Don’t be stubborn and rebellious as Pharaoh and the Egyptians were.

 “If you want to return to the Lord with all your hearts, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Turn your hearts to the Lord and obey him alone; then he will rescue you from the Philistines.” 

Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods.

But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. 20“We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”

Lord God my Father,

Help me to hear and know you, expose my sin and allow me to rely on your strength alone. Help me to clean my life of my own sinful nature and only follow you. Keep me from wanting to be like those around me but be yours alone.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen