JOY IN ADVANCE OF VICTORY
April 28, 2026All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king. They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them. And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joyH8057 in Israel. 1 Chronicles 12:38-40 Chapter 12 lists the…
REJOICING IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo- hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all. On…
EXPLOSIVE SOUND OF REJOICING
Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. Zadok the priest took the horn of…
PRAISE FOR VICTORY BELONGS TO THE LORD
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyfulH8057 songs, and with tambourines and other instruments. 1…
HANNAH REJOICED IN THE LORD
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation. 1 Samuel 2:1
REJOICE IN HIS PRESENCE
Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyedH8055 at the sight. 1 Samuel 6:13 This verse needs a little backstory to be understood. The Israelites…
REJOICE IN OUR SUPREME SOURCE OF JOY
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoicesH5970 in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoiceH8055 in Your salvation. 1 Samuel 2:1 The Believer’s Bible Commentary expounds on the…
DOES THE LORD REJOICE IN MY GOODNESS?
So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delightH7797…
CELEBRATE GOD’S PROVISION WITH JOY
For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so…
JOY BLOSSOMS AMONG THE THORNS
The devotionals for the next few months will be taken from our book Joy Blossoms Among the Thorns which is available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Blossoms-Thorns-Susan-Slade/dp/1954798245
ARAB SHEIK REJOICES OVER GOD’S MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE OF HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE!!
And Jethro rejoicedH2302 over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued from the hand of the Egyptians. Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians…