Daily Devotion for 20 August 2026 (13th Thursday after Pentecost)

• 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.