September 25, 2025 • 22 mins
Have you ever wondered if God cares about the small details of your life? Those seemingly random events that feel inconsequential might actually be divine appointments orchestrated with purpose.
In our journey through 1 Samuel 9, we witness the fascinating story of how lost donkeys became the catalyst for Israel's monarchy. Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, reluctantly embarks on a search for his father's missing animals that leads him directly to Samuel the prophet. What appears to be a frustrating errand transforms into a life-altering encounter when Samuel reveals God's plan to make Saul king over Israel. Most remarkably, Samuel already knows about the donkeys without being told – demonstrating God's intimate involvement in even the most mundane aspects of our lives.
This narrative challenges us to reconsider what we dismiss as coincidence. Those misplaced keys that made you late, that unexpected detour, or that chance meeting – could these be "God-incidents" rather than coincidences? The story also highlights the critical importance of humility in leadership. Saul begins his journey with appropriate humility, questioning his worthiness for such an important role. As we explore later chapters, we'll discover how departing from this humble posture ultimately became his downfall, teaching us that "if you had walked up the way you walked down, you would have walked down the way you walked up."
Join us around the fire as we unpack these timeless truths and discover how God weaves the ordinary threads of our lives into His extraordinary tapestry. Whether you're feeling lost in life's details or searching for purpose in seemingly random events, this episode offers fresh perspective on how God might be working behind the scenes. Subscribe now and share your thoughts with us at lifearoundthefire@gmail.com!
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Speaker 1 (00:38):
All right, folks, for those of you who are just
tuning in, I want to welcome youto this episode of Life Around
the Fire, and we're a podcastthat is devoted to spiritual
growth, and what we mean byspiritual growth is this growth
in our relationship, first andforemost, with God and then in
(01:02):
our relationships with oneanother.
What we're going to do today inthis episode is we're going to
continue on with our look intothe book of 1 Samuel, and we're
at chapter 9 right now, and wesaid before that when you read,
when a person reads the book of1 Samuel out loud and you read
(01:25):
it with some feeling, it takesabout two, two and a half hours.
But when you look at it, in thelength of time that it took to
develop this whole book of 1Samuel it took about 100 years
(01:46):
and so when a person is readingit, it can seem like things are
happening right away, like oneday after the next day, and you
can look at your own life andsay, man, my life is nothing
like that.
But in all reality, it took ahundred years to put together
(02:09):
all these stories, and so therewere a lot of.
There was a lot of time thatthere was nothing going on, and
other times there was some realnegative things that were taking
place, and so it's really amirror of our own lives in many
respects.
(02:30):
And so if things aren'thappening day after day all the
time in your life, it's notbecause something's wrong, it's
just because that's all the timein your life.
It's not because something'swrong, it's just because that's
kind of life in the realm oftime and space.
And so we're looking at 1 Samuel, chapter 9, and we're at a
(03:01):
transition point in the nationof Israel, where for decades
they had been governed by judgesand prophets, with God being
their king.
But the people of Israel beganlooking at the other nations
around them, the pagan nations,and they saw that they were
(03:21):
doing things differently, thatthey had kings that were ruling
over them, leading them intobattle and making decisions on
their behalf, and to them itlooked better.
And again, sometimes in lifethat's the way things can seem
(03:44):
that other people that don'thave a relationship with God
just seem to have it better, man, and we try to imitate what
they're doing because it lookslike that's what's made things
better for them, and that's whatIsrael did.
They looked at the othernations and said that's what's
made things better for them.
And that's what Israel did.
They looked at the othernations and said that's what's
(04:06):
making things better for them,when in all reality it was God
who was shining on the just andthe unjust, and it was the
people that were in the othernations that were serving gods
that were lesser than God,almighty Idols.
(04:29):
But Israel had this thinginside of them that said we want
a king.
And so God said if they want aking right now, well, I'll give
them a king.
But it really wasn't God'sfirst choice, it was Israel's
(04:52):
choice, and God let them havewhat they wanted, and sometimes
again in life.
That's how things go.
Sometimes, again in life,that's how things go.
So we're picking up this story,and I love the fact that 1
Samuel is full of stories.
I'm a story guy, and so we'repicking up this story where Saul
(05:25):
, this guy by the name of Saul,is going to become Israel's
first king, and in 1 Samuel,chapter 9, we find out that he
was from the tribe of Benjamin.
