Day 103 (1 Samuel 18-20, Psalm 11, Psalm 59)

[@joannapilgrim]

I saw JESUS in Jonathan. He is the friend who sticks closer than a brother. I thank God that Jesus calls me friend ❤❤❤

[@nnennaudeh9536]

Wow! Thank you for this insight.

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Amen!

[@Suz_HomesickTexan]

I've never read the BIble this way and it's so cool to see how the Psalms fit with what was happening in David's life at the time. David's faith, in the face of a deranged and powerful madman who wanted him dead, is a powerful reminder to hold tight to God when we are afraid.

[@brucestrange3289]

I think my favorite part of the story is how God turns assassins into prophets. These men set out to kill David and God just says, Nope, you will prophesy instead.

[@catherinescourtis]

Crazy! 😂

[@andreastafford1266]

Bruh! That shows me that these battles and fights are absolutely spiritual!

[@karirice5412]

My God shot aren't we all a little like Saul at times if we painfully admit it. We are more concerned with our selfish ambition rather than God's perfect plan. But thankfully he prevails because he's where the joy is

[@Not2daysatan]

The jealousy and insecurity of Saul is so mind blowing to me. David’s faith is inspiring. Imaging God laughing at the enemy is such a comforting thought

[@stephanielinderman1156]

I love this psalm!!! That's the verse to call down the evil that's trying to kill and destroy God's remnant. I pray for not only our nation but for all of God's people to break those shackles off and cast all evil from us today 🙏

[@ibsue]

Amen! Praying with you 🙏🏻💜

[@antoinettehereford8180]

Amen

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Amen!

[@gladysanyanna]

Amen

[@mariatripp]

Amen 🙏

[@crucifiedfaith]

Thank you JESUS for loving us

[@i.m.moreau8765]

Too many God shots in Psalm 59. God is our rescuer. God is our protector. God is our Savior. God is our helper. God is God of Heaven’s Armies. God is God of Israel. God is our Judge. God is Just and Justice. God is our strength. God is our fortress. God is our support. God is most powerful. God is our shield. God is the destroyer of the wicked. God is our refuge. God is our place of safety. Good loves us unfailingly. That is 17 descriptors of who God is

[@skyracer7878]

I used to wonder when reading stuff like Richard Wutmbrands "Tortured for Christ" how God really saw the people who lied to protect the Jews. One line I will never forget is when one of them who has to lie to protect a life, but knew that others were "judging" those who lied for any reason, said "it's a curious thing to live in a place where one doesn't have to worry about both lying and honor". Meaning - how nice it would be to be in a position where you didn't even have to think about the right and wrong of lying. But to hear even here that God is more concerned with FAITHFULNESS, reminds me that God's mercy also trumps judgment. And, that God's laughter is meant to be a comfort to His kids - not as in "Hes happy to see anyone perish" but as "He just knows NO ONE will succeed against Him." I love TLC'S humor, too!

[@francinavandermey2238]

Jonathan is an incredible friend. I also see Jesus in Jonathan. What a great God.

[@deborahjacks6354]

God laughs at the evil ones, and thinks oh you foolish one. Come to me and I will give you peace. Your self-serving ways, do not earn you peace. I am the way the truth and the life, there you will find your real peace.

[@jeffandvikipendergrass]

"But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely." (Psalm 59:16-17) I love the beautiful story of intimate friendship between David and Jonathan and the inclusion of the Psalms in our reading today. ❤

[@DianeRichRhea]

Thank you TLC for TBR! It has changed my life.

[@bobbiebland6826]

Aloha and good morning BR family. Glory be to God for his words today. Jonathan love for Jesus is amazing. Thanks, TL, for reminding us that God has a sense of humor. 1Corinthians 10:31: "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it for glory of God". He is where the JOY is!!!💯

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Amen!

[@angelacrocker4593]

I love that thought of God laughing at our enemies. In Proverbs 31 it says "she shall laugh at the days to come". I hang on to this when the days we are in and the days promised start to intimidate my spirit. That's the posture I want right now!

[@chrisjohnson6269]

God is worthy to be praised 🙌

[@mariatripp]

Amen 🙏 Always ❤

[@BloomByCC]

Self focus is like fertilizer on fear! Wow. THAT is my God shot! How can I be in service today?

