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But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” They said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.“ 1 Samuel 8:19-20 Have you ever noticed a desire from within for somethingContinue reading “But you are Different”

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD: The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. A third time the LORD called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the LORD was calling the boy.” 1 SamuelContinue reading “Can you Hear God’s Call?”

In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servants misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of hisContinue reading “If Only”

But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day. Judges 20:22 Encouragement can bring courage to keep fighting the battle. In the midst of the battle that was prayed over and wisdom sought, the Israelites were still losing. They were losing people and losingContinue reading “Encouraging Words Bring Strength for the Call”

With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it. So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazarite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head was shaved, my strength would leaveContinue reading “Your Soul is Worth the Fight”

At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me – a foreigner?” Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband – how you left yourContinue reading “You are Seen.”

But Ruth replied, “don’t urged me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where are you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Ruth 1:16 Faithfulness happens when the grass looks greener in the other field, but youContinue reading “Where you go, I’ll go…Where you stay, I’ll stay.”

The Lord said to Gidian, “you have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel could boast against me,” ‘my own strength has save me.’” Judges 7:2 It wasn’t me, it was God. If everything always went your way and you always had way more than you needed, then you wouldContinue reading “It Wasn’t Me”

When they let down their hair in Israel, they let it blow wild in the wind. The people volunteered with abandon, bless God. Judges 5:2 When I work at anything, I work with everything in me, Not because I work for someone but for the One. Whatever you do, work at it with all yourContinue reading “With Full Abandon”