He was a Benjamite, andBenjamin was known to be a real
kind of a one that would takeover, take charge kind of person
(05:50):
, and the lineage that cameafter him kind of had a bit of
that reputation and Saul wasfrom that tribe.
But the beginning of this storysounds rather common, doesn't
really sound all that intriguinguntil we get to a point where
(06:14):
we get the picture.
So in verse three we find thatthere were donkeys.
In fact the scripture says Nowthe donkeys belonging to Saul's
father, kish, were lost.
And Kish said to his son, saul,take one of the servants with
(06:37):
you and go look for the donkeys.
So he passed through the hillcountry of Ephraim and through
the area around Shalisha, butthey did not find them.
They went into the district ofSha'alem, but the donkeys were
not there.
Then he passed through theterritory of benjamin, but they
(07:01):
did not find them.
So they're like that's a longway folks.
That's many, many, many miles.
It's a long haul.
And when they reached thedistrict of zuff, saul said to
his servant who was with himcome, let's go back.
And my father stopped thinkingabout the donkey and started
worrying about us.
(07:21):
But the servant replied look,in this town there's a man of
God, and in Hebrew it's a ishElohim I-S-H-E-L-O-H-I-M.
Ish Elohim, meaning man of God,a prophet.
And so the food in our sack isgone.
(07:51):
We have no gift to take him.
Okay, so excuse me.
So the person says he'smightily respected and
everything he says comes true.
Let's go there now.
Perhaps he will tell us whatway to take.
Saul said to his servant If wego, what can we give the man?
(08:14):
The food in our sack is gone.
We have no gift to take the manof God, what do we have?
The servant answered him again.
Look, he said I have a quarterof a shekel of silver.
I will give it to the man ofGod so that he will tell us the
way to take.
Formerly, in Israel, if a manwent to a choir of God, he would
(08:37):
say come, let us go to the seer, because the prophet of today
used to be called a seer.
Okay, so he's called a seer.
Good said to his servant come,let us go.
So they went for the town wherethe man of god was, and when
(08:59):
they were going to the hill, tothe town, they met some girls
coming out to draw water andasked them is the seer?
Here he is.
They answered he's ahead of you, hurry now.
He's just come to our towntoday, for the people have a
sacrifice at the high place.
(09:20):
Okay, so you get the picture.
These guys are looking for thedonkey and they come to a town
where Samuel is the seer andSaul was ready to go back.
But the servant said let's goask if the seer knows anything.
And they kind of went back andforth a little bit and he said,
(09:45):
well, we don't have anything togive to him bit.
And he said, well, we don'thave anything to give to him.
Now, samuel would have sharedwhat was on his heart without
that gift.
But because people are inclinedto try to make sure that
(10:07):
they're doing their part, theywanted to give them a gift.
So they found they had thisgift right.
So they went to the seer andthe women that they met said yep
, he's here, but you got tohurry up because he's on his way
to a dinner that they're goingto do a sacrifice to God and
(10:31):
then dine together.
Now, skipping ahead to verse 17,when Samuel caught sight of
Saul get this, this is reallypowerful.
When Samuel caught sight ofSaul, the Lord said to him this
(10:53):
is the man I spoke to you about.
He will govern my people.
So Saul approached Samuel inthe gate and asked Would you
please tell me where the seer'shouse is?
I am the seer.
Sam replied Go up ahead of meto the high place, for today you
(11:17):
are to eat with me, and in themorning I will tell you all
about what is in your heart.
As for the donkeys you lostthree days ago, do not worry
about them.
They have been found.
And to whom all is the desireof Israel turned, if not to you
(11:40):
and to your father's family?
Saul answered but am I not aBenjamite from the smallest
tribe of Israel, and is not myclan the least of all the clans
of the tribe of Benjamin?
Why do you say such a thing tome?
Okay, so they meet the seer,they meet Samuel.
(12:03):
And God says to Samuel this isthe man that's going to govern
my people.
And also, he told him about thedonkeys.
(12:23):
He told him about the donkeys.
God was involved with thedonkeys.
How interesting.
The little details, theseemingly benign, incidental
details of donkeys being lostactually was something that God
(12:46):
was involved in.
Is that not just Justmind-blowing, the fact that God
is involved in small details?
You see, god is involved in thesmall details of your life.
(13:06):
There are some things that takeplace that they're actually not
coincidence.
They are God incidents.
God is in them.
You didn't find your keys.
You just couldn't find yourkeys right, for example.