[@jeffandvikipendergrass]

God protected David from the threat of death from Saul and his attempts to kill him. He is our protector, our fortress, our loving God who goes before us (Psalm 59:9).

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

And I'm reminded God protects David over and over and over!

[@linacarmelasardo8458]

Oh Lord, You are so Faithful

[@debraartale1047]

My God shot is how many times God saved David and then Jonathon from Saul's jealous rage.

[@linacarmelasardo8458]

2024; Father. You are wise; I saw Your work with David; I see Your work in my life.❤ Faith is the Way; believe and receive from the Father just as David did. 🙏 🙏 Amen I am victorious with You Lord. ❤

[@valeriewhite2576]

Praise God bible readers ❤❤❤ Another exciting journey in the word of the Lord ❤

[@valeriewhite2576]

He is where the Joy is 💯🤗❤️ Bible family ❤

[@catherinescourtis]

I am adoring Jonathan!

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Hey Bible Readers!

[@antoinettehereford8180]

Saul is not in his right mind, and God allows for this to happen because His spirit left him. This story reminds me that God orchestrates our steps. Saul repeatedly tried to kill David, but God protected him. Saul would send David to fight against the Philistines, hoping he would be killed in the battle. But, the Lord gave him victory. Saul tried to pin David to a wall multiple times with a spear, but David was able to escape. Saul thought he could create a distraction by giving his daughter Michal to David in marriage. But Michal loved David. David escaped to Samuel's town, and when Saul found out, he sent people to kill him, but they ended up prophesying! The Lord even saw fit to knit the heart of Jonathan, Saul's son, with David. Their friendship is so sweet. I love that we ended today's reading in Psalm. For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. (Psalm 11:7) But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. (Psalm 59:16‭-‬17)

[@DonZimmerman52]

Day 103: God is the God of Powerful Song. When David fears for his life, God inspires him to sing “I will sing about your power. Each morning, I will sing with joy about your unfailing love” (Ps 59:16). He is David’s “place of safety,” his “refuge,” his “Strength” (Ps 59:17). And songs are powerful: it’s when Saul hears the women sing David’s praises that he begins to be jealous (1 Sam 18:7). When Saul sends troops to capture David from Samuel, they and he are overwhelmed with God’s Spirit and praise God instead (1 Sam 19:24). Today, when we see that “the foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?” (Ps 11:3), we can sing “I know the battle is yours.”

[@JoshuaOAdesiyan]

I love the story of David.

[@jeneni02]

One correction-Merab was the daughter Saul was supposed to give to David after defeating Goliath, but instead she was given to Adriel. Michal apparently was the second born, which was then given to David.

[@linacarmelasardo8458]

Lord, laughs at Our enemies

[@DanielRaysings]

GOD BLESS YOU TLC

[@linacarmelasardo8458]

Ha ha mr. devil. you are defeated. I laugh at you as my God does. Amen ❤

[@TheSteveBOliver]

TWICE an evil spirit from God comes on Saul Then, Saul tries to kill David. Saul's son Jonathan saves David so David is able to escape and not die. Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days. 1 Samuel 18:12‭, ‬29 But an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre, Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape. 1 Samuel 19:9‭-‬10 NIV Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’ ” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town. 1 Samuel 20:42 NIV

[@linacarmelasardo8458]

Love the book of Psalms; always moves me in the spirit; my heart touches and thanks the Lord🙏

[@BobbyJames-s4r]

Amen

[@gregstoughton1936]

What is the significance of “covenant” between David/Jonathan. Isn’t it parallel to God’s covenant love for us … seen earlier in Abraham/God, Moses/God, others?

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Preach Tara-Leigh! Great recap!

[@robins9729]

I thought it was interesting that Saul sent David out to fight the Philistines in Chapter 18, hoping they would kill him for him. It seems like David knew what was going on because later he took a page from Saul's book and used the same method after he sinned with Bathsheba to try to kill Uzziah. I need to make sure I am in lockstep with God and seeking His ways, rather than trying to make plans that don't include Him.

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Amen! Don't we all?

[@marquitaequipped]

Wow!!!!

[@marquitaequipped]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marjolenerose4609]

I have a question about Saul calling David, the son of Jesse, throughout. What is the throughout? I read that Saul calls David by his name in 1 Samuel 26:17. In fact, Saul calls David, my son. Please clarify this for me. Thanks!

