TODAY’S MANNA FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2018. TOPIC: SAUL’S FINAL NIGHT

TODAY’S MANNA

FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2018

TOPIC: SAUL’S FINAL NIGHT
TEXT: 1 SAMUEL 28:7-15
1) THE KEY VERSE: 
“Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor” (1 Samuel 28:7).
2) THE TEXT: 

(1 SAMUEL 28: 7 – 15 KJV)
“7. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
8. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
9. Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10. And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
11. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.”
3) THE MESSAGE:
i) It was reported that Frances Havergal, the songwriter, lived and moved in the word of God, which was her constant companion. 
ii) On the last day of her life, she asked a friend to read to her the forty-second chapter of Isaiah. When the friend read the sixth verse: “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee”, Miss Havergal stopped her. She whispered, “Called-held-kept. I can go home on that!” And she did go home on that. 
iii) Alas, it was not so with King Saul. On his last night on earth, he was keeping an appointment with the devil. 
iv) Saul was chosen by God to be king over Israel. Although he started well, but pride, envy and self-indulgence got the better of him and he later completely forsook the wise counsel of Samuel. 
v) Faced with a serious attack from the Philistines, he sought the face of the God that he had abandoned for so long. When every effort to get divine counsel failed, he sought help from satanic powers that he had once banished. 
vi) His servants led him to the witch at Endor who eventually conjured an apparition that predicted his death. This sad development turned God’s anointed into someone grovelling before a witch for favour. What a tragedy! 
vii) Satan is after children of God and desires to turn them away from the faith. He pursued Saul until he destroyed him. 
viii) As heavenly pilgrims, we must jealously guard our faith with all diligence, always live above reproach and maintain a good testimony until the end to make it to heaven.
4) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 
It is damning to turn the back against God when He calls.
5) BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 
PSALM 134; 

146-150
Good morning😁😁😁