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Welcome to the It Is Written
Canada television program, I'm
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Bill Santos,
thank you for watching.
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In 1960, in what was considered
a sidebar to the presidential
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campaign,
Massachusetts Senator John F.
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Kennedy and Vice President
Richard Nixon met for a series
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of four televised debates.
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When the last of the
debates ended, one thing was for
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certain, the United States'
method of choosing a national
leader had changed forever.
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For many who watched the debates
on television, particularly the
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first debate in Chicago,
the lingering image is that of a
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sickly-looking, perspiring Nixon
juxtaposed with the handsome
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Kennedy. Having just recovered
from a brief illness and forever
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battling his 5 o'clock shadow,
Richard Nixon appeared gaunt and
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slightly haggard. In contrast
the younger Kennedy proved more
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telegenic than his counterpart,
immediately giving him the edge
with the some 70 million
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viewers.
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Larry Bird, curator for
political history at the
Smithsonian said that
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Nixon turned down makeup because
Kennedy declined to use makeup".
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To most debate watchers Senator
Kennedy simply looked more
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presidential. On election night
Kennedy received 49.7% of the
popular vote to Nixon's
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49.5%, with the Democratic
ticket polling only about
100,000 more votes than
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the Republicans out of
over 68 million votes cast.
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Despite Nixon winning more
states than Kennedy, the
Electoral College vote
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went to the
Democrats by a 303-219 margin.
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As president, Kennedy would make
effective use of television, and
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was the first president
to hold live televised press
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conferences. When he resurrected
his own political career leading
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to his election to the White
House in 1968, Nixon would often
travel to Florida or California
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to insure that he was
tanned for his TV appearances.
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When it comes to height, every
inch counts--in fact, in the
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workplace, each inch above
average may be worth $789 more
per year, according to a study
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in the Journal of
Applied Psychology.
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The findings suggest that
someone who is 6 feet tall
earns, on average, nearly
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$166,000 more during a 30-year
career than someone who is 5
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feet 5 inches--even when
controlling for gender, age and
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weight. The height-salary
link was found by psychologist
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Timothy A. Judge, PhD, of the
University of Florida, and
researcher Daniel M.
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Cable, PhD, of the
University of North Carolina.
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They analyzed data from four
American and British
longitudinal studies that
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followed about 8,500
participants from adolescence to
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adulthood and recorded personal
characteristics, salaries and
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occupations. Judge offers a
possible explanation for the
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height bias: As such, the
biggest correlation between
height and salary appeared in
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sales and management
positions--careers in which
customer perception
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has a major impact on success.
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If customers believe a tall
salesperson is more commanding,
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for example, they may be more
likely to follow the
salesperson's wishes, according
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to Judge.
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Interestingly, they followed
this study up with another that
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looks at weight and income, very
interesting, you can google it.
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For centuries society has used
little more than the exterior to
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determine who would be the best
ruler, mate or employee and the
results have many times
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been disastrous.
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As the period of the judges
comes to an end, the prophet
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Samuel, the last
judge had grown old.
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Typically the leadership would
have passed down to his sons -
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not this time for the Bible
tells us that Samuel's boys did
not walk in the ways of their
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father and that they
had perverted justice.
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The people wanted a leader
none-the-less - God's system of
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Judges was not doing it
for them, they wanted a King!
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The other nations had kings
- why shouldn't Israel have a
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king? So Samuel was approached
and the demand was made: 1
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Samuel 8:4 - 5 Samuel was not
happy - all of his work
ministering to the people seemed
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to have been in vain - they
wanted someone to do for them
what God was prepared to.
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1 Samuel 8: 7 - 9
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The people would have their wish
- but placing their trust in an
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earthly King while turning their
backs on the Heavenly King would
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come with a cost - Samuel warns
the people . 1 Samuel 8: 10 - 20
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The people's choice was quite
a specimen . 1 Samuel 9: 1 - 2
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Saul looked good in the eyes of
the Israelites - he had all of
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the physical attributes you
would want in a king and his
reign got off to a good start -
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but his heart was the problem.
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Character flaws began to
appear - paranoia, selfishness,
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self-centeredness and violence.
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It got so bad that God was
forced to look for someone to
replace Saul - but this
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time the selection criteria
would be different - God would
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look at the heart.
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Samuel breaks the
news to King Saul.
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1 Samuel 13: 13 - 14
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"a man after His own heart"
God's method of selecting a
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leader would be in stark
contrast to man's methods - this
time God looked for someone
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whose heart was
completed committed to Him.
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God instructs Samuel to go to
Bethlehem to anoint the new
king. 1 Samuel 16: 1
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Samuel did what the Lord asked
and came to Bethlehem - there he
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invited Jesse and his sons to
sacrifice with him - as they
spend time together
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Samuel is conducting his
prophetic inspection of Jesse's
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sons. The first to catch the eye
of the prophet was Eliab - the
oldest of the sons.
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He was the one most like King
Saul in stature and appearance
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but God says to
Samuel . verses 6 - 7
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You see God was looking for a
man with character - a man whose
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heart was towards God.
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God was not interested in
the size of the man but in the
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condition of his heart.
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As each of Jesse's sons is
paraded before Samuel it becomes
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clear to the prophet that God's
chosen one was not among these
sons - puzzled Samuel
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turns to Jesse
and asks in verse 11 .
