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You are here: Home / Pastor's Blog / A VERY PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS 10.21.18  ~ 1 Samuel 30

A VERY PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS 10.21.18  ~ 1 Samuel 30

October 21, 2018 by Pastor David Rathel

 

A VERY PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS 10.21.18  ~ 1 Samuel 30

(Liam Neeson Picture Memes 1- )

LOSE TO WIN

 

1 Samuel 30

9So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor; there those [who could not continue] remained behind. 10But David pursued [the Amalekites], he and four hundred men,

for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor stayed behind.

 

Your Setback Was A Setup For A Comeback.

ILLUS. Wedding. A Perfect Place  

(Trip Over Isle Runner, Lantern Knocked Over, MIKE)

Just Because You’re In A Perfect Place,

It Doesn’t Mean Everything’s Going To Be Perfect.

Who Stayed Behind In Your Fight?

Joke filling mud hole. –  

Stop Waiting For What You Want And Start Working With What You Have.

Empathy Museum A Mile In My Shoes In London, Thorn Flesh1C12

 

“IT’S JUST 400 CAMELS.”   A Very Particular Set Of Camels. Lights, CAMEL, Action.  Live Nativity [Camel Picture.]

 

1 Samuel 30

17“not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode camels and fled.  18So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives. 19Nothing of theirs was missing whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken; David recovered it all.

 

LLUS. Chasing Thunder Lightening.  Tuffy’s Towing.  

Don’t let what you CAN’T DO keep you from what you CAN DO.

IGNORE – WHAT CANT DO

WHY? Because Whatever Overwhelms You Shapes You.

Steve Backlund, Igniting Hope, Negativity Fast 40 Days…

Raise Your “Cave In” Point.

CAPTURE INCREASED CAPACITY (Increase Mather Picture)

 

1 Samuel 30

RECOVER LOSS 18So David recovered all…  and rescued… 19Nothing of theirs was missing…  David recovered it all.
CAPTURE INCREASE 20So David captured all… [which the enemy had]  and [the people] …said, “This is David’s spoil.”

 

If You Ever Get Knocked Down…  

Pick Something Up While You’re Down There.

When You’re Down To Nothing… God Is Up To Something!

Fiance’ Broke Up With Me… MELANIE!  

First Broker Seminary money Buy when stock down

Jim Lucas Movie Theater.

Stealing Safe. Stealing AC. Wall Windows Leaking…

 

GIVE LIKE A KING

 

1 Peter 2:9

But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

 

ILLUS. – Home Team Debt Program… Crane… Basketball Goal Family…  

 

1 Samuel 30

24For as is the share of him who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage.”

26to the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, “Here is a blessing (gift) for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord…”

31 … and for [those elders in] all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go.”

 

KING GAVE…

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About Pastor David Rathel

My wife, Melanie, and I moved back to Columbus with our two week old little girl, Hannah, after finishing Graduate School in Fort Worth, Texas in 2001. RiverTown Church was born in a movie theater on September 9th that same year with a vision to be “a church for people who don’t go to church” here in our hometown. God has blessed us since then with a great location on Schomburg Rd. near my old neighborhood and High School. New people are coming to RiverTown all the time and discovering that God can “transform their lives into the likeness of Jesus Christ” through a church family where you can Believe, Belong, and Become!

From our first prayer meetings in a living room in nearby Phenix City, to our preview services and grand opening the Hollywood Connection movie theater, and finally to our current property and buildings on Schomburg Rd. God has led us all the way.

My wife and I both grew up here, so we know the people and love it here. Melanie keeps me going! We’ve been through all the good, the bad, and the ugly of life and have found that everything is sweeter together. You’ll never find us at a church event on a Friday night. We’ve had date night on Fridays since my first day as a Pastor. We met while working together in a Franklin Graham evangelistic crusade here in Columbus in 1996. Our second child is named Graham for that very reason! Our first child, Hannah, was born in Forth Worth just before we finished Seminary in 2001. Two weeks after she was born in Fort Worth, we were on the road back to Columbus to knock on doors and start RiverTown. She and the church will always be the same age!

On this blog, you'll be the first to know what God is teaching me and teaching through me to our church family. We'll laugh together and sometimes cry together. Most of all, you'll be challenged to take your next step in following Jesus Christ.

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