“how I rejoice in the Lord! How he has blessed me! Now I have an answer for my enemies, for the Lord has solved my problem. How I rejoice! No one is as holy as the Lord. There is no other God, nor any rock like our God. Stop acting so proud and arrogant! The Lord knows what you have done, and he will judge your deeds. Those who were mighty are mighty no more. Those who are weak are now strong. Those who were well are now starving; those who were starving are fed. The barren woman now has seven children; she with many children has no more. The Lord kills, the Lord gives life. Some he causes to be poor and others to be rich. He cuts one down and lifts up another. He lifts the poor from the dust — yes, from a pile of ashes — and treats them as princes sitting in the seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord’s and he has set the world in order. He will protect his godly ones, but the wicked shall be silenced in darkness. Not one shall succeed by strength alone. Those who fight against the Lord shall be broken: he thunders against them from heaven. He judges throughout the earth. He gives mighty strength of the King, and gives great glory to his anointed one.”

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The Book of Samuel From The Living Bible

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Friday, November 20th, 2009

Scripture readings are from the living Bible

today we start a series on the book of Samuel

This introduction to the book of Samuel comes from a Charles Stanley’s Bible called the life principles Bible

AS Charles Stanley writes”the book up for Samuel describes the transition of leadership in Israel from judges to Kings.Three characters take prominent roles in the book: Sanyo, the last judge Emperor’s profit;Saul, the first chain; and David,who had been anointed but not yet recognized as Saul’s successor.

God had chosen the nation of Israel greatly blessed the world, and his plan to do that involved putting David (his choice) and not Saul (the People’s choice) on the throne as King. While David many times appeared to be certain death, God kept him from permanent harm, allowing him to take a storied place in Israel’s history and gain a vital place in bringing to pass God’s ultimate plan for the salvation of all humankind.

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