Tag - Age

When You Can’t Fight Anymore

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished.” O-bservation: This is the last recorded battle that King David ever fought in. He had been known as a warrior king, the likes of which the people of Israel had never seen before. But in this, his last battle, he became weary, and an enemy Philistine warrior endeavored to...

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A Youthful Response

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Samuel 16:9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.” O-bservation: These are the words of one of King David’s fierce young warriors, Abishai. David had been forced out of Jerusalem by his own son, Absalom, who had split his father’s kingdom and now had his dad on the run. While David and what was left of his army were running from Jerusalem for their lives, a man from the clan of Saul’s...

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How Old Is Too Old?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Exodus 7:7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh. O-bservation: Moses had led a long life in comparison to today's standards. He had lived 40 years in luxury and splendor as the adopted son of a King, and then he lived another 40 years in relative obscurity as a simple shepherd. But at 80 years of age, God felt Moses was ready for the biggest leadership task in history. His brother and Prophet, Aaron, was three years older than Moses. Moses lived another 40 years and changed the...

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Can YOU Get Younger?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Job 12:12 Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? O-bservation: At the most difficult time in the life of Job, who suffered more than most, he stated a TRUTH for the ages. He said, "Wisdom is most readily found among old people, and long living gives those who've lived long a clearer understanding of life." A-pplication: Only in the West is it true that AGE becomes a limiting factor in most categories of life. Third World countries throughout the world honor the "Aged" and give them the highest seat at...

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It Was MORE Than Just NOISE

S. O. A. P. Here's your 90 second AM devotional! S-cripture: Ezra 3:13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away. O-bservation: After the Babylonian King, Nebuchadnezzar, burned Solomon’s Temple to the ground in 586 BC, God's Prophet Jeremiah predicted that in 70 years a remnant of Jewish exiles would return and rebuild it. In this passage, the 70 years had passed and Ezra and all of the people watched as the foundation was being laid for the second temple. While it was...

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