[@AnchoredinHIM]

From what I read and understand, once Saul feels so angry with David, he refers to David as "The Son of Jesse" when talking about him or inquiring of him. I see this in my NKJV Bible. As far as 26:17 goes, this is where Saul is trying to lure David, sweet talk him to get him to come out to kill him. Saul realizes his own sin and how David spared his life. This is where he becomes grateful for David not taking his life and realizes he was foolish. His anger toward David changed to a thankful heart which is why his label for him changed from "Son of Jesse" to "My Son David." I'm no expert, so tell me where I've errored. However, this is what I understand. :) Blessings to you, and may we continue to seek His word and fall deeper into relationship with Him!

[@jilliannea810]

My version of the Bible says the midwives were Hebrew but it is mentioned in the video that they are Pharaoh's Egyptians midwives. Are they Hebrew or Egyptian? Thank you for clarification!🙂

[@RhondaBaldwin-dc3gl]

Wasn't it Michael who helped David escape?

[@thedanaherfamily2970]

She helped him escape one of the many times that his life was in danger when Saul sent men to his house. Jonathan helped at the end of the reading by testing his father and then creating a secret message with David to let him know that he understood and believed his father was out to kill David now.

[@cindyw5457]

Yes, Michal, David's wife and Saul's daughter, helped him escape by putting an image in David's bed to impersonate him to buy him time to escape.

[@catherinescourtis]

And liednto her father to protect Davis. Then her brother Jonathan lied to Saul also to protect David and then helped him escape.

[@s.annehancock730]

Yes. And doesn’t it echo back to Rahab, David’s great, great, great grandma, helping the spies out the window?

[@justjanice8399]

I don't know. I'm kinda of disturbed about the fact that there was an idol in David's house that Michal was able to use in David's escape. An idol in David's house, of all people! And I'm wondering what all the Spirit of God coming over Saul and him prophsying in front of Samuel naked is about. Just what does all that mean? It sounds demonic to me yet it says it comes from God. What am I missing?

[@catherinescourtis]

Yes, disturbing. The idol caught my eye, too. I think all of it shows they aren't perfect. They're still not fully obedient but selectively so. We just read previously that they wanted a king and were rejecting God as their king. He didn't like it, and this is what He has to work with, I guess.

[@gladysanyanna]

God doesn't always use the perfect ones.

[@diahi7601]

God ONLY has imperfect people that He can use. "There is none righteous, no not one."

[@joyong846]

Why does in the Bible say “evil Spirit from God” when mentioning the demon that tormented Saul?

[@karenevans6035]

After David killed Goliath he is a hero. We see Saul’s son Jonathan impressed with David.  Jonathan gives David gifts to honor him. The local women credit David with winning the war instead of the king. Saul feels threatened and demonically inspired. He tries to kill David twice while David played music for him. These are the first two times of 16 times in which he will try to kill David. Saul has no concern for David or God’s glory. Saul is fearful and is only concerned with seeking himself. Self focus is like fertilizer on fear. Saul tries to kill David again by sending him to war. That doesn’t work. Then Saul tries to lure David into marrying his daughter Michal in hopes she would lead him astray into pagan worship. David was supposed to have married her after killing Goliath but Saul took back that promise. Saul tries to get Jonathan and his servants to kill David. Jonathan reasons with Saul against that. Saul lies and agrees to not kill David. Saul asks for David to come back and play music for him. Saul tries to kill him by throwing his spear at him. David runs and Saul sends assassins to his house. Michal lies for him when she sees David’s life is threatened again. Michal lies but to protect a life. We see this with the Hebrew midwives when they were told to kill the babies. We see Rahab lie when she hid the Israelite spies. We see scripture praise the people who live by faith and aim to be honorable to God. David runs to Samuel’s house. Saul and his assassins chase David but they are sidetracked by praise and prophecy. God is sovereign even over the efforts of an evil king. Saul is humbled and leaves to see Jonathan. The next day Saul attempts to murder his own son Jonathan. Jonathan now knows that Saul does indeed wish to kill David. Jonathan helps David escape. They pledge loyalty to each other. We read 2 psalms written by David. We see that David trusts God and doesn’t doubt His love for Him despite what he is enduring. In Psalm 59 David recounts God’s faithfulness. This helps to remind him of who God was and who God will continue to be in the future. He preaches the truth to Himself In Psalm 59 we see God laughing at his enemies. This is meant to be a comfort to his kids. God’s laughter serves as a reminder that God’s enemies are already defeated. God protects us and defends His name. We see that God laughs. Look at when he used a donkey to talk to Baalam. God has jokes. God is victorious, protective and full of joy. 

