1 Samuel
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The Back Burner
I just recently watched a show called Worst Cooks in America. I think I liked it because I felt like Gordon Ramsay or Guy Fieri compared to some of … The Back Burner
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Enduring the Struggles
1 Samuel 31:6 “So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.” I remember when Uncle Chuck came down with 2 workers and rebuilt our back porch. I left for work that Friday morning with a pergola for a porch and when I got home the old
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Finding Strength in the Lord
1 Samuel 30:6 “David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.” Many times I find myself following google maps to some place I have never seen before. I am following the map because I trust that
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Is God Your “Get of Jail Free Card”?
1 Samuel 28:15 “Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am in great distress,” Saul said. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
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Perspective
1 Samuel 26:25 “So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.” Perspective is an amazing thing. We see squirrels, pests, or a cute, fuzzy animal. The squirrel sees our home and our trees as something he needs to survive. Traffic cops often hear the speeder’s point of view of why they were speeding. After
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Give!
1 Samuel 25:11 “Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?” It was February and cold. We arrived at Disney Land in Florida with sunny skies and warm temperatures but things changed fast. We woke up the next morning
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Peer Pressure
1 Samuel 24:6 “He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” We have all watched movies and tv shows about gang life across the big cities and even a bad
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Hide and Seek
1 Samuel 23:14 “David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.” Playing hide and seek as a kid was really fun. We even had a lot of fun playing it as adults. I know you remember
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The Ones in Our Path
1 Samuel 22:2 “All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.” When I was kid, we always picked teams. All of us would line up, pick the two guys to be the team captains, and then start
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Run to the Presence of the Lord
1 Samuel 19:18 “When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him.” I remember playing a game as a kid of hide and go seek. The concept was simple, someone was to close their eyes, count to 20, and all
Let It Go 