by Gary Prickett | Jun 23, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
Do you ever pay attention to a movie’s soundtrack? Soundtracks are used to shape our emotions and prepare us for what is to come. Do you “listen” as you read your bible? The writers of scripture cannot rely upon soundtracks, but they often prepare us to understand the...
by Gary Prickett | Jun 18, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
Two aspects of God’s covenant with David stand out: its endurance and its basis. Throughout history, human empires have risen…and fallen, without fail. A few centuries is considered a good run. No doubt God’s last promise to David in 2 Samuel 7 was no less surprising...
by Gary Prickett | Jun 17, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
David’s plan to build God a house doesn’t even survive one night’s sleep, as God reveals to Nathan that his plan is actually to build David’s house. The word “house” appears fifteen times in 2 Samuel 7, with three different meanings: i) David’s palace (vv 1,2); ii)...
by Gary Prickett | Jun 16, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
The opening verse in 1 Samuel 7 paints a picture of peaceful accomplishment. The king “lived in his house” at “rest from all his surrounding enemies”; almost like the king is found sitting comfortably on the back porch with his friend the prophet, watching the setting...
by Gary Prickett | Jun 11, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
“Why are you cast down, O my soul,and why are you in turmoil within me?Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,My salvation and my God”Psalm 42:5 Though David wastes no time in Psalm 54 getting to his imperative requests to save, vindicate, hear, and give ear, in...
by Gary Prickett | Jun 10, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
David begins Psalm 54 with four imperatives: save me; vindicate me; hear me; and give ear to me. With the first two he lays out his petition, with the second two he expresses his desire to be heard. All within the vocative case: “O God”. David is not merely unloading...