Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 15Commit this to memory: partial obedience is still disobedience.The Lord gave clear instruction to Saul as to what should be done with the Amalekites and all their possessio...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 14:16-52When you think of a King or a leader, what sort of traits do you think of? Powerful, wise, smart, etc. As the king of Israel, Saul is called to be those things but pa...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 14:1-15“Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, ‘Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for noth...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 13Sometimes what we think may be the right thing to do is actually the wrong thing to do. Saul fails in our chapter today by doing an unlawful sacrifice. Saul’s intentions we...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 12A reminder of the context of 1 Samuel 12: for many years, Israel had been led by various judges. The people repeatedly expressed their desire for a king to rule over them, ...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 11God often uses our imperfect ways to bring Himself glory and proclaim His power. Earlier in 1 Samuel 8 - God warned Israel about having Kings. Things always go better when ...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 10 Over the last couple days, we read in 1 Samuel 8 that Israel demanded a king. Samuel gave severe warnings about this, but the people did not listen. In 1 Samuel 9, the occ...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 9The Israelites’ demand of a king, regardless of God’s warning to them against doing so, produced Saul; the tall and handsome, bachelor-esque leader of the people. Even in sp...  Read More

Today' s Passage: 1 Samuel 8Who is the king of your life? That’s the big question in this passage that all of us must answer. Who is calling the shots and to whom are we swearing allegiance? The answe...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 7In our Kids Ministry and with parents here at Center Point, we have started implementing some family discipleship terms that we want everyone to know the definition for and ...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 5-6In 1 Samuel 4, Israel makes a terrible mistake in bringing the Ark into battle. Ultimately, Israel was not following God, but the council of wicked men. They lose the batt...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 4:12-22Preceding today’s verses we see the defeat of Israel: 30,000 soldiers of Israel were killed, but even worse, the ark of God was captured by the Philistines.The ark of ...  Read More