Read To Me Daily Semester 2Sample

1SAMUEL 28-29:
In our story in 1st Samuel yesterday, Saul came after David again with 3,000 men, and David showed his integrity again and his daring. But even though Saul repented again, David made the decision to get out of the country so that he would not continually be in danger. He went to Achish the Philistine king in Gath. The part about the raids upon three enemy people groups is not one of the noble chapters of David's life. 

PSALM 106a:
Psalm 106 is a companion to 105, as it again is a historical psalm. I see a very significant correspondence with the section of Romans we are now reading. Can you see it? Today we read just the first half of this poem.

ROMANS 10:
In our second reading in Romans 9 we saw that the differing responses of the Jews vs. the non-Jews to the Good News was already predicted by God. The majority rejection of the Gospel by the Jews was no surprise to God. People today continue to stumble over the ‘great rock’ God has placed in their path. 

Let’s pray.
Our Creator and our God, we praise You, even in the midst of having difficulty wrapping our minds around your wisdom, your sovereign plans, your mercy, your justice, and the choices and responsibilities you give to humans. Right from the beginning of this book of Romans, Paul wrote that we humans are without excuse before You. In our hearts, each of us knows that this is true. So we thank you for your overwhelming and unchanging love, that we heard about in chapter 8 of Romans. Thank you for calling me and my listener, and saying of us,
that we who were not loved before are now called ‘Your Beloved’,
and we who could never be described as your people are now not only called ‘Your People’
but even ‘Children of the living God’.
Thank You for this assurance, and because of that we can know that You will be with us today.