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Daily Devotion for 20 August 2025 (11th Wednesday after Pentecost)
Season 6
Episode 261
Published 6 months, 1 week ago
Description
Readings
- Psalm 51
- 2 Samuel 12:1–25
- 1 Corinthians 12:1–13
- Apology of the Augsburg Confession V:140–143
Commemoration
Today we commemorate Samuel. Last among the judges and first among the post-Moses prophets, Samuel lived a life of devotion to God. Samuel, at God’s command, would anoint both Israel’s first king — Saul — and her second — David.