Points To Ponder 02/02/2013

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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“God is glorified in anyone through whom He is allowed to show Himself great or mighty.” - Beth Moore
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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(Old Testament/Stories of Samuel, Saul and David (I Samuel 4:3-11)

When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why did the LORD bring defeat upon us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the LORD's covenant from Shiloh, so that it may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies. So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. When the ark of the LORD's covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook. Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, "What's all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?" When they learned that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp, the Philistines were afraid. "A god has come into the camp," they said. "We're in trouble! Nothing like this has happened before. Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the desert…………………………………….

The Philistines were in great fear because of the ark of the LORD coming into the camp of the Israelites……so it would seem that they would be defeated in battle….but what actually happened?

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