“Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the LORD” (1 Samuel 10:25 ESV). Samuel spoke to the people of Israel at the beginning of Saul’s reign and explained “the rights and duties of the kingship.” What Samuel wrote

“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day” (John 6:40 ESV). The apostle John recorded Jesus’ words to the crowd who sought Him after the feeding of the five thousand.

‘And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”’ (John 6:12 ESV). In John 6, the apostle John recorded Jesus’ miraculous feeding of the five thousand. After multiplying a little boys lunch of five barley loaves and two fish, Jesus commanded that the

And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision (1 Samuel 3:1 ESV). The book of 1 Samuel described a dark season in Israel’s history near the end of the period of the judges, when the people had abandoned God’s ways and “everyone did what was right in

“‘This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.’” (John 5:18 ESV). In John 5:18, John explained why the Jewish leaders intensified their opposition to Jesus. They accused Him

“So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast” (John 4:45 ESV). The apostle John wrote that when Jesus returned to Galilee, the people welcomed Him because they had seen His works in Jerusalem.

“But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him” (John 4:23 ESV). The Apostle John recorded that as Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman, He declared that a new era of worship had

“He must increase, but I must decrease.” (John 3:30 ESV) The Apostle John recorded that John the Baptist spoke these words to his disciples as they wrestled with Jesus gaining more followers. Rather than reacting with jealousy or insecurity, John the Baptist responded with joyful humility. He understood that his role as the forerunner was

“Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’” (John 3:7 ESV). In the Gospel of John, the apostle recorded Jesus’ nighttime conversation with Nicodemus, a Pharisee and teacher of Israel. When Nicodemus expressed amazement and confusion about being born again, Jesus corrected him, saying he should not be surprised. His

“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!” (Psalm 103:1 ESV). David, the psalmist and king of Israel, called upon his own soul to worship the LORD with wholehearted devotion. Writing in a context of personal reflection, he did not begin by addressing others but by speaking