VITAL Life Application Devotions

1 Samuel 4:19-22   New International Version     19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into...

1 Samuel 4:5-8   New International Version     5 When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook. 6 Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they...

1 Samuel 2:29   New International Version     29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’ Eli did not...

1 Samuel 2:13-17   New International Version     13 Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled 14 and would plunge...

1 Samuel 2:11-18   New International Version     11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest. Eli’s Wicked Sons 12 Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord. 13 Now it was the practice of the...

1 Samuel 2:10   New International Version     10     those who oppose the Lord will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven;     the Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king     and exalt the horn of his anointed.” Evil...

1 Samuel 2:3   New International Version     3 “Do not keep talking so proudly     or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows,     and by him deeds are weighed. Are there people around you who have wronged you? When Hannah was singing her...