Feb 13, 2018 | Word Among Us
David grew steadily more powerful, for the Lord of hosts was with him. Have you ever watched the Olympic sport of pole-vaulting? An athlete sprints down a runway with a long pole, wedges the pole into a holder, and uses his momentum and strength to catapult himself...
Feb 12, 2018 | Word Among Us
. . . sons of thunder. Has anyone ever given you a nickname? Maybe your mother used to call you Sweetheart or Buddy. Maybe your speed and agility led teammates to call you Flash or Arrow. Nicknames like these can be descriptive and sometimes humorous. But they...
Feb 10, 2018 | Word Among Us
He told his disciples to have a boat ready. Crowds upon crowds followed Jesus, and the more he healed, the more people pressed in on him. So many people surged toward him, in fact, that he had to act to avoid being crushed. But he had a boat ready, not for a quick...
Feb 9, 2018 | Word Among Us
Today the Lord shall deliver you into my hand. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to throw a rock at your problems and watch them all disappear? This is what David did: he chucked a tiny stone at Goliath, and the dreaded giant collapsed. But there was more to this story than...
Feb 8, 2018 | Word Among Us
The Lord looks into the heart. The stakes were high. Samuel was in the middle of deciding which of Jesse’s sons should be anointed king of Israel. If Samuel looked only at how tall or strong the young men were, he might overlook David, the youngest and seemingly...
Feb 7, 2018 | Word Among Us
He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me. “I am doing now what I will do for all eternity. I am blessing God, praising him, adoring him, and loving him with all my heart.” These words come from Brother Lawrence, a monk who lived in seventeenth-century...
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