1 Samuel 17:1a(4-11,19-23), 32-49
Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.
Ezekiel 17:22-24
Thus says the Lord GOD: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out.”…
Mark 4:26-34
“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
2 Corinthians 5:6-17
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.