Read: 1 Samuel 9-10
Meditation: Israel has rejected Yahway (God) as their King,
but the Lord still wanted what is best for His people. He gives them
Saul to be the first king of Israel. God loved His people and heard
their cries for an earthly king. The Lord called Saul, not for Saul's
sake, but for the sake of Israel, which was to bring about the promise
of a Savior from Abraham's family.
Prayer Starter: The earthy kingdom was part of Your plan for
all who will come to believe. Thank You Lord for the Savior You sent
into this world for me. 
Read: 1 Samuel 15
Meditation: Incomplete obedience is no obedience. Saul obeyed the
word of the Lord from Samuel only in part. This showed his halfheartedness
to doing the will of God and when cornered he would blamed the people for
it. These and other excuses would not cut the ice with God. Nor does our own
excuse-making cut the ice with God. When God gave the ten commandments, He
didn't give us the right to chose the six or seven we would follow. God's
standard is perfection. That is why we praise God for Jesus who kept the Law
perfectly in our place. His perfect life now belongs to us, because of the
forgiveness He bought for us on the cross.
Prayer Starter: Saul sinned and just like us tried to blame
others, but when faced with those sins, was unwilling to ask for
forgiveness. Lord forgive me for all the sins in my life.
Read: 1 Samuel 18
Meditation: In a jealous rage, Saul tries to kill David. Not once
but twice. Then he concocts a plot to try to get David killed by the
Philistines. All these plans fail including many others, because God has
plans for David. When God is for you, no one can stand in the way.
Prayer Starter: Lord, help me not to be jealous of others and
forgive me when I fail.
Read: 1 Samuel 20
Meditation: Saul is fixated on getting rid of David. This is at
the cost of protecting and governing God's people. This same scene is
repeated over and over again throughout history by many different rulers.
Even in our own lives we often get obsessed on something or someone instead
of God which can cause all kinds of grief in our lives. What a miserable way
to live!
Prayer Starter: Lord, help me not to be one who get obsessed with
things or others in my life, but to be obsessed only about
You.
Read: 1 Samuel 28
Meditation: Saul has been on the road of disobedience for most of
his reign. Now he goes on to the next wicked station in his downward spiral.
He consults a medium and the occult for help after Samuel's death. Disaster
awaits all who try to use the "tool's" of the devil.
Prayer Starter: Lord we praise You for Jesus who has defeated sin,
death and the devil on the cross. Help me to stay away from all those things
that will drag me back into Satan's clutches.
Read: 1 Samuel 31
Meditation:
God lets the reign of Saul come to an end at the battle of Mount
Gilboa. David's reign will soon begin. The Lord, we are told in 1 Sam.
15:35 regretted that He had made Saul king.
However, it was not God who was indifferent to Saul, but Saul was
indifferent and had turn away from God. From Isaiah 65:2 we see this
about God for all people "All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own
imaginations–" God is there waiting for us to turn back to
Him for forgiveness.
Prayer Starter: Lord, help me to always turn back to You when
I go my own way. Forgive me for being so set in my ways.
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