Author: John Rowland

  Daily Notes for the month beginning Sunday 4th August   We have given a great deal of time recently to readings from the Old Testament as we studied the life and times of King David. Now however we return

Hello everybody! With today’s edition of the Daily Notes we come to the end of the series reflecting on the life of King David.  So where next? The next complete series, looking at Paul’s letter to the Christians in Thessalonica,

Read Revelation 7:9-17 v 9. After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white

Read 1 Kings 12:21-33 v 32   And Jeroboam instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in imitation of the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices

Read 1 Kings 12:1-20 v 19.   And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David. The Hebrew people were faced with two men vying to become King. It was Rehoboam,

Read 1 Kings 11:26-42 v 34.  For the sake of my servant David, the one whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees, I will keep Solomon as leader for the rest of his life.  But I will

This week we come to the end of our series looking at David. We have seen his ups and down, the good and the bad aspects of his life. He was great, but he is not the model for us.

Read Romans 14:1-19 vv 12-13. Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God.  So let’s stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and

Read Matthew 5:21-24 v 24.  Go and be reconciled to that person. It is not for us to judge David and Solomon by their actions some 1000 years before Jesus spoke these words in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus

Read 1 Kings 12:28-46 v 46. Then, at the king’s command, Benaiah son of Jehoiada took Shimei outside and killed him. So the kingdom was now firmly in Solomon’s grip. You will probably be glad to reach the end of