{"id":6504,"date":"2016-05-05T08:48:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T12:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church?p=6504&#038;preview_id=6504"},"modified":"2016-05-05T08:48:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T12:48:54","slug":"abf-series-1-samuel-lesson-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/abf-series-1-samuel-lesson-18\/","title":{"rendered":"ABF Series: 1 Samuel \u2013 Lesson 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>In our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/church\/ministries\/adult_ministries\/adult_bible_fellowships\">Adult Bible Fellowships<\/a>\u00a0we have observed in\u00a0our Study of 1 Samuel that God is sovereignly protecting and guiding David, and providing lasting encouragement. Also we learned:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Seek to put off control that reverences yourself in everyday situations even if they seem delivered to you on a platter.<\/li>\n<li>Entrust yourself to the Lord daily, by waiting\u2026trusting in His promises\u2026particularly the timing of them, and they way they will be fulfilled.<\/li>\n<li>Short Cuts and sanctification simply don\u2019t go together as God\u2019s plan of redemption is a masterpiece of God glorifying Himself.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Sunday<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+sam+25&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\">1 Samuel 25<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 God&#8217;s\u00a0Restraint<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In preparation for our lesson on Sunday please read the section listed above and observe what stands out to you in the narrative. Are there any similarities or differences compared to the previous chapter?<\/p>\n<p>Also, please think about the following discussion questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What do you learn about Nabal from the text?\u00a0How does Abigail model humility?<\/li>\n<li>Think of a time when you applied God\u2019s truth, and then a similar situation came up but you don\u2019t apply the same truth that you did before?<\/li>\n<li>What was most helpful to you as you consider being a man\/woman after God\u2019s own heart?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Sign up if you would like to have the Faith Church ABF Series automatically emailed to you when posted:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/abfseries\">www.faithlafayette.org\/abfseries<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review In our Adult Bible Fellowships\u00a0we have observed in\u00a0our Study of 1 Samuel that God is sovereignly protecting and guiding David, and providing lasting encouragement. 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