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Conceived in Prayer

1 Samuel 1:10-20

August 10, 2016 • Jeff Lyle

She was just a mother who desperately wanted a baby. God made her wait until the timing was right for her baby to become Israel’s leader. Listen to another example of God’s glorious work being conceived through desperate prayer. Prayers like mine. Prayers like yours.

Kings, Witches & Ghosts

October 19, 2016 • Jeff Lyle

Not too many people in the Old Testament have a postmortem appearance. Samuel's life on earth had ended, but he had one more cameo before leaving us for good. This scene sounds more like Halloween than Holy bible. What can we learn from that moment when the king, the witch and the ghost come together?

Favor and Forfeiture

October 12, 2016 • Jeff Lyle

It’s an amazing thing to receive an anointing from God. It’s an awful thing to lose an anointing from God. It’s the rarest thing to watch these two things happen in the same handful of verses. Listen and learn. Decide which part of the equation you would rather live in.

The Underbelly of Leadership

October 5, 2016 • Jeff Lyle

Committing to being a leader is a tangled blessing. Leadership roles are some of the most misunderstood facets of God’s Kingdom. To the casual observer, Kingdom leadership can look glamorous, privileged and immensely rewarding. Yet for nay who have faithfully lived out a call to leadership, there is a sobering acknowledgement of an underbelly. Samuel shows us the cost of leadership. All of us should know the cost before we assume the reward.