Saul, through a priest, has beseeched the Lord for his blessing on attacking the fleeing Philistines. God, however, is not answering. How will Saul respond to God’s silence? Will he be impatient again, unable to wait on the Lord? Actually, no. We read in 1st Samuel 14, verse 38, Saul believes that God’s silence isContinue reading “How to have a heart like God’s heart – 1st Samuel 13 & 14, Part 5”
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A person with a heart after God’s heart is willing to step out of their comfort zone – 1st Samuel 13 & 14, Part 3
The Philistines have Israel outmanned and outgunned. In the previous two posts here and here, we read in 1st Samuel 13 that a battle is brewing and it is shaping up to be a slaughter. That brings us to 1st Samuel chapter 14. We read in verse 1, “One day Jonathan son of Saul saidContinue reading “A person with a heart after God’s heart is willing to step out of their comfort zone – 1st Samuel 13 & 14, Part 3”
Can you have a defective heart and not know it? – 1st Samuel 13 & 14, Preview
This past week I attended my denomination’s, the Evangelical Congregational (EC) Church’s, National Conference at Messiah University. At conference lots of people have asked about my granddaughter, Lily, who was born in January, and who has been on a four-month journey with a heart defect corrected through multiple open heart surgeries. Those conversations have oftenContinue reading “Can you have a defective heart and not know it? – 1st Samuel 13 & 14, Preview”
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