St. Paul Lutheran Church, Matteson, Illinois & Pastor Troester

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 18 13.08.2024 8:47 ↓

King Saul tries to get David killed, but God saves David and blesses him the kings son, Jonathan, and daughter, Michal.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 17 12.08.2024 7:40 ↓

David defeats Goliath in the power of God.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 16 10.08.2024 8:25 ↓

Samuel anoints David as king, and David comforts Saul.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 15 09.08.2024 8:01 ↓

King Saul disobeys God and God rejects him as king.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 14 09.08.2024 9:07 ↓

King Saul & Jonathan go into battle to protect Israel from their enemies.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 13 07.08.2024 6:30 ↓

King Saul goes to battle with the men of Israel.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 11 06.08.2024 6:01 ↓

King Saul is a called to battle to defend and save his people, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, God wins the victory through Saul.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 11 05.08.2024 5:30 ↓

Samuel's farewell.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 10 03.08.2024 8:17 ↓

The anointing of the 1st King of the Children of Israel: Saul.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 9 02.08.2024 6:15 ↓

God leads Samuel to the king of His choosing, Saul.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 8 01.08.2024 6:09 ↓

The people want a king, and by it they reject God & Samuel. So God let's them have what they want, while warning them of the consequences.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 7 31.07.2024 7:14 ↓

Samuel leads the people to repenting and returning to God and their enemies are defeaded, land is restored and they have Peace.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 6 30.07.2024 7:15 ↓

By the faithfulness of God, the Ark of the Covenant comes back to the Children of Israel.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 5 29.07.2024 6:15 ↓

No false god, no matter whom, (who are only god's made by man and not real gods) can stand up to the True God, but all will fall to Him.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 4 27.07.2024 4:31 ↓

The consequences of sin in the defeat in battle and the death of many in Israel.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 3 26.07.2024 8:43 ↓

The call of God for Samuel to be a prophet who speaks for God, and even though Eli and his sons are not faithful, God faithful gets His Word out to us.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 2 25.07.2024 9:21 ↓

The results of both Eli and his Son's unfaithfulness and, in contrast, the faithfulness of Samuel and his family.

Daily Bible Reading - 1 Samuel 1 24.07.2024 9:47 ↓

Samuel is born by the miracle of God, and is named for God hearing the plea of his mother, to be the servant of God for the good of us all.

Daily Bible Reading - Ruth 4 23.07.2024 8:43 ↓

The faithfulness of God to fulfill His promises, and of Boaz as a relative of Naomi, and the faithfulness of Ruth to her mother in law.

Daily Bible Reading - Ruth 3 22.07.2024 4:49 ↓

Faithfulness to God and to family, put into action by Naomi, Ruth and Boaz.

Daily Bible Reading - Ruth 2 20.07.2024 6:42 ↓

Ruth is faithful to her Mother in Law, Naomi, as she works to support her in the field of a relative to Naomi, Boaz, who in turn is faithful as a relative, a redeemer, to care for Naomi & for Ruth.

Daily Bible Reading - Ruth 1 19.07.2024 8:36 ↓

God's faithfulness, especially in the times of great trials, and the call to have faith in Him.

Daily Bible Reading - Judges 21 18.07.2024 6:21 ↓

The final chapter in the book of the Judges, and we read about how sin leads to more sin, until we repent and return to God.

Daily Bible Reading - Judges 20 17.07.2024 7:28 ↓

A sad civil war among the Children of Israel as the emplode on each other because of their sin.

Daily Bible Reading - Judges 19 16.07.2024 7:48 ↓

The sinful actions of people who have strayed far from the true God and following Him.