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Thursday
The First
Lesson
1 Samuel 17:17-27
17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren
an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run
to the camp to thy brethren;
18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand,
and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the
valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep
with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him;
and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the
fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array,
army against army.
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the
carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,
the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of
the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David
heard them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from
him, and were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is
come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be,
that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great
riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's
house free in Israel.
26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What
shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh
away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised
Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So
shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
1st Lesson Questions -
To this point in the narrative, David is but a "bold talker". Am I, likewise, simply a bold talker in Christ? RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Luke 18:31-43
31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold,
we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the
prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be
mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the
third day he shall rise again.
34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying
was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho,
a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy
on me.
39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold
his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David,
have mercy on me.
40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him:
and when he was come near, he asked him,
41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said,
Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath
saved thee.
43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying
God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
2nd Lesson Questions -
The blind man was healed via faith and persistence. What do I need to be more faithful and persistent about? RESOLVE.