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David had simply been overlooked
- he was left to tend the sheep,
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besides it would be much to
dangerous to leave the sheep
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unattended. His father had
not seen kingly potential in his
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youngest son. Samuel insists
that David be called in from the
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field. David makes his way
from the field to the house . I
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Samuel 16: 12 - 13 The moment
David walked in Samuel knew this
was the one - he was a handsome
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young man with red hair
and beautiful eyes, but more
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important than his external
beauty was a heart that longed
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to know God. I don't want to be
misunderstood here, it is not
that Saul was all bad
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and David was all good.
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They both were human beings with
weaknesses and both had the same
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potential.
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But, as we will see as we go
forward in this study, Saul more
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and more followed his egocentric
desires - while David, at least
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in his early life,
sincerely followed God's ways.
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In his later years, even when he
failed God miserably - he always
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turned back to God.
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We have some great
lessons to learn from God.
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Rather than accepting or
rejecting people based on their
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status or lack of it, how much
money or little money they have,
how clever or innocent
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they are, they beauty or lack
of it, we should look at their
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heart, their character.
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Not only the values they
claim to uphold but those they
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actually live by. If we would
take time in making decisions on
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a spouse, business associates
and political leaders, and
follow the example of Samuel -
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looking to God for His choice
for our lives we would be much
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better served.
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God's choice may not be the
obvious one, in fact, at first
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glance God's choice may not make
much sense at all, but God can
and will use anyone who
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submits their heart
and their life to Him.
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The high honor that had been
given to David did nothing to
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boost his ego - he quietly went
back to his job of tending sheep
and waited for God to call
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him from the
field to the throne.
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As humble and modest as before
his anointing, David went back
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and watched and cared for
his sheep as tenderly as before.
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As David spend his days out
in the solitude of the fields
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contemplating God and His
marvelous works, David's heart
and mind were developing and
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strengthening for the role
he was being called perform.
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Each day David was coming into
more intimate communion with
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God, his mind was constantly
penetrating into fresh themes to
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inspire his songwriting.
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His closeness with nature, his
communion with God, in the care
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of his sheep, the perils and
deliverances, the sadness and
joys, these all served not only
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to mold the character of David
and to influence his future
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life, but through the psalms he
authored, they would inspire
love and faith in the hearts of
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God's people through out the
ages, bringing all of us nearer
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to the ever-loving heart of God.
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David in the beauty and vigor of
his youth was preparing to take
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on one the highest
positions on earth.
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The idea that the kingship of
Israel would go to an underage
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shepherd boy made no sense
whatsoever in the world's mind.
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But in God's mind
it made perfect sense.
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God not being impressed by
physique or intellect, but by a
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heart completed committed to
Him, saw in David the perfect
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choice. While David also
possessed many external
attributes, he was a man with
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unique internal qualities.
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W.
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Michael Blumenthal, chairman
of Unisys, was quoted in Forbes
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magazine about the mistakes he
made in hiring: In choosing
people for top positions,
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you have to try to make sure
they have a clear sense of what
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is right and wrong, a
willingness to be truthful, the
courage to say what they think
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and to do what
they think is right.
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This is the quality that
should really be at the top.
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I was too often impressed by
the intelligence and substantive
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knowledge of an individual and
did not always pay enough
attention to the question
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of how honest, courageous
and good a person the individual
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really was. When God looks at
you does He see a heart
committed to Him and His
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ways.
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Do you live your life in
response to the desires of your
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heart or is your heart
completely committed to God?
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2 Chronicles 16: 9
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When God looks at you does he
see a person totally devoted to
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Him, a person committed to
walking away from anything that
is displeasing to God?
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When God looks at you does he
find a heart that is completely
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His? Charles Spurgeon wrote:
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Giving us time to develop and
grow is all part of God's plan,
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remember no matter how far you
think you still have to grow, no
matter how unprepared you
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may feel, you have been chosen
by God and He has a plan for
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your life. Well, the Lord uses
all kinds of unqualified people,
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doesn't He? He
can use you and me.
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There was a concert violinist
who wanted to demonstrate, a
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very important point.
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He rented a great hall in a city
and announced that he would play
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a concert on a twenty
thousand dollar violin.
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He had the place packed with
violin lovers and he played
(05:00) exquisitely
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and they
applauded just gloriously.
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He bowed and took their
applause, and then threw the
violin to the ground
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and stomped it into bits.
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The audience was horrified.
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And then he
walked off the stage.
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The stage manager came out and
said uhm, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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to put you at ease that was a
twenty dollar violin, he will
now return to play the twenty
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thousand violin.
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And you know what?
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They couldn't tell the
difference, and he made his
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point. It isn't the instrument,
it's the artist, right?
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David was the only person in
Scripture who is called "A man
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after God's own heart.
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" His name is mentioned more
than one thousand times in the
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Bible, Jesus is even referred
in the Gospels as the "Son of
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David". What does
the Bible say about him?
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What can we learn from David
that will help us lead more
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devoted lives for our Master?
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I invite to join us over
the next few weeks as we sty the
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life of David and draw from
his experience practical lessons
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that will help all of us become
men and women after God's own
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heart. Let's pray; Father in
Heaven thank you for the lessons
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of Scripture, thank you for men
like David whose lives have such
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practical
applications for us today.
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May your Spirit impress upon our
lives the lesson of committing
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our hearts completely to you,
may we be guarded against
deceitful influences,
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arrogance and pride, take
control of our hearts and bless
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each and every
viewer in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Our prayer is that we will be
back together again next week.
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Until then, remember, it is
written: Man shall not live by
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bread alone, but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of
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