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Mike’s Bible Reading JournalApril 6, 2026 — Day 97 of 365 The King Who Takes 2 Samuel 8–12 — David became a king who takes. Nathan said, “You are the man.” And the child born from the wreckage, God named Beloved. The Texts “And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.”— 2 Samuel…

Mike’s Bible Reading JournalApril 5, 2026 — Day 93 of 365 She Stood in the Way 1 Samuel 25–27 — Abigail placed herself between David’s wrath and her household, and the wrath turned away. The Texts “When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face…

Mike’s Bible Reading JournalApril 4, 2026 — Days 88–89 of 365 The Glory of Israel Will Not Lie 1 Samuel 8–15 — The same Hebrew word used in the same chapter to say God does and does not regret. Both are true. The Texts “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,…

Mike’s Bible Reading JournalApril 3, 2026 — Days 85–88 of 365 Where You Go I Will Go Ruth — A Moabite woman’s loyalty to a destitute widow becomes the line through which the true king comes. The Texts “Where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be…

Mike’s Bible Reading JournalApril 2, 2026 — Days 81–84 of 365 Everyone Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes Judges 10–21 — The most honest book in the Bible about what the human heart produces when it has no true king — and one of the most insistent that the true king is coming.…

Israel longed for a king to shelter them. Abimelech offered shade. But a thornbush has no canopy — only fire.