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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ichabod: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 4:12-22)

It is strange, is it not, that when we depart from true knowledge of God and yet expect Him to be on our side, we experience a great shock and likely disappointment with God. It should move us to question

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To Serve, Not to Be Served: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:38-40)

Why does Jesus seem to pick on the religious leaders in Israel for his harshest criticism?  Undoubtedly because they have the greatest opportunity to use power for self-aggrandizement and the greatest

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Daily Thoughts from Titus: Life Shapes Life (2)

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children

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Daily Thoughts from Zechariah: Shepherds Who Care (Zechariah 11)

Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!  Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined!  Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled! 

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Daily Thoughts from Zechariah: Be a Tent Peg Leader (Zechariah 10)

Ask rain from the LORD in the season of the spring rain, from the LORD who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field.  For the household gods

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Daily Thoughts from Zechariah: By My Spirit (Zechariah 4)

And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with

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Daily Thoughts from Philippians (19): Help Those Who Don’t Agree – Philippians 4:1-3

I began perusing the books on Amazon that deal with conflict resolution and quit at 100 with many more pages to go.  There was conflict resolution for kids, couples, holy people, management, nations,

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New Testament Local Church Government

Writing to one of his team members the apostle Paul instructed, “Appoint elders in every community” (Titus 1:5).  As Paul and Barnabas were returning to the towns where they had planted churches

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Daily Thoughts from Acts: Exemplary Leadership (Acts 20:17–38)

being sorrowful most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship. (Acts 20:17–38,ESV) Before Paul sets sail for Jerusalem he

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Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Global Christian (Acts 18:12-23)

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal, saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.” But when

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