Tuesday, October 1, 2024

πŸ’₯ Chapter 12: Saul sent for David and when David played skillfully on the harp the devil fled from Saul.

 I Samuel 16

1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

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Classical music can be helpful is spiritual warfare,  in driving devils away from humans.

Especially helpful are Mozart and Beethoven.
 
If you will look at the home page on Jesus Ministries Blog, right side, you will see music which I have selected for you.
 
Music can  be very helpful in dealing with troubled children.
 
 
(Click on each composition to connect and play music.)
  
πŸ’₯ September 2023
* Beethoven: Symphony # 5
* Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8

πŸ’₯ October 2023
* Vivaldi Four Seasons: Spring
* Vivaldi Four Seasons: Summer
* Vivaldi Four Seasons: Autumn
* Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter
* Elgar Cello Concerto
* Mozart Violin Concerto No 4
* Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
* Wagner: Renzi Overture
* Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
* Tchaikovsky: Variation on a Rococo Theme (cello)
* Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
* Beethoven Symphony No. 3
* Tchaikovsky: Italian Capriccio, Op.45
* Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
* Verdi (opera arias) Rigoletto
* Mozart (opera arias) Don Giovanni
* Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
* Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
* Bizet (opera arias) Carmen

πŸ’₯ November 2023
* Beethoven Sonata `Kreutzer` for Violin & Piano
* Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3
* Beethoven Violin Concerto
* Puccini: Madama Butterfly
* Beethoven Symphony No. 7
* Brahms Symphony No. 1
* Dvorak Symphony No. 8
* Brahms: Akademische FestouvertΓΌre (Academic Festival Overture)
* Brahms Symphony No.2
* Prokofiev: ”Lieutenant Kije” Symphonic Suite
* Brahms: Symphony No. 3
* Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
* Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
* Brahms Symphony No. 4
* Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
* Bach Brandenburg concerto no 1
* Mozart: 4 German Dances KV602
* Chopin Ballade No. 1
* Chopin Ballade No. 2
* Mendelssohn: Overture `The Hebrides` (`Fingal`s Cave`)
* Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
* Mendelssohn: Overture ’Midsummer Night’s Dream’
* Chopin Ballade No 3
* Wagner: Die Meistersinger (fragments)
* Chopin Ballade No. 4
* Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3
* Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1
* Wagner: Lohengrin (orchestra fragments)
* Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 1
* Wagner: Tannhauser (orchestra fragments)

πŸ’₯ December 2023
* Beethoven Symphony No. 9
* Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4
* Wagner: Parsifal (orchestral fragments)
* Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23
* Shubert Symphony No. 1
* Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24
* Shubert Symphony No. 2
* Wagner Opera `Der Fliegende Hollander` Overture
* Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25
* Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (overtures, arias, fragments)
* Berlioz March of Rakoczi
* Beethoven String Quartet No. 1
* Beethoven String Quartet No.2
* Beethoven String Quartet No. 3
* Beethoven String Quartet No. 4
* Beethoven String Quartet No. 5
* Beethoven String Quartet No. 6
* Beethoven String Quartet No. 7
* Wagner: `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part II: Opera `Die WalkΓΌre`
* Beethoven String Quartet #8
* Beethoven String Quartet #9
* Beethoven String Quartet #10
* Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
* Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26
* Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1
* Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1
* Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27
* Sibelius Symphony No. 1
* Chopin 'Grande valse brillante'

πŸ’₯ Additional Compositions
* Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 1
* Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 2
* Mozart String Quartet No. 1
* Mozart String Quartet No. 2
* Mozart String Quartet No. 3
* Mozart String Quartet No. 4
* Mozart String Quartet No. 5
* Mozart String Quartet No. 6
* Mozart String Quartet No. 7
* Mozart String Quartet No. 8
* Mozart String Quartet No. 9
* Mozart String Quartet No. 10
* Mozart Symphony No. 38 "Prager"
* Mozart Symphony No. 39
* Mozart Symphony No. 40
* Mozart Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
* Mozart Symphony No. 42
* Mozart Symphony No. 43
* Mozart Symphony No. 44
* Mozart Symphony No. 45
* Mozart Symphony No. 46
* Mozart Symphony No. 47
* Mozart Symphony No. 48
* Mozart Symphony No. 50
* Mozart Symphony No. 51
* Mozart Symphony No. 52
* Mozart Symphony No. 55
* Copland An Outdoor Overture
* Copland Appalachian Spring
* Grieg Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
* Bruckner Symphony No. 4
* Britten An American Overture, for orchestra, 1941
* Boccherini Symphony op. 35/6
* Bartok Kossuth Symphony, BB31
* Bruckner Symphony No. 1
* Boccherini Symphony op.37 No. 4
* Dvorak Concert Overture Carnival
* Franck Violin Sonata
* Saint-Saens: The Swan
* Haydn Symphony No. 96
* Haydn Symphony in C major
* Haydn Symphony No. 94
* Haydn Symphony No. 99


(Performed by: George Szell, Alfred Brendel, Henryk Szeryng, Joseph Suk, Salvatore Accardo, Arthur Rubinstein, Sir George Solti, Daniel Barenboim, John Elliot Gardiner, Zino Francescatti, Yehudi Menuhin, Alberto Lysy, Bruno Walter, Arthuro Toscanini, Jacqueline Du Pre, Pierre Fournier, Lynn Harrell & more.)


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