You couldn't find your keys andthen finally you found them and
(13:29):
you make your way to yourdestination Only to find out
later that if you'd left fiveminutes earlier, you'd gotten
into a horrible car crash,because there was a horrible car
crash in an intersection thatwas on your way.
Sometimes the things that don'thappen are as miraculous as the
(13:51):
things that do happen andsometimes the things that are
incidental are very significant,because these donkeys led,
these lost donkeys, ultimatelyled Saul to Samuel and God spoke
(14:14):
to Samuel and God speaks to ustoday.
Perhaps it's not as intricateand detailed and involved as
Samuel had as a seer, but hedoes speak to each one of us in
our hearts.
Sometimes it is very clear andit's not just in our hearts, but
(14:39):
more often than not it's in ourhearts and also in his written
word.
In the written word of God wefind him speaking to us perhaps
most often, but in ourrelationship with God.
He loves to communicate with us.
That's why prayer doesn't needto be formal.
(15:01):
Yes, there are times where itcan be very involved and it can
have a type of formality to it,but more often than not.
Again, it's conversational.
It's having a conversation withGod because he's involved in
(15:21):
our life more than we oftenrealize or give him credit for.
He loves us, he loves to beinvolved and he was involved in
these three donkeys and the factthat he's so detailed.
Samuel knew about the donkeys.
(15:42):
No human being told him aboutthe donkeys, but Samuel knew
about the donkeys.
That's significant Becausethere are times where God's
going to share things with youand it's going to be important
that you express what it is thatGod shared with you, not just
(16:07):
keep it to yourself, and thatcan be sometimes.
That's risky, you know you putyourself out there.
But it's important to beobedient.
Understanding can wait, butobedience can't.
You got to be.
It's important to be obedientnow and that's also how we
(16:29):
increase in our faith, becausewhen we're obedient we see the
effect of our obedience and ourcompetence in God increases our
trust.
One I really want to highlightis Saul's attitude to begin with
(16:50):
.
He had the right attitude tobegin with.
He said am I not a Benjamitefrom the smallest tribe of
Israel and is not my clan theleast of all clans, benjamin?
Why do you say such a thing tome?
He was humble.
(17:10):
He was humble.
Saul was humble to begin with,that's, if that beginning would
have carried through all the waythrough his time of being king,
it would have been marked asone of the best times in all of
(17:34):
Israel.
But it wasn't.
We'll find that out later, butit was in the beginning, and
sometimes less is more.
You know what I mean, andremain at being humble instead
(17:59):
of barreling through and messingthings up and ultimately
getting in the way.
But being humble, being willingto be, with that attitude of I
am not qualified for this, but,god, you've called me to it, so
it's impossible for me, but withyou it's possible.
(18:22):
I trust you as we remain there.
That's the place of victory.
But you know, sometimes we getin the way.
There's a story about thisyoung man who was a young
(18:43):
preacher and he had anopportunity to speak in front of
this group of people and he wasso confident that this was
going to be a very significanttime that he just took it upon
himself to get up and really letthe people know what it was
(19:07):
that he had on his heart and inhis mind and it fell flat and
when he walked down after hegave his message, he was humbled
.
And an old man came up to himand said Son, if you would have
(19:28):
walked up the way you walkeddown, you would have walked down
the way you walked up, meaningif you had been humble to begin
with, you could have walked awaywith your head held high
because God had used you, butinstead you walked up proud and
(19:49):
walked away humbled.
That's a lesson in life, andthe other one is sometimes less
is more.
Don't get in the way.
God can do things without you,but he chooses to use us.
(20:11):
Just because he chooses to useus doesn't mean that we're
greater than anyone else.
We are equal in value, while wediffer in function.
And God wants to use us, and hewants to use those who rely
upon him, who don't take it uponhimself to say okay, god, I got
(20:34):
this one and we try to do it onour own, and we'll find out
later.
That was the downfall of Saul,and it was also a lesson to
Israel to not rush things,because David was in the wings,
being prepared, and David was tobe the greatest king in all of
(20:56):
Israel aside from Jesus Christ.
Let's pray, father, once again.
Thank you, god, for who you are, for what you're doing, how
you're doing it, where you'redoing it, why you're doing it.
We love you and we honor youand we invite you to mold and
(21:21):
shape us by your spirit into thevery likeness of your son Jesus
, so we could walk like him,speak like him, think like him,
live like him in all aspects ofour life and our relationship
with you would grow more andmore.
