Over these last four and a half years and 245 episodes, it has been a joy getting to walk closer with Jesus as we have walked through Simplify. Thank you to all you loyal listeners.    At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

In a region in Israel that was more Gentile than Jewish, in a region carpeted in deep darkness, God promised through Isaiah that He would shine glorious light. Enjoy this week's special Christmas episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Isaiah's Immanuel. Our Immanuel. One was born to be a sign; One was born to be the Savior. Enjoy this week's special Christmas episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Elijah stood on top of Mount Carmel in the middle of a drought and challenged 850 prophets to a fight. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The house of Israel was united, but not for long. You could feel the frost forming and rebellion brewing. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Building a house for a billionaire has to be a tall task. You don’t want to disappoint. But how do you build a house for the God who created the billionaire and who owns the billions the billionaire thinks he owns? That was Solomon’s tall task. And thanks to the wisdom God gave him, he was up to that tall task. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The newly crowned King Solomon faced a major test as two mothers their case in front of him in a classic "she said, she said." With no eyewitnesses, evidence, or DNA test, how would he know who was right? Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Israel won their wars and enlarged their borders. Israel got richer and richer and richer and bigger and bigger and better and better. Life could not be better for David. For Israel. After a decade of living a nightmare, he was finally living the dream. Until. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It was over. For what could have been around ten years, David had run for his life from the maniacal, insecure, paranoid, homicidal King Saul. He couldn’t even sleep in his own bed because Saul sent his goons to bring him in so Saul could take him out. But it’s over now. Soon he would be King David. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Saul was still tormented. He couldn’t hear from God. He couldn’t talk to Samuel because Samuel was gone. But Saul knew one way he could hear from Samuel or God or both. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

David was a fugitive: a hunted man, a wanted man. As long as he lived within the borders of Israel, there would always be just one step between him and death. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

At the end of the day, everyone in Israel and in Philistia, and now everyone around the world, could read the unbelievably bright white LED lights on the scoreboard in Samuel that still stands in the valley of Elah: God-1, Giants-0. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

When David came close, God spoke to Samuel and said, “Anoint him, he’s the one.” Samuel lifted that full horn of oil over David’s head, and he poured out the oil over David to anoint him to succeed Saul as the king in Israel. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Let’s learn a lesson from the first king of Israel. It’s not just important that we start strong. We must finish strong. And even if we didn’t start strong, thank God because of His grace, and through His Spirit, we can still finish strong. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Israel asked Samuel to ask God to give them a king like all the neighboring nations. Soon, Israel would be led by a man, not by God. That transition was just a matter of time. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It was a wooden box overlaid with gold, and it symbolized the presence of God. Israel thought it would guarantee a win, but it didn't. Their nemesis, the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant, but the Philistines soon discovered it was too much to take. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

This year everything would change when Hannah got to the house of God in Shiloh because this year, God was waiting with a miracle. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It was only fifty miles away, but it was fifty miles in the wrong direction. Famine ravaged their beloved Bethlehem. They set out for a treacherous fifty-mile trek toward Moab just to find food. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

An angel promised Manoah's wife she would finally bear a son. Before the angel left, there, before God, they vowed a vow that their son would be separated unto God. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: a Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It's one of the strangest sordid stories in Scripture. It's found in Judges 11. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: a Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q