by Lynne Marie | Jan 30, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 2Samuel 11:1-17, David hit bottom. His sin was not only adultery but rape, because when he summoned to his palace the wife of Uriah, one of his faithful officers deployed in battle, she couldn’t refuse. When she became pregnant, and David realized he couldn’t hide...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 29, 2026 | Daily Reflections
2Samuel 7: 18-29: There is something very interesting in David’s response to God’s promise. His focus is not on what it meant to himself, but on what it says about God: According to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, so that your servant may know...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 28, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 2Samuel 7:4-17, God made a breathtaking promise to David: I will make for you a great name, like the names of the great ones of the earth… I will … raise up your offspring after you… He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 27, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 2Samuel 6:12-19, David made a fool of himself in the eyes of his wife, Michal, Saul’s daughter. They were bringing the Ark of the Covenant into the city, and David was dancing, “whirling around before the Lord with all his might, wearing nothing but a linen...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 26, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 2Samuel 5:1-10, the people give power to David. “The LORD said to you: It is you who shall… be ruler over Israel.” So all the elders… anointed David king over Israel. They did it because they knew the Lord had chosen him. This is the only real and legitimate...
by Lynne Marie | Jan 24, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Three in One Isaiah 8:23 to 9:3 is giving a preview of the coming of Christ when it declares: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness– on them light has shone.” If we keep reading, we come to what...