Wouldn’t it be cool to put on a superhero suit, use your super powers, and save the world?
We don’t need a superhero suit to do something special. When it comes to ability and power, we’ve already been given the gifts necessary to do extraordinary things.
Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4 : Gifts of the Holy Spirit
“…maybe the thing that causes God the greatest frustration and disappointment and sadness aren’t the things we do wrong. Maybe it’s all the gifts He’s given us that remain unwrapped.” -Pastor Mark Batterson, The Incredibles: Discovering Your Gift
Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron.
I Samuel 14:2 New International Version (NIV)
Sideliners would rather observe life than live life.
Church is not a spectator sport.
1. Invite someone to church.
2. Get plugged into a ministry.
On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called Bozez and the other Seneh. One cliff stood to the north toward Mikmash, the other to the south toward Geba. Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” “Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
1 Samuel 14:4-7 (NIV)
Then panic struck the whole [Philistine] army — those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties — and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.
1 Samuel 14:15 (NIV)
Then panic struck the whole [Philistine] army — those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties — and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.
1 Samuel 14:15 (NIV)