Firebrand Youths and Singles

Text : 2 Samuel 23:8-39 By the Grace of God our youth will be going to the retreat again this year and we’ve been praying for them even on this platform. Today we want to knock on heaven’s door again concerning the meeting. As I meditated on what and how to pray, I heard David’s loyal servants and to be honest I was wondering how that relates to our topic, but we trust the holy spirit to help us as we pray. Through the ages, whenever God has done a significant work, He has done it through a group of devoted people. Men and women who are attracted to the person of Christ and are committed to His cause. The youth retreat is something the Lord himself started and through the years He choose for himself men and women who are first attracted to His person, just like these mighty men who were with David.  David’s men were not unwilling novices who shoddily fulfilled their duty. They were willing volunteers who served out of devotion to David. The love thes...

Genesis 37:2 & 5-7(NLT) 2 This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half-brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing. 3 Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe. 4 But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him. 5 One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. 6 “Listen to this dream,” he said. 7 “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!” Genesis 41:37-44(NLT) Joseph Made Ruler of Egypt 37 Jose...