[@marykayk1626]

Im trying to wrap my head around why God sent an evil spirit upon Saul. Saul tried to spear David.

[@9lemonlime]

If I had to reason this out I am inclined to believe that since God’s Spirit was no longer with Saul that left him open to an evil spirit sent by God. It would do us all well to be filled with the Holy Spirit leaving room for no other spirit.

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

TLC explained it very well yesterday. Do you know how to look at her closed captions and find what she said?

[@danielaaron5217]

Why do you delete comments that don't completely agree with you?

[@GeorgeDuda-zj6vf]

It's always fascinated me that Saul was pleased that his daughter Michal loved David because he felt she would be a snare to him. That suggests to me that he knew his daughter, that she was a royal wench and would cause David trouble. I question the comment that Saul tried to kill Jonathan. I think he threw the spear at David's empty chair to demonstrate his hatred of him.

[@kimhefley1683]

According to scripture, Saul tried to give his daughter Merab to David first, not Michal. You stated he had originally put off giving Michal to David. You never mention Merab, who was given to someone else since David said he wasn't worthy to be the king's son in law.

[@kaylameyers3093]

I’ve seen people talk about this relationship between Jonathan and David as a romantic one. Do the words translate different? I know I’m missing the whole point of today’s reading but I’m caught up on this part 😢

[@rachelbowers4541]

Hey! That’s a good question! Looking into the original Hebrew text we see that this specific word for Love (a-he-bow) here, is used 4 other times in the bible , the first appearing in Genesis 44:20. In each passage it is speaking about the love a father has for their child. In Genesis 44:20 it is says, (speaking about Jacob and his love for Benjamin, the only remaining son of his beloved wife Rachel.) “And we responded, ‘Yes my lord, we have a father who is an old man , and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.” Another example of this specific word is in 2 Sam. 12:24 where it talks about God’s love for the child Solomon. We also know from the text that Jonathon is probably older than David. We may can draw the conclusion that they have a special and close friendship and also that Jonathan loves David the way you love your own child, wanting what is best for them and loving them even more that you love yourself. I hope this helps you!

[@Christianchoose]

If so body took your Bible and put a heavy coat of wax on 2/3 of the edges of The Old Testament and 2/3 of the edges of the New Testament! You would be upset that you did not have the whole Bible! How much effort would you put into getting the wax off to receive the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? There is another testament of Jesus Christ! Would you be upset if no one told you about it? How much effort would you put into finding it? Why not? Learn More About another testament of Jesus Christ "The Book of Mormon "! Expand your understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! It is your choice to keep the wax on your knowledge of Jesus Christ?

[@lpeace777]

It's a made up book by a dead man 😂

[@Christianchoose]

@@lpeace777 is not the Bible written by dead men 2000 years ago and we are still reading their writings today? If you study how we obtained the records of the Bible and the teaching of God in the Bible you will understand that God communicates to man through prophets. The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, and so is the Bible. You have to study them together to know that they are the testaments of Jesus Christ. the proof is in the study and your effort! You can't judge a book by its cover or name!

[@lpeace777]

@@Christianchoose you be you, I chose to follow Jesus (which includes reading the Spirit-inspired KJ translation of the Bible), not some wacko man-made religion and rules

[@Christianchoose]

@@lpeace777 If you would obtain a copy of the Book of Mormon and read it along with the Bible you would know that is if God. You can't tell a book by its cover! Let me ask you is God all-knowing and has all wisdom? Does he have the right as God to have as many testaments of his son as he wants? The Book of Mormon is the word of God! The only way we know it is of God is to study, Ponder, and Pray about it! are man-made religions called by many names? The thing is you just need to do your own homework and fund out for yourself! We know, we have and will continue to study, Ponder, and Pray!

[@odifek]

Why would I take the writings of someone who married 40 wifes and lived in adultery in this era over the words of Jesus? The writer of the book of Mormon is clearly not of God.

[@marquitaequipped]

Wow!!!!