1 Samuel 9
1 There was a Benjamite, a man of standing, whose name was Kish son of
Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah of
Benjamin. 2 Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man as
could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone
else.
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3 Now the donkeys belonging to Saul’s father Kish were lost, and Kish said
to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go and look for the
donkeys.”
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4 So he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and through the area
around Shalisha, but they did not find them. They went on into the district of
Shaalim, but the donkeys were not there. Then he passed through the
territory of Benjamin, but they did not find them.
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5 When they reached the district of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was
with him, “Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the
donkeys and start worrying about us.”
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6 But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God; he is
highly respected, and everything he says comes true. Let’s go there now.
Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”
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7 Saul said to his servant, “If we go, what can we give the man? The food
in our sacks is gone. We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do
we have?”
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8 The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have a quarter of a
shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us what
way to take.”
3 Thoughts on our Excuses:
1) EXCUSES OFTEN BEGIN WITH “
!”
2) EXCUSES OFTEN COME FROM THREE PLACES:
,
, AND A
.
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5…“Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys
and start worrying about us.”
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7 Saul said to his servant, “If we go, what can we give the man? The food
in our sacks is gone. We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do
we have?”
3) WE OVERCOME EXCUSES WITH
!
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8 The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have a quarter of a
shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us what
way to take.”
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