Wherever you are in life, you need encouragement at times. The short excerpts from the book They Had To Trust may be for you. Hope you enjoy.
Abigail
Abigail . . . was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance
1 Samuel 25:3 NKJV
Abigail, the wife of Nabal, lived to do right.
Abigail’s arranged marriage to Nabal was a disaster. Her husband was a well-known scoundrel who took advantage of any situation for his own good.
Bad relationships are terrible. What can you do? Endure, bail, or try to make the best of it.
Amos
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Amos 3:3 KJV
Unqualified describes Amos’s thoughts about himself. He’s uneducated. His only meaningful conversations are with sheep. They aren’t the most intelligent animals in the world. Sheep do have one outstanding quality: They know their shepherd’s voice. Because of that, they follow his voice wherever he goes.
Amos learned to converse with the Lord long before the Lord gave him an assignment. Talking to God is one thing for the believer, but listening to God is quite another…
Andrew
He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “the Christ”), and he brought Simon to Jesus.
John 1:41-42 CSB
Some people are unique, unusually distinctive. They tend to walk to the beat of a different drummer. They may be part of the crowd but are quiet, always accessing their surroundings. That’s Andrew. He was one of the Lord’s twelve disciples, and before he saw the Lord, he was a disciple of John the Baptist. Upon seeing the Messiah, Andrew followed Jesus and stayed with Him (John 1:35-40).
Daniel
Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself
Daniel 1:8 NASB
As a child in your church, you heard about Daniel. What you may not know is his heritage. He was a descendant of the tribe of Judah, a lineage known for its faithfulness to God. He became an immigrant as an innovative, fast-learning, handsome, competent young man.
Captured and transported 600 miles to…
In case you are interested, They Had To Trust is available at:
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