KEY TO AUTHENTIC LIVING

KEY TO AUTHENTIC LIVING

1 Samuel 12:3 (NKJV)“Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I...
KEY TO AUTHENTIC LIVING

THE GOD-KIND OF GROWTH

1 Samuel 3:19 (NKJV) “So Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.” Whatever is not growing is dead. One definition of failure is incapacity or unwillingness to grow. Everything that has life develops and makes progress....
KEY TO AUTHENTIC LIVING

PROVE YOURSELF

1 Samuel 11:15 (NKJV)“So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they made sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.” The easiest part of leadership...
KEY TO AUTHENTIC LIVING

LIVING COUNTER-CULTURE

1 Samuel 11:12-13 (NKJV)“Then the people said to Samuel, ‘Who is he who said, “Shall Saul reign over us?” Bring the men, that we may put them to death.’ But Saul said, ‘Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has accomplished salvation in...
KEY TO AUTHENTIC LIVING

POSITIVE PROVOCATION

1 Samuel 11:7 (NKJV)“So he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, ‘Whoever does not go out with Saul and Samuel to battle, so it shall be done to his oxen.’ And the fear of...