Zeal For My Will, Not For God’s Will — 1 Samuel 15:17-21

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[joseotoya]

Great exhortation. Thank you Pastor Dave.

[TruthWillprevail]

I praise you Lord Jesus even in my darkest hours! There is power in your name. People have came in your name to help me and my children. I’m thankful for you Jesus! Even though I want to give up and I’m overwhelmed. I will keep faith. Jesus you give me strength to keep going. Lord please hear my prayers. My sons require so much from me because they are autistic and have problems communicating. Due to them having so many issues in school, I’m now homeschooling them. I’m a single mother. These past two years since covid have been hard on me. I lost my job at Forsyth hospital because I declined the vaccine. I have heart disease and I suffer from lupus that’s the major reason why I declined the vaccine. I’m waitressing and I’m grateful but I’m not making enough to make ends meet. Bills are piling up. I’m constantly struggling putting groceries on the table. I feel like a failure. Every month is a struggle, and now that I’m homeschooling my sons my schedule is limited. I’m so discouraged and ashamed. But God is my strength!!! I get harassed and bullied on this app for sharing my testimony and for asking for prayers but prayers are all I NEED. As christians we should have compassion towards one another so please be kind I’m already feeling down. BUT! Even as I struggle! I keep faith in God. He is the God of possible! I HAVE FAITH HE WILL PROVIDE! He has this far. The only point of my testimony is “GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU!” Keep faith no matter what.

[jessyjonas]

You have been hitting obedience to the will of the Almighty
Not my will but thine be done

[thebxrgerons]

Thank you brother David. You have helped me a lot throughout life.

[karen_ellen]

So I need to have obedience and not be large in my own eyes. Sometimes I am selfish and sinful. I need to repent and obey the Lord.

[jessyjonas]

“He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.” 1 Corinthians 7:32-33

[jessyjonas]

Those who are married need to pray more not less

[jessyjonas]

Following they then prayed for revival
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[servingjesussinnersavedbyg]

When we today justify our own actions w - everybody's doing it - we fail to see our own error in going along. Where there is no leadership or bad leadership this will follow. As for Saul, when leaders throw their own people under the bus, you have to ask yourself does this one have the character and moral to truly lead?

[jessyjonas]

Another folly of ours misappropriating our attention

Valentines dinner for marrieds will be on the night of prayer meeting
“Those who are not married will meet and carry on prayer “- the announcement

[servingjesussinnersavedbyg]

Saul got to big for his own good - (already tall and a choice of the people, God could see this miles down the road, but the people could not). He got too big for the office he held, once grateful and in humility almost bewilderment starting out hiding, to the cruelty and favortism he showed towards his allowances.

Allowances then turn into indulgences, and those outright sin without remorse, guilt or feeling. He drifted far away from God as His eyes got big on Himself and small on God.

[servingjesussinnersavedbyg]

Sin always has consequences. Amalek was a son of Esau who did not forget what Jacob did, so the root of this bitterness was deep and went on for sometime. David almost had the job done but 400 escaped. In due time, they could easily reproduce, not to mention pry on others to join them in their cause of war to solicit other nations to help them.

This sin carried well into King Hezekiah's days, and even into Esther's time when Haman was a direct descendant of Agag, and we all know what Haman had in mind for the Jews. These people were always pestering and filching them, just annoying as cockroaches in the dark of night.