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Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.” 1 Kings 20:14 Often, when I’ve gone to God, asking that he do something for me, I’ve had this expectation that I should just be able to sit back and watch him do the thing I asked. In the case of my drug addiction,…
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Just a reminder. We’re still meeting at the Spicer Cinema every Sunday morning. If you don’t have a church and need one, come and check us out. If you’re not familiar with Eagle Brook, they are a mega-church out of the twin cities with multiple viewing groups around the world, who watch their service online.…
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And the king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.’” 1 Kings 10:11 I think I can confidently say that I have been overconfident. Years ago, I went through a self-inflicted disaster and desperately turned to God. My need for God…
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And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him. 1 Kings 19:21 Occasionally, I’ll meet with those who want to…
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Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him. 1 Kings 19:18 If I were Satan, and I wanted you to wallow in failure and misery your entire life, leaving you spiritually bereft and ineffective, I’d make you think…
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And the LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.” 1 Kings 19:15 Yesterday, I wrote about looking down at our lives and finding that we’ve gone somewhere terrible that we never intended to go. In…
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And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 Kings 19:13 Have you ever suddenly looked at your life and realized you’d gone somewhere…
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And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper. 1 Kings 19:12 I think if you asked most of us if we wanted to hear God’s voice and know his will for our lives, we’d say, Yes, I want to…
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But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” 1 Kings 19:4 As you can imagine, being incarcerated is…
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Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life . . . 1 Kings 19:3 Recently, I attempted to compliment my wife when my words came out wrong. You look beautiful. What’s different? She always looks beautiful of course, but something was different. I shouldn’t have connected the two thoughts though, making…
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