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Author:	Route 365	Created:	2/21/2010 9:13 PM
Week 8 : Tim Chase Hello, my name in Tim Chase. My wife, Kim, and I have been married for 16 years and we have two very active boys, Nathan (12) and Adam (9). I’m originally from Clymer, NY (near Jamestown) and Kim grew up not far from here in Ontario, NY. I’m employed with the US Department of Defense as a Supervisory Auditor. We’ve been attending Browncroft for nearly two years.

1 Samuel 10:17-27 : Proverbs 12:16 : Chosen by God

By Route 365 on 2/26/2010 7:00 AM

1 Samuel 10:17-27
Proverbs 12:16

Week 8 : Day 5

by Tim Chase

In the conclusion of this story, Samuel brings Saul to the people and announces him to them. Immediately people see that Saul is different. However, it appears that they don’t care about Samuel explaining that Saul is chosen by God to lead; they just are happy to have a new king. The people appear to have no faith and just want the leader to take care of them so that they can enjoy their lives and be like the other nations. They don’t care that God has been good to them.

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1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 : Spirit Mightier than the Sword

By Route 365 on 2/25/2010 7:00 AM

1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5

Week 8 : Day 4

by Tim Chase

Today God takes a timeout in these two passages to explain the moral or meaning of the story that we will finish tomorrow. These verses explain why God is choosing Saul and how he is putting the right man in the right place of power. Saul is the weak—maybe even meek—individual that God wants to use as a leader that will bring people to Him. This will be an example to the people, something for them to believe in.

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1 Samuel 9:18-10:16 : Thrust into Change

By Route 365 on 2/24/2010 9:22 AM

1 Samuel 9:18-10:16

Week 8 : Day 3

by Tim Chase

Again, in this passage we see behind the scenes, God’s intentions and designs laid out for those who believe but cannot see how God is preparing others to intersect and change their lives. Keeping in mind that we are not to fully see all of this from above but are to trust that if we listen to Godly people, and learn to listen to God in our own thoughts, then God will bring us to the next place he has for us, even when it doesn’t seem like the right place for us. That’s because we couldn’t and wouldn’t think it possible without his intervention.

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1 Samuel 9:1-17 : Doing our Job Faithfully

By Route 365 on 2/23/2010 5:00 AM

1 Samuel 9:1-17

Week 8 : Day 2

by Tim Chase

Now as we saw in the passage yesterday God is telling Samuel to do his job faithfully and God will help him provide a leader the people want. However, the new leader will be a faithful man of God leader.

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1 Samuel 8:1-22 : Desperate for a Leader

By Route 365 on 2/22/2010 5:00 AM

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Week 8 : Day 1

by Tim Chase

When I first read this passage and the situation with Samuel that God is addressing, the first thing that comes to my mind is the similarity we see around us everyday where people are putting all of the their hope and faith in other people instead of in God.

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Week 8 : Tim Chase

1 Samuel 10:17-27 : Proverbs 12:16 : Chosen by God

1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 : Spirit Mightier than the Sword

1 Samuel 9:18-10:16 : Thrust into Change

1 Samuel 9:1-17 : Doing our Job Faithfully

1 Samuel 8:1-22 : Desperate for a Leader