Tuesday, July 26, 2011
WHAT I WANT OR WHAT GOD WANTS?
JUDGES Chapter 9
Abimelech Rules over Shechem
1 One day Gideon’s son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles—his mother’s brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother’s family,2 “Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon’s sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!”
3 So Abimelech’s uncles gave his message to all the citizens of Shechem on his behalf. And after listening to this proposal, the people of Shechem decided in favor of Abimelech because he was their relative.4 They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.5 He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon. But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.
Judges 9:1-5 (NLT)
WE GET INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE WHEN WE DO NOT SEEK THE WILL OF GOD.
WE DO FOOLISH THINGS WHEN WE DO NOT SEEK THE WILL OF GOD.
LET US BE AMONG THOSE WHO DESIRE THE WILL OF GOD BE DONE.
PASTOR JOE
MY BUDDY BILL DID WELL DURING HIS 4.5 HOUR OPERATION.
HIS RECOVERY WILL TAKE A LONG PAINFUL TIME.
HE HAD THE END OF HIS COLON REMOVED BECAUSE OF CANCER.
PRAY FOR HIM AND TONYA.
THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE AND CONCERN SHOWN...
Abimelech Rules over Shechem
1 One day Gideon’s son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles—his mother’s brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother’s family,2 “Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon’s sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!”
3 So Abimelech’s uncles gave his message to all the citizens of Shechem on his behalf. And after listening to this proposal, the people of Shechem decided in favor of Abimelech because he was their relative.4 They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.5 He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon. But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.
Judges 9:1-5 (NLT)
WE GET INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE WHEN WE DO NOT SEEK THE WILL OF GOD.
WE DO FOOLISH THINGS WHEN WE DO NOT SEEK THE WILL OF GOD.
LET US BE AMONG THOSE WHO DESIRE THE WILL OF GOD BE DONE.
PASTOR JOE
MY BUDDY BILL DID WELL DURING HIS 4.5 HOUR OPERATION.
HIS RECOVERY WILL TAKE A LONG PAINFUL TIME.
HE HAD THE END OF HIS COLON REMOVED BECAUSE OF CANCER.
PRAY FOR HIM AND TONYA.
THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE AND CONCERN SHOWN...
