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Luke 15:11-32 Observation: A father has two sons. The younger son asks for his inheritance in advance and goes to a distant country, where he squanders his wealth on reckless living. When a famine hits the land of that country, the son becomes destitute and decides to return home asking his father for forgiveness, even if it meant becoming a servant himself in his father's household. Upon seeing his son returning, the father is filled with compassion and runs to embrace him. The father orders a celebration, symbolizing the joy over the son's return. The father's older son takes notice of everything that has taken place and this deeply upsets the older son, who has remained faithful and obedient throughout the entire time. At some point, the father would plead/beg his older son to come inside the house to celebrate. The older son would in turn question his father's actions and ultimately displayed his resentment. The father reassured the older son of his love but went on...

  2 Samuel 9: 1-8 Observation: After David has become king, he's now looking for any surviving members of Saul's family so that David may show 'lovingkindness' for the sake of his friendship with Jonathan. David first finds Ziba, one of Saul's servants and David asks Ziba if there's anyone still alive that was part of Saul's household so that David may show 'lovingkindness'. Ziba points out Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son who is crippled in both feet and lived in the house of Machir in the city of Lo-debar. David summons Mephibosheth and when Mephibosheth arrives, he falls on his face in reverence. David reassures Mephibosheth to "not fear, for I wwill surely show lovingkindess to you." David also restores all the land that belong to Mephibosheth's grandfather Saul and David informs Mephibosheth that he may eat at David's tables as one of his sons. Interpretation: Through David, God shows His grace, mercy and overall kindness. Davi...

John 11: 17-44 Observation: Jesus arrives to Bethany four days after Lazarus has been buried in the tomb. Martha overheard Jesus was coming and she sought out Jesus. When meeting Jesus, Martha expressed her sorrow and confessed her faith in Jesus. Mary also sought Jesus and when she saw Jesus, she expressed her sorrow. Jesus saw Mary and the crowd of Jews crying, which He became deeply moved by the sorrow of those mourning and went to the tomb. Jesus asked for the stone sealing to be rolled away. Then, Jesus prayed to God, thanking Him for always hearing Him. Jesus would then cry out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, emerged from the tomb, still wrapped in burial clothes. Jesus would instruct the people to "Unbind him, and let him go." Interpretation: There are several takeaways from this passage. First and obvious one to me is Jesus's Divine power where Jesus showcases his control over life and death. It's a...

Ezekiel 37: 1-14 Observation: The prophet Ezekiel is in a valley filled with dry and lifeless bones. The Lord asks Ezekiel if these bones can live again, and Ezekiel responds that only the Lord would know. The Lord then instructs Ezekiel to prophesy over the bones and command them to come alive. Ezekiel does as the Lord instructed and the bones start  to come together, reconnecting into complete skeletons along with the flesh and skin covering the bones, but they are still lifeless. The Lord then commands Ezekiel to prophesy again, this time calling upon the breath to enter the bodies of the dead. Ezekiel does again as he is told and a mithy force blows into the valley and the breath of life fills the bodies. The dead come alive and an exceedingly great army stands before Ezekiel. The Lord explains to Ezekiel the meaning of the vision that the dry bones represent the people of Israel who feel hopeless, cut off from the Lord and in exile. The Lord promises to restore them, bringing ...

1 Samuel 2: 18-26 Observation: 1 Sam 2:18-21 Hannah goes to the temple praying for a child whom Eli overhears Hannah's prayers and blesses her. Hannah would dedicate the promised child to God. With the Lord's blessing, Hannah would then give birth to 3 sons and 2 daughters, and the youngest son, being Samuel would be dedicated to the Lord as promised. 1 Sam 2: 22-26 The prophet Eli being old as he heard rumors of his sons performing sinful acts of having sex with other women. Eli failed to correct his sons and rebuke them of their sinful behavior and at some point, the Lord came to Eli and prophesied about the judgment that would befall Eli's family. At the end of the passage, it informs on how Samuel was a sharp contrast to Eli's sons as Samuel was a faithful servant of the Lord. Interpretation: Hannah being a young, barren wife of Elkaneh is desperate for a son. During that period of time, having sons meant the world as it represents wealth, status and contination of ...

2 Samuel 11: 1-27 Observation: David sends his army including Joab and his servants to destroy the sons of Ammon and lay an assault on Rabbah while David stayed behind in Jerusalem. One night from the roof top of David's house, he noticed a beautiful woman bathing and requested to know who she was. A servant informed David that the woman's name is Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and David sent messengers to retrieve Bathsheba. When Bathsheba came to David, he would have sex with her and after cleaning herself up, she would go back to her home.  At some point, Bathsheba became pregnant to which she informed the news to David, and upon hearing the news, David requested for Uriah's audience. When Uriah arrived, David instructed Uriah to go back to his home; however, Uriah refused to go home and stayed as there's a war going on. David again attempted to get Uriah to go home by getting him drunk yet still was unsuccessful. David came up with a plan and wrote a lett...

Genesis 13: 1-18 Observation: Abram returns from Egypt with his wife and along with Lot. And upon Abram's return, he came back with an enormous amount of wealth in livestock, silver and gold. Abram travelled as far as between Bethel and Ai where he worshipped God at the altar he previously built. At some point, there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot and because of this strife, it has caused Abram to come up with a solution to Abram to part ways. Abram offered Lot to choose which land to settle, which Lot chose the valley of Jordan (Sodom) and Abram continued to live in Canaan. The men of Sodom were evil and full of sin. God informed Abram His promise to him the land of Canaan and to Abram's seed. This is when Abram moved to Hebron and set up an altar to worship God.  Interpretation: God in His sovereignty allowed Abram to be rich after returning from Egypt back to Canaan. Abram travelled all the way back to Bethel and felt the need to worship or call on the name...