deliverance
We might not expect a soldier to also be a songwriter, to lay down his lance and pick up his lyre. David always understood the spiritual dimensions to the battles he faced. Notice in this song of deliverance his understanding that God was there for him in every skirmish. Yes, He “always leads us in […]
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February 2, 2024 — Goodbye Giants
Someday, beloved, the last of those monsters that bedevil us will be laid low. Count on it! Did you think we had heard the last of the Philistines? No, some enemies just keep rearing their heads. David, now well on in his 40-year reign, “grew faint” in battle (2 Sam 21:15). Enter Ishbi-benob (meaning, “his […]
February 1, 2024 — Overdue!
Today’s episode provides a great opportunity to audit our own spiritual records for unpaid bills. Here are some unresolved accounts in David’s life. First, we read of “a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord” (2 Sam 21:1). Why did it take him three […]
January 31, 2024 — Barzillai & Sheba
Don’t give up living before it’s time to die. Don’t give up cooperating because you can’t be in charge. Today we have two short stories, one about a man who didn’t want in when he was invited, and others who were angry because they were left out. We’re introduced to Barzillai who “was a very […]
January 30, 2024 — Mephibosheth Gets It Right
Are we truly “content to let the world go by” just as long as the King has His rightful place? As David makes his way up to the royal city, his next recorded meeting is with Mephibosheth. Ziba, his steward, had fled with David, bringing along a supply of provisions. When David wondered aloud where […]
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January 29, 2024 – David’s Return
Fiction’s “I’ll be back” and history’s “I shall return” are nothing compared to prophecy’s “I will come again.” Awkward! What was the topic of discussion across Israel? “The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines…But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in […]