We would know your ways, moreand more we would find intimacy
(21:47):
with you a great reality.
I thank you that you've giventhat position for us to be there
by the blood of your son, andthat the relationship that we
have with one another would beone unified as you are, one that
there would be perfect love andit would cast out all fear.
(22:10):
Deliver us of evil from it, ofit, get it away from us, out of
us.
Deliver us from evil, for yoursGod is the kingdom, the power
and the glory forever, and wedeclare these things to be true
in the name of Jesus.
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen.
(22:34):
All right, folks, we love youand if you have any thoughts,
questions, concerns, please feelfree to drop us a line at
liferonthefire at gmailcom.
That's our email address, oryou can type in liferonthefire
and look us up on the web.
We would love to hear from youIn the meantime.
(22:55):
God bless you.
Adios amigos.
All right, folks, for those of you who are just
tuning in, I want to welcome youto this episode of Life Around
the Fire, and we're a podcastthat is devoted to spiritual
growth, and what we mean byspiritual growth is this growth
in our relationship, first andforemost, with God and then in
(01:02):
our relationships with oneanother.
What we're going to do today inthis episode is we're going to
continue on with our look intothe book of 1 Samuel, and we're
at chapter 9 right now, and wesaid before that when you read,
when a person reads the book of1 Samuel out loud and you read
(01:25):
it with some feeling, it takesabout two, two and a half hours.
But when you look at it, in thelength of time that it took to
develop this whole book of 1Samuel it took about 100 years
(01:46):
and so when a person is readingit, it can seem like things are
happening right away, like oneday after the next day, and you
can look at your own life andsay, man, my life is nothing
like that.
But in all reality, it took ahundred years to put together
(02:09):
all these stories, and so therewere a lot of.
There was a lot of time thatthere was nothing going on, and
other times there was some realnegative things that were taking
place, and so it's really amirror of our own lives in many
respects.
(02:30):
And so if things aren'thappening day after day all the
time in your life, it's notbecause something's wrong, it's
just because that's all the timein your life.
It's not because something'swrong, it's just because that's
kind of life in the realm oftime and space.
And so we're looking at 1 Samuel, chapter 9, and we're at a
(03:01):
transition point in the nationof Israel, where for decades
they had been governed by judgesand prophets, with God being
their king.
But the people of Israel beganlooking at the other nations
around them, the pagan nations,and they saw that they were
(03:21):
doing things differently, thatthey had kings that were ruling
over them, leading them intobattle and making decisions on
their behalf, and to them itlooked better.
And again, sometimes in lifethat's the way things can seem
(03:44):
that other people that don'thave a relationship with God
just seem to have it better, man, and we try to imitate what
they're doing because it lookslike that's what's made things
better for them, and that's whatIsrael did.
They looked at the othernations and said that's what's
made things better for them.
And that's what Israel did.
They looked at the othernations and said that's what's
(04:06):
making things better for them,when in all reality it was God
who was shining on the just andthe unjust, and it was the
people that were in the othernations that were serving gods
that were lesser than God,almighty Idols.
(04:29):
But Israel had this thinginside of them that said we want
a king.
And so God said if they want aking right now, well, I'll give
them a king.
But it really wasn't God'sfirst choice, it was Israel's
(04:52):
choice, and God let them havewhat they wanted, and sometimes
again in life.
That's how things go.
Sometimes, again in life,that's how things go.
So we're picking up this story,and I love the fact that 1
Samuel is full of stories.
I'm a story guy, and so we'repicking up this story where Saul
(05:25):
, this guy by the name of Saul,is going to become Israel's
first king, and in 1 Samuel,chapter 9, we find out that he
was from the tribe of Benjamin.
He was a Benjamite, andBenjamin was known to be a real
kind of a one that would takeover, take charge kind of person
(05:50):
, and the lineage that cameafter him kind of had a bit of
that reputation and Saul wasfrom that tribe.
But the beginning of this storysounds rather common, doesn't
really sound all that intriguinguntil we get to a point where
(06:14):
we get the picture.
So in verse three we find thatthere were donkeys.
In fact the scripture says Nowthe donkeys belonging to Saul's
father, kish, were lost.
And Kish said to his son, saul,take one of the servants with
(06:37):
you and go look for the donkeys.
So he passed through the hillcountry of Ephraim and through
the area around Shalisha, butthey did not find them.
They went into the district ofSha'alem, but the donkeys were
not there.
