1 Samuel 1:1-2:36, Luke 2:21-52 Thought from Today’s Old Testament Passage: Hannah, who was once a woman of a sorrowful spirit, had so learned to delight herself in God, that she could dwell upon the different points of the divine character with joyful adoration. Like others of God’s instructed people, she was very happy in…

1 Samuel 3:1-5:12, Luke 3:1-20 Thought from Today’s Old Testament Passage: [Chapter 5] This is a story of supreme and arresting interest, showing as it does how, when the people of God fail to bear testimony for Him among the nations, He becomes His own witness. The Ark was not a charm equal to delivering…

1 Samuel 6:1-7:14, Luke 3:21-4:13 Thought from Today’s Old Testament Passage: Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us [1 Sam. 7:12]. The name Eben-ezer means “stone of help.” “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” It was…

1 Samuel 7:15-10:8, Luke 4:14-30 Thought from Today’s Old Testament Passage: There can be no doubt that God’s plan for Israel included a king, a specially chosen dynasty from the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:10), and that in anticipation of that event He laid down certain basic guidelines for such a theocratic king to follow,……

1 Samuel 10:9-12:25, Luke 4:31-5:11 Thought from Today’s Old Testament Passage: “Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way”— I Samuel xii. 23 Intercessory prayer is a benefit to the man who exercises…

1 Samuel 13:1-14:35, Luke 5:12-26 Thought from Today’s Old Testament Passage: [1 Sam. 13] [Saul] ordered his son Jonathan to surprise and destroy the garrison of the Philistines that lay near him in Geba, v. 3. I wish there were no ground for supposing that this was a violation or infraction of some articles with…

1 Samuel 14:36-15:35, Luke 5:27-6:11 Thought from Today’s Old Testament Passage: 1 Sam. 15:29: And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. It can be affirmed from the start that God’s essence and character, his resolute determination to punish sin and to…