This is God's Will For Your Life | Historical Books | 1 Samuel 23:1-14

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

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How do you know God's will for your life? Do you treat the Bible like a magic 8-ball? How do we grow in wisdom? In today's episode, Keith shares how 1 Samuel 23:1-14 encourages us to be obedient to God's will and trust his plans for our lives. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 1 Samuel 23:1-14

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.1	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Keith Simon.
0:12.3	How do you find God's will for your life?
0:14.7	I think that's one of the most common questions that Christians ask.
0:18.1	How do I know which school to go to?
0:20.3	Does God want me to take this job in a new city?
0:23.0	Is it God's will I marry this person I've been dating? Should we keep trying to have children,
0:27.3	or should we start looking into adoption? Well, we're in 1st Samuel 23 today, and David is asking
0:33.2	the same kinds of questions we are. But before we dive in, let's pray.
0:38.5	Lord, I pray that you would open your word to us
0:41.4	so that we might understand it.
0:43.2	And I pray that you'd open our hearts
0:45.7	so that your word would transform us.
0:48.5	Amen.
0:50.0	Well, in this section of 1st Samuel,
0:51.6	Saul is pursuing David with the intention of killing him
0:54.3	in order to protect his throne for himself and his family. David, on the other hand, is on the run,
1:00.3	trying to put physical distance between himself and Saul. The narrator keeps highlighting the
1:05.0	spiritual distance between these two men. Saul has rejected God's authority and is foolishly running
1:10.3	into his own destruction. David continues to seek God's authority and is foolishly running into his own destruction. David continues to
1:13.3	seek God's will and rely on his strength. 1 Samuel 23 verse 1. One day news came to David that the
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