“His Craft and Power Are Great” (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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When we follow David’s story in 1 Samuel, we realize that God’s chosen aren’t given a free pass from daunting circumstances and suffering. So how can the faithful face uncertainty and troubling times? Hear the answer on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | The You're going to do you. |
| 0:13.0 | Do you do you do you do you do |
| 0:15.0 | do you do David had been anointed by God to be the King of Israel and yet as you follow |
| 0:30.9 | his story in 1st Samuel you realize that God's people aren't given a free pass from daunting circumstances or from suffering. |
| 0:40.0 | So how do the faithful face uncertainty in troubling times? |
| 0:45.0 | We'll find out today on Truth for Life as we study along with Alistair Begg. Well let me invite you to follow along as I read from First Samuel and from |
| 0:59.8 | Chapter 22 First Samuel 22, and from verse 1. |
| 1:06.4 | David departed from there and escaped to the cave of a dullum. |
| 1:11.5 | And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there |
| 1:15.7 | to him. And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter and soul gathered to him and he became commander over them and there were |
| 1:28.1 | with him about 400 men and David went from there to Missispa of Moab, and he said to the King of Moab, |
| 1:36.2 | please let my father and my mother stay with you till I know what God will do for me. |
| 1:46.5 | And he left them with the King of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. Then the Prophet Gad said to David, do not remain in the stronghold, depart and go into the land of Judah. |
| 1:58.0 | So David departed and went into the forest of Herrith. |
| 2:02.0 | Now Saul heard that David was discovered and the men who were with |
| 2:06.3 | him. Saul was sitting at Gibia under the Tamarice tree on the height with his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing about him. |
| 2:16.4 | And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, |
| 2:19.4 | Here now people of Benjamin, will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards? |
| 2:26.5 | Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my |
| 2:36.2 | son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me and that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in |
| 2:46.5 | weight as at this day. Then answered Doig the Edom, who stood by the servants of Saul. I saw the son of Jesse coming |
| 2:56.2 | to Knob to Ahimaleck, the son of Ahai Tup, and he inquired of the Lord for him and gave |
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