Read through the Bible in 2 Years: 1 Corinthians 10

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV

For the past month I’ve been studying 1 Samuel in depth verse by verse in my Community Bible Study class. 1 Samuel isn’t a letter like 1 Corinthians. Rather, it’s a story. A true story. A true story full of life lessons. I’m so thankful that the Lord chose to give us so many stories in His Word instead of just giving us lists of things to do and not to do. We can learn so much from the lessons contained in the stories of the Old Testament.

Hannah and Elkanah, Eli and Samuel, Saul and Jonathan and his armor bearer. Each of these real people have a lesson to teach me if I’m willing to study with an open heart.

What is your favorite Old Testament story? What did you learn from it?

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your goodness in giving us a book full of true stories of men and women who lived long ago. These stories teach us about You – about who You are and how You interact with Your creation. These stories also teach us life lessons about how we ought to live in this world that You’ve made. I pray that we would be faithful to study Your Word not just for more head knowledge but that we would seek to be transformed by the truth found in its pages. I want to know you more that I would love You more that I would be conformed more into the image of your Son. I love You, Lord. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.