12th March
Romans 12:3 - 8
1 Samuel 24
The Unwasted Life
Ch16
- Samuel Annoints David
Ch17
- David and Goliath
Ch18 - 31
- Looks like - Time being wasted
Tables about to change?
A New opportunity - for what David wants
vs 5 - 7
David was guilty
Do not seek revenge
- David knew that it wasn't what God wanted.
- Even the cutting of Saul's robe (and the humiliation that caused) wasn't what God wanted.
vs 10 = 12
Revenge - can destroy relationships
Love your enemies - those who are hurting you.
- It is hard!
David saw God as a judge.
- A decade of his life
Was he wasting his time?
vs 7 - 9
The Unwasted Life
We need to give our lives to God
We need to be successful at spending time with God - our relationship with Him.
Joel Esteen - 'espousing of 'prosperity doctrine''
No! It is absolute rubbish!
Even in the midst of difficulties, God is sufficient
Psalm 63:1 - 3
We need to have zeal for God.
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
365 Beginnings of 2017 - The Doctor and Octavian
The Doctor and
Octavian
Byzantium
“It's been happening
all around me, and I haven't even noticed.” the Doctor said.
“Doctor, we have to
move,” Octavian said.
The Doctor thought for
a moment. “Yes, you're right,” he said.
Monday, 6 March 2017
365 Beginnings of 2017 - Trump and the Past Presidents - Taylor
Taylor
30
January 2017
The Secret Service agent again lead Trump to the subbasement room
where the Temporal Vehicle was kept.
4th March
365 Beginnings of 2017 - The Poklan Incident: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/365-Beginnings-of-2017-The-Poklan-Incident-666937799
365 Beginnings of 2017 - Trump and the Past Presidents - Tyler: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/157969276035/365-beginnings-of-2017-trump-and-the-past
365 Beginnings of 2017 - Trump and the Past Presidents - Polk: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/179909.html
365 Beginnings of 2017 - Trump and the Past Presidents - Tyler: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/157969276035/365-beginnings-of-2017-trump-and-the-past
365 Beginnings of 2017 - Trump and the Past Presidents - Polk: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/179909.html
Saturday, 4 March 2017
Church notes - 5th March 2017
5 March
David Flees Saul
1 Samuel 21 - 23
David is on the run, Saul is secure
Saul was going down hill in all senses. (Politically, Emotionally, Spiritually!)
1 Samuel 28: 16 - 17
Samuel pronounces Saul's doom.
David in Gath - pretending to be mad.
22:6 - 23
Saul looses all moral ground and the trust of Israel. He can no longer hear the LORD.
David now has an advantage. He can hear the LORD and he has a priest.
David looks for a safe place, but Saul's men are spying everywhere.
Many of David's Psalms refer to a desert environment or are inspired by such a landscape.
Psalm 31:2 - 4
Psalm 18: 1- 3. 29, 33
Psalm 63
David - described in 2 Samuel as 'The sweet Psalmist of Israel'.
Chronological order of Psalms written during this period of David's life.
Psalm 59 "When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him."
Psalm 56 "When the Philistines had seized him in Gath."
Psalm 54 'When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, “Is not David hiding among us?”'
Psalm 52 'When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”'
Psalm 57 "When he had fled from Saul into the cave."
Psalm 142 "When he was in the cave. A prayer."
Psalm 63 "When he was in the Desert of Judah."
Psalm 18 "He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul."
He is constantly turning his heart towards the LORD.
10 - 15 years - a major part of David's life.
David Flees Saul
1 Samuel 21 - 23
David is on the run, Saul is secure
Saul was going down hill in all senses. (Politically, Emotionally, Spiritually!)
1 Samuel 28: 16 - 17
Samuel pronounces Saul's doom.
David in Gath - pretending to be mad.
22:6 - 23
Saul looses all moral ground and the trust of Israel. He can no longer hear the LORD.
David now has an advantage. He can hear the LORD and he has a priest.
David looks for a safe place, but Saul's men are spying everywhere.
Many of David's Psalms refer to a desert environment or are inspired by such a landscape.
Psalm 31:2 - 4
Psalm 18: 1- 3. 29, 33
Psalm 63
David - described in 2 Samuel as 'The sweet Psalmist of Israel'.
Chronological order of Psalms written during this period of David's life.
Psalm 59 "When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him."
Psalm 56 "When the Philistines had seized him in Gath."
Psalm 54 'When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, “Is not David hiding among us?”'
Psalm 52 'When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”'
Psalm 57 "When he had fled from Saul into the cave."
Psalm 142 "When he was in the cave. A prayer."
Psalm 63 "When he was in the Desert of Judah."
Psalm 18 "He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul."
He is constantly turning his heart towards the LORD.
10 - 15 years - a major part of David's life.
Thursday, 2 March 2017
2017 so far
2017
January: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/156663373345/january-2017
February: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/157857852195/february-2017-overall
January: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/156663373345/january-2017
February: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/157857852195/february-2017-overall
Saturday, 25 February 2017
Church notes - 26th February 2017
The sermon notes from the 26th without those from the rest of the month.
26 February
David: Shepherd, Warrior, Worshipper, King
Saul's Jelousy
1 Samuel 18,: 5 -16
1 Samuel 19:9 - 17
Saul has been nurturing pride, jelousy, envy and fear.
These are destructive to any relationship.
God was with David in everything he did.
Envy is a dangerous and insidious enemy, a cancer that slowly eats out our inner life.
Proverbs 14:30
Fear disturbs our thinking.
vs 12
Anger
Saul had probably brooded over how David had insulted him, disrespected him and is plotting against him.
What eats away at our spiritual life is not the cultural trivia we haggle over, but the covert presence of attitudes such as jealousy, pride.
This is what happened to Saul.
It also happened to Cain, Esau and Joseph's brothers. It is not a victimless sin. It is a serious sin. 'Fountain of disasters'.
The Damage is done to ourselves rather than to others.
Christ's Cure for Jealousy
Luke 9:46 - 48
There should be no contest amoung us about who is greatest.
Destructive to relationships.
- Marriages
- Families
- Workplaces
- The Church
- Sporting Clubs
- Schools
Search out to see if there is jelousy in any of your relationships
- If there is - Repent!
- If there isn't - stand against it!
26 February
David: Shepherd, Warrior, Worshipper, King
Saul's Jelousy
1 Samuel 18,: 5 -16
1 Samuel 19:9 - 17
Saul has been nurturing pride, jelousy, envy and fear.
These are destructive to any relationship.
God was with David in everything he did.
Envy is a dangerous and insidious enemy, a cancer that slowly eats out our inner life.
Proverbs 14:30
Fear disturbs our thinking.
vs 12
Anger
Saul had probably brooded over how David had insulted him, disrespected him and is plotting against him.
What eats away at our spiritual life is not the cultural trivia we haggle over, but the covert presence of attitudes such as jealousy, pride.
This is what happened to Saul.
It also happened to Cain, Esau and Joseph's brothers. It is not a victimless sin. It is a serious sin. 'Fountain of disasters'.
The Damage is done to ourselves rather than to others.
Christ's Cure for Jealousy
Luke 9:46 - 48
There should be no contest amoung us about who is greatest.
Destructive to relationships.
- Marriages
- Families
- Workplaces
- The Church
- Sporting Clubs
- Schools
Search out to see if there is jelousy in any of your relationships
- If there is - Repent!
- If there isn't - stand against it!
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