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Forward Day By Day - July 19, 2013

On July 13, the reading from 1 Samuel was about the child David, full of courage and faith in the Lord, who will kill the giant Goliath. No more. Now David is an adult, full of survival strategies. He is not a bad man, but neither is he innocent.Today he goes to the pries....

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Forward Day By Day - July 18, 2013

Saul may have been mentally ill, and certainly he was afraid and jealous. Here Saul is so jealous (and what is jealousy, but fear that someone is better than you are?) that he actually throws a spear at his own son. Jonathan loves David, and Saul cannot bear that.One of m....

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Forward Day By Day - July 17, 2013

My friend Hilaria and I were in the university canteen during break that Tuesday night when God had answered my prayer quickly, but on the wrong day. As we sipped coffee, she softly spoke about feeling empty and sometimes needing to call her husband, and how he would always come home immediately. He....

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