Micah Bemenderfer

Personal Devotions (1122)

Notes from personal Bible reading and meditation with a goal to apply one truth from the day's reading to my life that day

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February 6, 2025

Passage Read: 1 Samuel 25-28 Meditation Verse: 25:39 David planned to kill Nabal and all his men because he wouldn't repay David's kindness with some meat. Instead, Nabal insulted him. And David was incited to take vengeance on him for the insult to him and…

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February 5, 2025

Passage Read: 1 Samuel 21-24 Meditation Verses: 22:22-23 There are two amazing statements in David's response to Abiathar: one is that he takes responsibility for the death of Abiathar's father's whole family but he's not crippled by the weight of that. He is the cause,…

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February 4, 2025

Passage Read: 1 Samuel 17-20 Meditation Verses: 20:32-34 If not for Jonathan, David likely would have been killed. He was a servant of God to protect David. The Lord was watching over David and one of His means was Jonathan and his loyalty and devotion…

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February 3, 2025

Passage Read: 1 Samuel 13-16 Meditation Verses: 14:43-46 Saul had grown quite bold by this point. Too bold perhaps. But he was a mighty warrior and was inflicting punishment on all Israel's enemies. The people must have been very happy with him. Except that he…

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February 2, 2025

Passage Read: 1 Samuel 9-12 Meditation Verses: 12:12-15 What a way to start your kingdom, by hearing that you being made king is rebellion against the Lord. It'd make you question whether you really want to be king, the thing that is sin in God's…

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