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The Courage of Faith: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 17)
Could you have done what David did to Goliath? Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
Continue reading...Sing, Sing a Song, Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 16:14-23)
I believe I have properly worshiped God only when I get emotional about it. I know, I know, there are plenty of people who get emotional during worship who don’t seem to follow through with obedient
Continue reading...Internals, Not Externals: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
I’ll never forget the older gentleman who was the only one available to play racquetball with me. My judgment of him was that he was boring and not someone I cared to hang out with. We played (he
Continue reading...Spiritualizing Disobedience: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 15)
We’ve all heard the illustration about the little boy who kept standing at the dinner table and his father demanded that he sit. He sat but he said, “I may be sitting on the outside but I’m
Continue reading...Your Eulogy: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 14:47-52)
In Mark Twain’s novel, Tom Sawyer, Tom realizes at one point that everyone thinks he is dead so he stays hidden and attends his own funeral. We’ve all probably wondered what people would say
Continue reading...Power Plays: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 14:24-46)
President Trump was advised that with the democratic party majority in the House of Representatives his last great chance to get his wall was to veto the budget for 2019 and shut down the government as
Continue reading...Not Afraid of the Dark: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 14:1-23)
Are you afraid of the dark? It’s hard not to be sometimes, isn’t it? We can’t see potential enemies and we just know that they are lurking, taking advantage of the dark to get the drop
Continue reading...Wait, I Say, On the Lord: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 13)
I can’t help but wonder what would have happened had President George W. Bush waited to attack Iraq until there was solid intel that they had or didn’t have weapons of mass destruction. The
Continue reading...Soft Speak, Big Stick: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
In a speech made by Teddy Roosevelt at the Minnesota state fair in 1901, then vice-president Roosevelt said, “Right here let me make as vigorous a plea as I know how in favor of saying nothing that
Continue reading...Leadership Tests: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 11)
Leaders, no matter what level of leadership they hold, will always be tested. Parents will be tested by the behaviors of their children. Business leaders will be tested by problems in the market or personnel
Continue reading...What Makes a Leader: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 10)
Neo, our hero from The Matrix, turned out to be a humble and heroic leader of the humans in their attempt to take back their world from the robots. He never abused his power, never got the big head. Truly
Continue reading...Are You the ONE: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 9)
Neo was the one. Sorry, for those of you who are not aware of the movie trilogy Matrix, robots have taken over the world and are using humans as batteries to power their robotic selves. The humans are
Continue reading...Inviting Despotism: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 8:10-22)
The greatest fear the leaders of the newly successful American revolution was that their country would be susceptible to a kingship of its own. They took great pains to establish a government with a relatively
Continue reading...Need versus Want: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 8:1-9)
My grandkids have learned a pretty neat trick. When they want something they tell me they need it. What self-respecting grandparent is going to deny a grandchild something they need? What do we really
Continue reading...Ebenezer: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 7:3-17)
There is a food product I have had only once or twice called Hamburger Helper. The idea is that hamburger by itself is not a sufficiently delectable dish. It needs a helper, and that is the flavoring and
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