Comfort

Comfort of Restoration

The book of Isaiah makes a dramatic switch of emphasis at this point. Where the previous chapters are filled with messages of judgment, this chapter and the following emphasizes restoration and deliverance. We need to keep in mind that as Isaiah wrote these prophecies o …

David’s Punishment And Conquests

In this section, we find David’s response to his son’s sickness and death. After Nathan left David, God allowed sickness to come to the child born to him and Bathsheba (vv. 15-16). We do not know what the sickness was but we know that after seven days the child died (vv. 17-18). Da …

David Anointed The New King

In today’s passage the Lord had already made his choice of a new king to replace Saul and asked Samuel to go to Bethlehem to meet and anoint this chosen one (v. 1). Samuel had to do this in secret because if Saul had known about it, his life would have been in jeopardy (v. 2). The Lord …

Comfort in Suffering

The apostle Paul and Timothy write this letter to the church in Corinth and the saints scattered throughout Achaia (v. 1). He states he is praying that God and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to them and bless them with peace (v. 2). Have you ever wondered, why do the righteous suffer? …