Sunday Sermon: Defeats the Enemy

Defeats the Enemy

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, and all the people wept aloud.
Now, behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen. And Saul said, “What is wrong with the people, that they are weeping?” So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh. And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled.
— 1 Samuel 11:4-6 (ESV)

Sunday Sermon: House of Praise and Worship

House of Praise and Worship

He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.
— Genesis 22:5 (NIV)
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
— Genesis 12:7-8 (NIV)

Obedience is better than sacrifice

But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
— 1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)