Barry Hicks

Mark 2: 13-17….The rejected is chosen.

He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.And as he reclined at tableContinue reading “Mark 2: 13-17….The rejected is chosen.”

Mark 2: 1-12….Healing the unseeable!

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. AndContinue reading “Mark 2: 1-12….Healing the unseeable!”

1 Samuel 26: 22- ch 27: 1a…..David travels to Philistia.

And David answered and said, “Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and take it. The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD’S anointed. Behold,Continue reading “1 Samuel 26: 22- ch 27: 1a…..David travels to Philistia.”

1 Samuel 26: 17-21…..Saul calls off the hunt.

Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.” And he said, “Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands? Now therefore let my lord the king hear theContinue reading “1 Samuel 26: 17-21…..Saul calls off the hunt.”

1 Samuel 26: 13-16….A morning wake up call!

Then David went over to the other side and stood far off on the top of the hill, with a great space between them. And David called to the army, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Will you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you who calls to the king?” AndContinue reading “1 Samuel 26: 13-16….A morning wake up call!”

1 Samuel 26: 6-12….Sleep on – with sweet dreams!

Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab’s brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.” So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, withContinue reading “1 Samuel 26: 6-12….Sleep on – with sweet dreams!”

1 Samuel 26: 1-5…..Back on the chase!

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?” So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul encampedContinue reading “1 Samuel 26: 1-5…..Back on the chase!”

1 Samuel 25: 39-44….What time span does this cover?

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the LORD who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The LORD has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take herContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 39-44….What time span does this cover?”

1 Samuel 25: 32-38….Why did she ever marry him?

And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand! For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel,Continue reading “1 Samuel 25: 32-38….Why did she ever marry him?”

1 Samuel 25: 28-31….A good lesson taught!

Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the lifeContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 28-31….A good lesson taught!”