It is our prayer that as you enter our doors you will feel the Presence of the Lord and that as you leave you will say, "I have truly met with Jesus today!"
1 Samuel 15:13-16 In this text Saul is confronted by the prophet Samuel because Saul didn't obey the command to totally destroy the Amalekites. The spoil was considered a sacrifice to God. But Saul didn't do that. Instead he spared King Agag, the best of the sheep, oxen, lambs and all that was good. ( Verse9 ). When Samuel confronted him on his disobedience (even while the sheep were bleating and the oxen were lowing)-- Saul denies that he has done anything wrong. What have I done wrong? Instead in verse 13 he makes a statement --"I have performed the commandment of the Lord". It is as if he is saying- Look at me--- I've done a good job! I did what the Lord asked me to do! Aren't I great! Later, Saul gives various excuses as to why he did what he did (or better said- didn't do what he should have done). Samuel looks at him and says "Be quiet!". When God confronts us on issues that are not pleasing to Him, I can imagine Him looking at...
Sister Lynne Parsons We were blessed and challenged by Sister Lynne's Bible Study recently. Her text was from Daniel 3:8-18 where Daniel and his friends disobeyed the king by not bowing down to the image of gold. When they were threatened to be cast into a fiery oven their response was- "If that is the case, our God, whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up" (Verses 17,18). She went on to explain how these men made a deliberate choice to obey God rather than man. And so should we. We have to make the decision that we are going to do the right thing. We are the only ones who are in control of our lives. We can not blame our lack of faith or power on anyone else. It is up to us! We must make the choice to obey God. No one can take that from us. We must hold o...
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