Then he passed through theterritory of benjamin, but they
(07:01):
did not find them.
So they're like that's a longway folks.
That's many, many, many miles.
It's a long haul.
And when they reached thedistrict of zuff, saul said to
his servant who was with himcome, let's go back.
And my father stopped thinkingabout the donkey and started
worrying about us.
(07:21):
But the servant replied look,in this town there's a man of
God, and in Hebrew it's a ishElohim I-S-H-E-L-O-H-I-M.
Ish Elohim, meaning man of God,a prophet.
And so the food in our sack isgone.
(07:51):
We have no gift to take him.
Okay, so excuse me.
So the person says he'smightily respected and
everything he says comes true.
Let's go there now.
Perhaps he will tell us whatway to take.
Saul said to his servant If wego, what can we give the man?
(08:14):
The food in our sack is gone.
We have no gift to take the manof God, what do we have?
The servant answered him again.
Look, he said I have a quarterof a shekel of silver.
I will give it to the man ofGod so that he will tell us the
way to take.
Formerly, in Israel, if a manwent to a choir of God, he would
(08:37):
say come, let us go to the seer, because the prophet of today
used to be called a seer.
Okay, so he's called a seer.
Good said to his servant come,let us go.
So they went for the town wherethe man of god was, and when
(08:59):
they were going to the hill, tothe town, they met some girls
coming out to draw water andasked them is the seer?
Here he is.
They answered he's ahead of you, hurry now.
He's just come to our towntoday, for the people have a
sacrifice at the high place.
(09:20):
Okay, so you get the picture.
These guys are looking for thedonkey and they come to a town
where Samuel is the seer andSaul was ready to go back.
But the servant said let's goask if the seer knows anything.
And they kind of went back andforth a little bit and he said,
(09:45):
well, we don't have anything togive to him bit.
And he said, well, we don'thave anything to give to him.
Now, samuel would have sharedwhat was on his heart without
that gift.
But because people are inclinedto try to make sure that
(10:07):
they're doing their part, theywanted to give them a gift.
So they found they had thisgift right.
So they went to the seer andthe women that they met said yep
, he's here, but you got tohurry up because he's on his way
to a dinner that they're goingto do a sacrifice to God and
(10:31):
then dine together.
Now, skipping ahead to verse 17,when Samuel caught sight of
Saul get this, this is reallypowerful.
When Samuel caught sight ofSaul, the Lord said to him this
(10:53):
is the man I spoke to you about.
He will govern my people.
So Saul approached Samuel inthe gate and asked Would you
please tell me where the seer'shouse is?
I am the seer.
Sam replied Go up ahead of meto the high place, for today you
(11:17):
are to eat with me, and in themorning I will tell you all
about what is in your heart.
As for the donkeys you lostthree days ago, do not worry
about them.
They have been found.
And to whom all is the desireof Israel turned, if not to you
(11:40):
and to your father's family?
Saul answered but am I not aBenjamite from the smallest
tribe of Israel, and is not myclan the least of all the clans
of the tribe of Benjamin?
Why do you say such a thing tome?
Okay, so they meet the seer,they meet Samuel.
(12:03):
And God says to Samuel this isthe man that's going to govern
my people.
And also, he told him about thedonkeys.
(12:23):
He told him about the donkeys.
God was involved with thedonkeys.
How interesting.
The little details, theseemingly benign, incidental
details of donkeys being lostactually was something that God
(12:46):
was involved in.
Is that not just Justmind-blowing, the fact that God
is involved in small details?
You see, god is involved in thesmall details of your life.
(13:06):
There are some things that takeplace that they're actually not
coincidence.
They are God incidents.
God is in them.
You didn't find your keys.
You just couldn't find yourkeys right, for example.
You couldn't find your keys andthen finally you found them and
(13:29):
you make your way to yourdestination Only to find out
later that if you'd left fiveminutes earlier, you'd gotten
into a horrible car crash,because there was a horrible car
crash in an intersection thatwas on your way.
Sometimes the things that don'thappen are as miraculous as the
(13:51):
things that do happen andsometimes the things that are
incidental are very significant,because these donkeys led,
these lost donkeys, ultimatelyled Saul to Samuel and God spoke
(14:14):
to Samuel and God speaks to ustoday.
Perhaps it's not as intricateand detailed and involved as
Samuel had as a seer, but hedoes speak to each one of us in
our hearts.
