The Saul Controlling Spirit Thanks to Mary Lance Sisk of Charlotte, NC, for her excellent scriptural insight into the Saul spirit. Blessings. The controlling spirit personified in Saul has impacted everybody's life. It has violated many families personally, emotionally, spiritually, and sometimes physically.…

TEXT: I Samuel 15:1-23 TOPIC: Fit for the Master’s Use Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point, Alabama March 19, 2006 Years ago I learned the importance of adding an important phrase to my prayer life. It’s a phrase I learned from Peter Lord and his Agape Ministries 2959 Devotional Plan…

Samuel has something to say about the kingdom that never ends, and it has nothing to do with Walt!

1 Samuel 12:19-25 19 And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.” 20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside…

INTRO There will come a day when, for any number of reasons that may or may not be known, you will not know where God is. He will not be felt. You will find yourself feeling alone, scared and helpless. Psalm 38 (NASB95) 1 A Psalm of David, for a memorial. O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten…

Treaty and Compromise Nahash - ‘snake’ a metaphor for Satan “ Make a treaty ” -people will often sacrifice liberty in exchange for a sense of security . - voluntary servitude to an earthly master [ e.g. surveillance, transportation security] [ e.g. addiction, social/tribal identity, cause orientation,…

Good to Great Over 20 years ago, Jim Collins and his team of researchers embarked on a large scale study of businesses - in fact they embarked on two studies. In one, they sought to understand what differentiated great companies from good companies. What attributes, qualities, systems, structures and…

God desires obedience above all else (repeat).