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Dover Assembly of God

6.25.2017 | Life of David - Jealousy

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4790 Carlisle Rd, Dover, PA 17315, USA

Sunday 10:30 AM

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Weekly Bulletin

June 25, 2017 Welcome to Dover Assembly! We are so glad you have chosen to attend Dover Assembly this morning. It is not by accident that you are here. We believe that God has allowed you to be here so that you might receive all that He has for you. We pray you are blessed as you allow the Lord to work in your life. THIS WEEK Today 9:00 am ~ Coffee & Donut Fellowship 9:30 am ~ Sunday School 10:30 am ~ Worship Service 10:30 am ~ R.O.C.K. Children’s Ministries 1:00 pm ~ Spanish Service 3:00 pm ~ Worship Practice Wednesday 6:30 pm ~ FAMILY NIGHT UPCOMING EVENTS WOMEN’S CONFERENCE It’s that time again! Time to plan for our annual Women’s Conference. This year it will be held at the Giant Center. It is scheduled for Nov, 10-11. Please mark your calendars and sign up in the upper foyer if you are interested in attending. To help finance the trip, we will have a yard sale on Sat. Aug 5. 8:00 am—noon in the church parking lot. Tables are $5.00 each and all proceeds are yours to keep. Table prices will be donated to WOP for the retreat. WOMEN OF PURPOSE FALL BIBLE STUDY Beginning Mon. Sept. 11, from 7:00—8:00 pm, the women will begin a study using the book “Battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyers. If you would like to join this study, please sign up at the women’s table and indicate if you would need a book. See you in the Fall! MEN’S CONFERENCE It’s time to mark your calendars for the upcoming Men’s Conference to be held at Christian Life Assembly in Camp Hill on Oct 20-21. Please sign up in the lower foyer if you are able to join us! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL VBS is scheduled July 10-14 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Most positions have been filled (PTL!), but we still need adults to serve as crew leaders. This involves being available to assist in moving kids from place to place and to help if any needs come up. We will also need a team to take down all VBS decorations on the Saturday immediately following the conclusion of VBS (July 15). Register your child for VBS today! Online registration is available and we encourage everyone to preregister their child(ren) for the best week of the summer. Visit doverassembly.com/vbs or utilize the VBS section of our church’s app. All children registered by July 1st will receive a free VBS T-shirt. “We can’t always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” F.D.R BODY NEWS FAITH PROMISE COMMITMENT As we mentioned during the services and in previous bulletins, we are beginning a Faith-Promise Commitment Campaign. The loan total is $50,000 with a monthly payment of $640 over an 8 year term A Faith Promise is the belief that God will provide the amount that you have prayed about to pledge to commit to pay off the loan. If you sense for example, you should pledge $100 per month, believe God to provide that amount to you. This Faith Promise is an amount over and above our regular tithes and offerings We are asking for everyone to take an envelope from the pew rack home with you this week and pray and determine under God’s leading what you feel God is encouraging you to pledge. Next week we will collect these envelopes with your faith pledge listed in the Faith Promise line. Our goal is $640 per month, but we are believing that the loan will be paid off sooner than the projected time. This is an exciting time as we believe and see God work in a miraculous way! WE NEED NEW BACK PACKS! Anna and the Women of Purpose ministry will be blessings some single moms with backpacks for their children for Back to School. If you could donate new backpacks, there is a collection box at the top of the stairs by the women’s table. Pencils, pens, glue sticks etc are also welcome! Thank you for your help! DINNER & SHOW An outing to Sight & Sound to see Jonah is planned for August 5, 2017 for the 3:00 pm show followed by dinner at a smorgasbord restaurant in Lancaster. The cost will range between $95-110. A minimum deposit of $25 per ticket is required by June 18 and the balance due by July 9 to guarantee our reservation. In order to receive group pricing a minimum of 15 people are required. We will be taking the church van as well as car pooling in other vehicles. Every one who is car pooling is asked to make a $5 donation to the driver for fuel expenses. Please see Darlene Fearson for additional information. Sign up in the lower foyer. PARKING LOT WORK The new parking lot work is tentatively scheduled for the week of July 24, depending on weather conditions. We will keep you updated if this will affect our Wednesday services or if the schedule changes. JULY BIRTHDAYS July 14 ~ Mikhail Kohled July 16 ~ Betty Ness July 18 ~ Keith Housseal July 20 ~ Juliet Johnson July 24 ~ Lynette Miller July 26 ~ Mary Fitting July 31 ~ Cindy Dennis JULY ANNIVERSARIES July 5 ~ Gil & Marian Tunney July 14 ~ Mikhail & Olga Kohled July 29 ~ Smoke & Cindy Dennis

God still loved David in spite of his sins.

