Today is the 10th day of May. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I'm Brian. It is wonderful

to be here with you today as we gather around the global campfire and find a place. There's

all kinds of room. It's cozy here. And we leave behind for a little bit the cares of

this life. All the things that are slumping our shoulders. All the things that are making

us walk slow. We leave those things. The anxieties. The depression. All that stuff. We can go

get it. Like if we're worried it's going to go away and we really need this stuff, we

can always go pick it back up. But we come in here in a safe place and allow God's word

to speak into our lives. And maybe our perspective is changed. And maybe we don't need to carry

some of that stuff anymore. Or maybe it looks different. But for now, this is where we are.

We're present here around the global campfire. Taking the next step forward. And that next

step will certainly lead us to the last step. Where where we left off. And that brings us back

into the book of first Samuel. And Samuel's leadership is leading us to Israel's first king.

Today, first Samuel, eighth and nine.

In his old age, Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel. The name of his first

born son was Joel. And the name of his second son was Abija. They were judges in Bershiba.

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes

and perverted justice. So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel

at Rama. They said to him, look, you are old and your sons do not follow your ways. So

now a point over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have. But this

request is pleased, Samuel, for they said, give us a king to lead us. So Samuel prayed to

the Lord. The Lord said to Samuel, do everything the people request of you. For it is not you

that they have rejected. But it is me that they have rejected as their king. Just as they

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