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Holy Week | The Resurrection | 1 Corinthians 15.55-57 | revivetexas.org/blog
"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Cor. 15.55-57 All across the world today, people are doing one...
Holy Week | Are You Ready? | John 13.1-9 | revivetexas.org/blog
"It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted...
Palm Sunday | Hosanna! | John 12.12-16 | revivetexas.org/blog
"The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna![d]” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[e] “Blessed is the king of...
The Story of Samuel | The Repeat | 1 Samuel 26.7-12 | www.revivetexas.org/blog
"So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him. 8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into...
The Story of Samuel | The Generosity | 1 Samuel 25.1-24 | www.revivetexas.org/blog
In order to understand the entire story, I encourage you to stop, pause, and read the entirety of 1 Samuel 25. In it, you will read first about the death of Samuel, then the interaction between Abigail, Nabal, and David, and lastly the mention of the wives of David....
The Story of Samuel | The Remorse | 1 Samuel 24.16-22 | www.revivetexas.org/blog
"When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. 17 “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. 18 You have just now told me...
The Story of Samuel | The Waiting | 1 Samuel 24.8-15 | www.revivetexas.org/blog
"Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’? 10 This...
The Story of Samuel | The Cave | 1 Samuel 24.1-7 | www.revivetexas.org/blog
"After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens...
The Story of Samuel | The Pursuit | 1 Samuel 23.19-29 | www.revivetexas.org/blog
"The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?20 Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for...
The Story of Samuel | The Desert | 1 Samuel 23.14-18 | www.revivetexas.org/blog
"David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands. 15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned...