The Overruling Providence of the Prayer-Answering God (Family Worship lesson in 2Samuel 16:15–17:14)

What is going on with all these shocking twists? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. 2Samuel 16:15–17:14 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these twenty-three verses of holy Scripture, we learn that even through the horrific twists of wicked men and surprising turns of foolish men, Yahweh's sovereign providence is ruling and overruling in response to our prayers according to His perfect will.