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Category Archives: leadership
delegation
20250107 delegation 1 Chronicles 27:1-34 1 Chronicles 27:1 This is the list of the Israelites, the family heads, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter with the divisions … Continue reading
misrule
20241130 misrule Proverbs 28:1-28 (JDV). Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.Proverbs 28:2 When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but with a discerning … Continue reading
bad call
20240917 bad call 1 Kings 12:1-15 (JDV) 1 Kings 12:1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.1 Kings 12:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about it, he stayed in Egypt, … Continue reading
a fellow elder
20240820 a fellow elder 1 Peter 5:1-4 (JDV) 1 Peter 5:1 I encourage the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be … Continue reading
administering justice and righteousness
20240516 administering justice and righteousness 2 Samuel 8:1-18 (JDV) 2 Samuel 8:1 After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control.2 Samuel 8:2 He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on … Continue reading
Jesse’s eighth
20240331 Jesse’s eighth 1 Samuel 16:1-13 (JDV) 1 Samuel 16:1 Yahveh said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul now that I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. … Continue reading
disconnected leadership
20240330 disconnected leadership 1 Samuel 15:32-35 (JDV) 1 Samuel 15:32 Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.” Agag came to him trembling, for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”1 Samuel 15:33 Samuel declared: As your sword … Continue reading
test completed — test failed
20240320 test completed — test failed 1 Samuel 13:8-12 (JDV) 1 Samuel 13:8 He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the troops were deserting him.1 Samuel 13:9 So … Continue reading
hiding at Gilgal
20240319 hiding at Gilgal 1 Samuel 13:1-7 (JDV) 1 Samuel 13:1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty-two years over Israel.1 Samuel 13:2 He chose three thousand men from Israel for himself: two … Continue reading
obey and pray
20230921 obey and pray Hebrews 13:17-19 (JDV) Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, since they keep watch over your throats as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not … Continue reading
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