Let's take a look at;
1 Samuel 4:2 MSG
The Philistines marched out to meet Israel, the fighting spread, and Israel was badly beaten - about 4,000 soldiers left dead on the field.
1 Samuel 4:3 When
A very BLESSED morning to you.
"Living on Lori Iro"
Was studying a few verses in the book of 1Sam. Chapter 4, and I am struck by a few occurrences which are still common in today's world, even as we continually live on self denial. The Lori Iro kind of thing. Nothing thrives
Let's take a look at;
1 Samuel 4:2 MSG
The Philistines marched out to meet Israel, the fighting spread, and Israel was badly beaten - about 4,000 soldiers left dead on the field.
1 Samuel 4:3 When
The catch here for me is this;
The elders
The point here is that, defeat started for them early, even before the battle.
God had expressed His anger against the prophet over israel (Eli) and his 2
Everyone ignored the ripple effect of this severed
Secondly, the very people God was angry with, Hophni & Phinehas, who probably held strategic positions in the army, advanced to battle with the rest of the army...no nau, God sees and knows all things, for crying out loud.
With Achan's sin in the "camp" Israel lost against a very tiny nation called AI.
In like manner, a disobedient Jonah in the boat almost caused a catastrophic fatality on a boat trip.
There will be no progress until underlining issues are addressed. Yes, God is quick and open to forgiveness, but, this will not happen until we, like the prodigal
Those days, the sin of just one man or woman in the "camp" pulled down the entire nation.
David sinned and the entire nation suffered for it in;
1 Chronicles 21:1 MSG
Now Satan entered the scene and seduced
1 Chronicles 21:3
Joab resisted: "May God multiply his people by hundreds! Don't they all belong to my master the king? But why on earth would you do a thing like this - why risk getting Israel into trouble with God?"
1 Chronicles 21:4
1 Chronicles 21:7 And God, offended by the whole thing, punished Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:14 So God unleashed an epidemic in Israel - 70,000 Israelites died
These days, things are a lot different, but, one wrong step by the husband or wife in the home, will most definitely affect everyone.
One wrong step or misguided policy decision can make a community, state or
We cannot continually be in the wrong, move on and expect things to workout the way we want.
GOD cannot be used. He is not our servant and for crying out loud, He is the Almighty, the Incomprehensible, the unfathomable, the fathomless, the
