“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;” (1 Samuel 30: 1) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. David and his men had gone to join the King of the Philistines to fight against Israel; and when they were asked to leave the battle field, they journeyed home only to find that their wives and children had been tak

“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;” (1 Samuel 30: 1) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. It is important to observe that David and his men were warriors. They were feared in the battle field. They were men of valour. They were the sort of men whom their enemies should rightly prefer to avoid. Notice tha

“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;” (1 Samuel 30: 1) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In Exodus 17, as the children of Israel left Egypt, the Amalekites came against them in Rephidim. It was in that battle that the Lord gave victory to Israel. Several generations later, the Amalekites came against Da

“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;” (1 Samuel 30: 1) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In 1 Samuel 15, God had commanded King Saul to completely destroy the Amalekites. Saul failed to fully comply with God’s instructions; he spared Agag the king of Amalek; and several years later, a gang of Amalekites

“It took David and his men three days to reach Ziklag. But while they had been away, the Amalekites had been raiding in the desert around there. They had attacked Ziklag, burned it to the ground,” (1 Samuel 30: 1 CEV) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture makes mention of the fact that the raid of the Amalekites began from the desert area. The approach of the enemies of David was through the dry places near David’s dwelling. The d