Sometimes it is very clear andit's not just in our hearts, but
(14:39):
more often than not it's in ourhearts and also in his written
word.
In the written word of God wefind him speaking to us perhaps
most often, but in ourrelationship with God.
He loves to communicate with us.
That's why prayer doesn't needto be formal.
(15:01):
Yes, there are times where itcan be very involved and it can
have a type of formality to it,but more often than not.
Again, it's conversational.
It's having a conversation withGod because he's involved in
(15:21):
our life more than we oftenrealize or give him credit for.
He loves us, he loves to beinvolved and he was involved in
these three donkeys and the factthat he's so detailed.
Samuel knew about the donkeys.
(15:42):
No human being told him aboutthe donkeys, but Samuel knew
about the donkeys.
That's significant Becausethere are times where God's
going to share things with youand it's going to be important
that you express what it is thatGod shared with you, not just
(16:07):
keep it to yourself, and thatcan be sometimes.
That's risky, you know you putyourself out there.
But it's important to beobedient.
Understanding can wait, butobedience can't.
You got to be.
It's important to be obedientnow and that's also how we
(16:29):
increase in our faith, becausewhen we're obedient we see the
effect of our obedience and ourcompetence in God increases our
trust.
One I really want to highlightis Saul's attitude to begin with
(16:50):
.
He had the right attitude tobegin with.
He said am I not a Benjamitefrom the smallest tribe of
Israel and is not my clan theleast of all clans, benjamin?
Why do you say such a thing tome?
He was humble.
(17:10):
He was humble.
Saul was humble to begin with,that's, if that beginning would
have carried through all the waythrough his time of being king,
it would have been marked asone of the best times in all of
(17:34):
Israel.
But it wasn't.
We'll find that out later, butit was in the beginning, and
sometimes less is more.
You know what I mean, andremain at being humble instead
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of barreling through and messingthings up and ultimately
getting in the way.
But being humble, being willingto be, with that attitude of I
am not qualified for this, but,god, you've called me to it, so
it's impossible for me, but withyou it's possible.
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I trust you as we remain there.
That's the place of victory.
But you know, sometimes we getin the way.
There's a story about thisyoung man who was a young
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preacher and he had anopportunity to speak in front of
this group of people and he wasso confident that this was
going to be a very significanttime that he just took it upon
himself to get up and really letthe people know what it was
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that he had on his heart and inhis mind and it fell flat and
when he walked down after hegave his message, he was humbled
.
And an old man came up to himand said Son, if you would have
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walked up the way you walkeddown, you would have walked down
the way you walked up, meaningif you had been humble to begin
with, you could have walked awaywith your head held high
because God had used you, butinstead you walked up proud and
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walked away humbled.
That's a lesson in life, andthe other one is sometimes less
is more.
Don't get in the way.
God can do things without you,but he chooses to use us.
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Just because he chooses to useus doesn't mean that we're
greater than anyone else.
We are equal in value, while wediffer in function.
And God wants to use us, and hewants to use those who rely
upon him, who don't take it uponhimself to say okay, god, I got
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this one and we try to do it onour own, and we'll find out
later.
That was the downfall of Saul,and it was also a lesson to
Israel to not rush things,because David was in the wings,
being prepared, and David was tobe the greatest king in all of
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Israel aside from Jesus Christ.
Let's pray, father, once again.
Thank you, god, for who you are, for what you're doing, how
you're doing it, where you'redoing it, why you're doing it.
We love you and we honor youand we invite you to mold and
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shape us by your spirit into thevery likeness of your son Jesus
, so we could walk like him,speak like him, think like him,
live like him in all aspects ofour life and our relationship
with you would grow more andmore.
We would know your ways, moreand more we would find intimacy
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with you a great reality.
I thank you that you've giventhat position for us to be there
by the blood of your son, andthat the relationship that we
have with one another would beone unified as you are, one that
there would be perfect love andit would cast out all fear.
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Deliver us of evil from it, ofit, get it away from us, out of
us.
Deliver us from evil, for yoursGod is the kingdom, the power
and the glory forever, and wedeclare these things to be true
in the name of Jesus.
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen.
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All right, folks, we love youand if you have any thoughts,
questions, concerns, please feelfree to drop us a line at
liferonthefire at gmailcom.
That's our email address, oryou can type in liferonthefire
and look us up on the web.
We would love to hear from youIn the meantime.
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God bless you.
Adios amigos.
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