1 Samuel 25:28 Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.

Commentary: Abigail starts by sharing so many positive things and the faith she has in David doing good. She even tells David that no wrongdoing will be found in his long life, and that God will protect his life. Abigail knows who David is and even details that he has killed Goliath with a sling.

Prayer: O Father Lord, may I have long life, and may Aleksandra and I serve You faithfully to the end of our lives O Lord, together with our children. Amen

Commentary: Verse 29 is good one to be expounded upon this morning:

Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

John 10:28-29 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Psalm 121:7 The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Psalm 41:2 The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Commentary: For us who are committed to following God, God raises the walls of protection from the harm that the enemy may bring upon us.

Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Prayer: Because I claim and believe that I love You, dear Lord, lead me in such a way that I will hate evil but love the sinner. Amen

1 Peter 1:5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Psalm 34:22 The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

Prayer: What a wonderful promise and reward for us who run to the Lord rather than from Him. Amen

Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Prayer: Yes, I believe that You, O Lord, will keep on leading us and our families well, and for that I do praise You ahead of time, ahead of this week. Amen

Psalm 31:20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

Prayer: May we not stumble and fall, but may we walk with You, dear Lord, with integrity of heart. Amen

Psalm 91:11-12 For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. / They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. (Yes, I believe in this promise.)

Peter Caran

Pastor of Cobourg and Harmony Churches