Sa, 08/03/13, "Day of Praise"
Two sisters in Christ, Judy and Geri from Illinois, sent me the following Max Lucado devotion and weblink yesterday. I thought about it all day long, so I'm passing it on to all of you. Praise God!
Max Lucado wrote:
God called David a "man after His own heart!" One might read his story and wonder what God saw in him. He fell as often as he stood. He stared down Goliath, yet ogled at Bathsheba. He could lead armies but couldn't manage a family. Raging David. Weeping David. Bloodthirsty. God-hungry. Eight wives. One God. A man after God's own heart?
That God saw him as such gives hope to us all. David's life has little to offer the unstained saint. Straight-A souls find David's story disappointing. But we need David's story…most of us do. Giants lurk in our neighborhoods. Giants of rejection, failure, and revenge. We must face them. Yet we need not face them alone.
Focus on God. The times David did, giants fell. The days he did not, David fell. Lift your eyes, giant-slayer! The God who made a miracle out of David stands ready to make one out of you!
From "Facing Your Giants"
http://maxlucado.com/audio/daily-audio/giant-slayer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giant-slayer&utm_source=MaxLucado.com+Weekday+Emails&utm_campaign=e5b0f52531-RSS_DAILY_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9b9306e0eb-e5b0f52531-223366597&mc_cid=e5b0f52531&mc_eid=c7af258f71
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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