God still loves us in spite of our sins. We just need to be mindful of them to actually repent of them.

Now we come to 1 Samuel 18.

The battle is over, Goliath is dead, the Israelites beat down the Philistines and they are returning home as winners.

Saul finds out who he is and talks with him for a bit.

1 Samuel 18:1

2 Things to Note...

1) This is not a reference to either of them being gay. The Hebrew phraseology indicates that they were best friends. That’s it.

2) Jonathan was much older than David, old enough to lead troops into battle.

1 Samuel 13:3

Jonathan was next in line for the throne. He was much older that David but he knew what God had planned.

He became a mentor and protector of David. He was a soldier and now David was a soldier too.

They had a brothers in arms comradery. They both understood battle and Jonathan was becoming a father figure to David.

1 Samuel 18:2

So what's happening so far?

David beats the giant, Israel then beats the Philistines, they come home. Saul is enamored by David and thinks he can be a good mentor to David.

However, Jonathan and David become friends and Jonathan takes on the roll that Saul thought he would have.

1 Samuel 18:3

1 Samuel 18:4

2 Reasons This Is Significant...

1) It made David an equal with Jonathan.

2) He acknowledged that one day David would be king, not Jonathan.

Jonathan was more interested in what God wanted than what he wanted.

How many of us can say that?

Is what God wants, more important than what I want?

Is my service to God more important than my comfort?

Luke 17:7-10

Jonathan wasn’t making a big deal of this. He wasn’t marching around saying look what I am doing.

This was done inside and as far as we know, only those in the house knew.

So life inside the palace goes on...

1 Samuel 18:5

Here we are seeing the beginning of the great divide between Saul and David.

He was doing great work and winning battles for the king.

But Jonathan was supposed to be that person...

1 Samuel 18:6-7

You would think this is a good thing...your main officer is getting the victory over your enemies. You are the leader and the guy you promoted is doing his job well.

As a leader, this should be your desired goal.

But Saul was a very insecure person. He wasn’t secure in his position.

A secure leader is excited when their people do well, because when they succeed, the whole nation, (Under David’s leading) or church does well.

1 Samuel 18:8-9

“When a leader nurtures himself on pride, jealousy and fear, he suspects everybody.” - Warren Wiersbe

Envy is when you want what others have, or feel that don’t deserve it.

Jealousy is fear of losing what you do have.

Both emotions will destroy you.

James 3:16

Saul became jealous of David. And he opened himself up to every kind of evil.

If we become jealous of someone to the point of it consuming us, we open ourselves up to every kind of evil.

You’ll do things you never thought you would. You will say or do things that you know now you’d never do.

But when you become jealous of someone or something, you open yourselves up to the enemy taking charge.

You will jettison everything you believe to satisfy your jealousy.

That is exactly what happened to Saul.

1 Samuel 18:10-11

Jealousy causes us to react in sinful ways if we do not control that emotion.

Jealousy causes us to lose our judgment and begin to act on impulse rather than truth.

If Saul were more concerned about pleasing God rather than himself or others, he would have no reason to fear or be jealous.

If we have others around us that do better than we do, we should celebrate what God is doing through them and be secure in what God has given you to do and be secure in the ability God gave you to do it.

If we don’t control it, jealousy will become fear as we focus on losing what we think we have.

1 Samuel 18:12

When we lose our relationship with God, fear comes in. The more we walk away from where God calls us, the more we will be fearful of anyone and anything.

1 Samuel 18:13

If God calls you to something, he will equip you with what you need and give you the ability to accomplish it.

Zechariah 4:10

Do you feel a burden to step out for God? Do you not have enough to accomplish it?

God rejoices to see you start it.

When you start something that God puts on your heart, it will succeed.

1 Samuel 18:14-16

Some will be jealous and fearful of your success, but many will rejoice because of your willingness to trust God to be with you.

David was able to be successful, aside from God being with him, I believe Jonathan’s friendship and mentoring and support enabled David to be who God wanted him to be.

If you feel called to something, seek out someone who can help you discern what it takes to be successful.

And when you arrive, be secure in the position to which God called you.

Trust those who God gives you and celebrate their successes.

All Israel celebrated David’s successes, so we should celebrate others around us.

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