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The Bible readings for Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November are -- 1 Sam 22:1-23:29; Ps 66:8-15; Pro 14:17-19; John 6:60-7:9.
Labels: faith, foolishness, pride/humility
posted by Ps John @ 12:05 AM
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Hi and welcome. Ashfield Baptist Church is a "caring community church sharing God's love". We are very diverse in our nationalities, backgrounds and ages, but united in our desire to grow spiritually and to reach out and help others. Our vision is "to be a body of Christ-like people living out the great commandment and the great commission in the Holy Spirit's power". This blog is mainly for people connected with Ashfield Baptist Church. It has been set up as an "info & chat space" as we start the "THRU IN 2" challenge. This is our program for reading the Bible right through during 2007 & 2008. Many are using the Every Day With Jesus Bible which also has daily devotions from Selwyn Hughes. As we read through the Bible together over these two years, we can use this blog to share insights, stories, reflections, questions etc. The goal is to grow spiritually together. So leave your comments. Together we can help each other grow. Blessings. Ps John. To leave a comment about the readings for a particular day, or to view the comments of others, just click on "comments" at the bottom of the post.
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We all need a friend like Jonathan. At great personal risk, he went to David who was hiding from Saul and his army. At a time of great trial for David, Jonathan "encouraged him in his faith in God" (23:16) by saying that Saul would never harm him and that he would be king. With great humility seeing he was the king's son, he even offered to be David's second-in command.
Saul, by way of contrast, continued to seek David in order to kill him. He became more and more obsessed and erratic. No wonder he started losing support as evidenced by Jonathan's falling out with him, and by the refusal of Saul's guards (except Doeg) to kill Ahimelech and the priests for allegedly siding with David. Saul illustrates Prov 14:17 - "A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man who schemes is hated."
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