Tag - Annointed

A More Honorable Man

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9a Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. O-bservation: The writer makes it clear in this passage that this man named Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. A-pplication: Jabez was only remembered by a prayer he prayed. It's in the prayer he prayed that his honor is revealed. He prayed to the Lord first of all that God would truly bless him. He wasn't looking for man's approval or applause; he was desperate for God's blessing. Second, he wanted increased influenced with people. That can only happen with the anointing of the Lord...

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A More Honorable Man

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9a Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. O-bservation: The writer makes it clear in this passage that this man named Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. A-pplication: Jabez was only remembered by a prayer he prayed. It's in the prayer he prayed that his honor is revealed. He prayed to the Lord first of all that God would truly bless him. He wasn't looking for man's approval or applause; he was desperate for God's blessing. Second, he wanted increased influenced with people. That can only happen with the anointing of the Lord...

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When SUCCESS Causes FEAR

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Samuel 18:15 When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. O-bservation: This is the story of King Saul's troubled relationship with the young man known as David. Whether 1 Samuel is written in sequential order or not, it's hard to know when, if ever, Saul knew that David had been anointed as his replacement. We do know, however, that Saul was troubled by David. If ever there was a relationship based on one man's ambivalence toward the other, it was Saul's relationship with David. Here we see that as...

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