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StoneCreek

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www.rossvillechurch.com

781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741

July 1, 2012

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Fifth SundayJuly 29, 2012

Four by Grace will be singing in the Sunday

morning service.

We will eat together at Constitution Hall in Fort Oglethorpe.

No evening service

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Brother Doyle Ratterlee will be with us in revival Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,

August 8, 9. 10

Meetings will begin each night at 7:00

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The Bowmans will be with us, leading worship,

Saturday, December 29th at 6:00 PM.

Come, worshipwith us.

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12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.

1 Samuel 18

Victory dance

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Acts 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

Saul demoted David -- no longer with Saul in battle -- he was merely a captain over 1000.

Did this cause David to act out?

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14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways;

and the Lord was with him.

David continued to behave as the man of God, because he was God's man.

No matter what others may do, we must be like David --

Walking with God, and living our lives wisely, according to His Will.

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15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid (even more afraid) of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

David was the one leading his 1000 men to victories in battle.

The armies and the people loved him.

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17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

Saul had promised to give his daughter to the man who killed Goliath,

but he reneged on his promise.

David still doesn't have a wife.

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Now Saul says that to marry his older daughter, David will have to continue to fight the Philistines.

17b For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

A liar lies.

Saul had tried to kill David twice, and failed both times.

Maybe he will be killed fighting Saul's battles.

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18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

HUMILITYDavid had the right to demand one of Saul's

daughters for his wife.

But David never demanded his rights.

We could all spend more time giving thanks for our blessings, and less time demanding rights.

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19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

John 8 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the Truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Saul is ruled by a demon.

Saul lied again.

A liar lies.

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20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law in the one of the twain.

At this time Michal loved David, but she was her daddy's daughter.

That love would turn to hatred.

You can have my other girl.

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22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

David should be a rich man; that was Saul's promise to the man who killed Goliath.

Another lie from the mouth of the king.

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24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

To collect 100 foreskins of the Philistines was no small feat.

Saul was certain that David would die in the attempt.

The king's evil plot.

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26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the days were not expired.

Saul had placed a time limit on David to collect the bridal price of 100 Philistine foreskins.

Before that time was up, David went out.

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27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

David brought double the bridal price.

This time Saul kept his word.

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28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

David willbe king.

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We must see and understand how negative emotions, such as envy, anger and fear, open the door for

demons to come into our minds and cause trouble.

We must renew our minds to think and feel as God would be pleased.

Not as Saul, but as David

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Ephesians 4 31-32 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Christian mindset.Christian behavior.

Anything less is not worthy of a son or daughter of the Most High God.