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CORNERED BUT COVERED

“Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels…thought he could kill David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him.” ~ II Samuel 21:16-17   REFERENCE: II Samuel 21:15-22   Exhausted and alone, David’s […]
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THE PRACTICAL VS THE SPECTACULAR

“And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” ~ II Kings 5:13   REFERENCE: II Kings 5:1-14   The spectacular and […]
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BECOME A FRIENDLY LEADER 2

“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.” ~ John 15:15   REFERENCE:  John 15:9-17   Jesus models friendly leadership to us in our text. […]
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BECOME A FRIENDLY LEADER

“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.” ~ John 15:15   REFERENCE:  John 15:9-17   Jesus set a new standard for leadership by calling […]
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A FRIENDLY LEADER

“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.” ~ John 15:15   REFERENCE:  John 15:9-17   Friendship takes every relationship to the next level. We […]
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A NOBLEMAN’S FAITH: LESSONS

“And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”” ~ John 4:51   REFERENCE:  John 4:46-54   God is not a respecter of persons but a respecter of principles. What He does for one, He will do for another if they follow the same steps. Wherever God […]
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A NOBLEMAN’S FAITH

“Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So, the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.” ~ John 4:50   REFERENCE: John 4:46-54   A most distressing situation for any parent is to have a sick child whose sickness has lingered and defied medicine. A sense […]
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NO ONE TO HELP

“The sick man answered, ‘Sir, there is no one to help me get into the water when it starts moving. I try to be the first one into the water. But when I try, someone else always goes in before I can.'” ~ John 5:7 (ERV)   REFERENCE: John 5:1-9 (ERV)   We often find ourselves […]
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THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND

“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” ~ Proverbs 27:6   REFERENCE: Proverbs 27:5-6   Our text sounds like an oddity; ‘wounds of a friend.‘ This is not how many of us see friendship; we see it as a safe space, a platform for expressing and receiving love, and it […]
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NOT A GREAT MAN

“But Moses said to God, “I am not a great man! How can I be the one to go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt?”– Exodus 3:11 (ERV)   REFERENCE: Exodus 3:7-11, 4:1-10 (ERV)   Ask many people; they will tell you they believe that God can do great things, but they are […]
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