1 Chronicles
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Carrying the Ark the Right Way

1 Chronicles 15:2 “Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.” Recently, my wife and I were hanging some pictures on the wall. Choosing the right picture was a hard task, but we were
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The Greater Purpose

1 Chronicles 14:2“And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been highly exalted for the sake of his people.” I love George Washington. I have read several books about him and his life. One of his quotes is as follows:“Be Americans. Let there be no
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Impulsive Actions

1 Chronicles 13:7 “They moved the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it.” In the oil and gas business, we use many different tools to find new deposits of oil and gas. One of those is seismic. We use large trucks or dynamite to create shock
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Finding Help

1 Chronicles 12:22 “Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.” This year in California there have been some disastrous wild fires. The winds have carried the fires spreading them everywhere. Entire neighborhoods have been burned and hundreds of people, rich or poor, have
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Do You Have Any Mighty Men?

1 Chronicles 11: 10 10 These were the chiefs of David’s mighty warriors—they, together with all Israel, gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the Lord had promised” In the oil and gas world, some companies have to make a report that tells investors how much oil and gas they have produced and
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Your Past Does Not Define You

1 Chronicles 1 – 9 Historical genealogy from Adam to Saul the first king of Israel. My aunt Janet was a librarian in Texas all of her adult life. I don’t much about the early years but I do know she started researching the Dawson family history and the genealogy of the Dawson clan when
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The Warning

1 Chronicles 21:1 “Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.” Let us be honest, Satan always has a plan to rise up against all of God’s people. If you think he is just OK with letting us live our lives, well, you are mistaken. Oftentimes he incites us
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The Ark Part II

1 Chronicles 17:6 “In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people saying, “Why have you not built for me a house of cedar?” David has the ark of the covenant in Jerusalem and he
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Carrying the Ark the Right Way

1 Chronicles 15:2 “Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.” Recently me and my wife were hanging some pictures on the wall. Choosing the right picture was a hard thing but were past
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His Mighty Hand

1 Chronicles 10:13-14 “Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.” The book of Chronicles